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your web page is the name that appears in the colored bar at the very top edge of your
browser window. For example, the title of this page is Basics: Add a Title and an Address Footer. Note that the title is different from the filename (The filename of this page is basics4.htm) The title may or may not be the same as the headline at the top of the page. (The headline on this page is Basics: HomeSite 1.2: Add a Title and an Address Footer.) Make your title descriptive. The title is also the phrase that appears in an end user's Bookmarks or Favorites list. |
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| The easiest way to add a title to your web page is to title
your page when you first create it. When you bring the Quick Start dialog box up, simply type your title in the Title text box. |
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| If you want to add a title after you have started working
on your page, add the <TITLE></TITLE> tags after the opening
<HEAD> tag on your page. To insert the tag:
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| Example | Your header information will now look like this: <HTML> |
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| The Address Footer | Another standard feature of every well-designed web page is
the address footer. The footer has two required elements:
The address might also contain:
Here is an example of my address footer: |
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| Web Design
Center Last Revised: September 18, 1999 © 1999 Agatha Taormina |
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| The footer is usually the last piece of information on a
web page. It usually appears underneath the navigation bar or separated from the page content with a horizontal rule. The footer is often displayed in smaller type than the main content of the page. |
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| To learn how to decrease the size of type, go to Type: Change Type
Attributes To learn how to add a mailto link to a page, go to Links: Mailto Links |
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| HINT:
Add the footer, complete with hyperlinks, to your page template. To learn how to create a page template, go to Basics: Create a Page Template |
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