Basics: FrontPage 2000
Add a Title and an Address Footer

Add a Title

Add an Address Footer

The title of 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: FrontPage 2000:  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.

Add a Title There are several ways to add a title to a web page in FrontPage 2000.
The quickest way to add a title is to do so when you save the page for the first time.
To save a page, choose File, Save As on the main menu bar. The Save As dialog box appears. 

At the bottom of the dialog box, just above the space for the file name, is the default title that FrontPage 2000  has assigned to the page.

Page title in Save As dialog box
Click on the Change button just to the right of the title.  

The Set Page Title dialog box will appear.

Set Page Title dialog box
Type in your title.

Click on OK.

You can also add or change a page title at any time.

Choose Format, Background from the main menu.   The Page Properties dialog box will appear.

Click on the General tab.

Page Properties: General tab

Add your title in the Title text box
The Address Footer A standard feature of every well-designed web page is the address footer.  The address has two required elements:
  • the date of last revision of the page
  • an email link to the person responsible for the page

The address might also contain:

  • copyright information
  • further contact information such as a telephone or fax number or a mailing address

Here is my footer:

Web Design Center
Last Revised:
© 1999 Agatha Taormina
  

FrontPage 2000 will let you insert a timestamp in your footer to automatically indicate the date of last revision.

To insert a timestamp in a web page:

  • Insert your cursor at the desired location
  • Choose Insert, Date and Time from the menu bar.
  • The Date and Time Properties dialog box will appear.
Date and Time Properties dialog box
  • Both display choices will indicate when the page was last edited and saved to the server. 
  • If you choose Date this page was last automatically updated, the display will also change when a change in another page in the web site affects the content of the page you are working on.
  • Choose a Date Format from the first  dropdown menu. If you choose (none), only the time of last update will appear.
  • Choose a Time Format from the second dropdown menu. If you choose (none), only the date of last update will appear.
  • Click on OK.
  • Choose Format, Font from the main menu to bring up the Font dialog box and adjust the size of the type in the footer.

See Links: Create Mailto Links for information on how to insert a link to a mailing address in your footer.

Basics: FrontPage 2000
Create or Open a Page
Enter and Format Text
Add Headlines and Horizontal Rules

Add a Title and an Address Footer

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