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Components of the Template
Getting the Templates
The Templates can be found on the Shared or W: drive in the folder "W:\IUSB Web Template" ("//shared/ IUSB Web Template" on Macintosh computers.) There you will finds threer folders:
- Old-Templates
- revised-dept-template
- revised-acad-template
If the site you are working on is not currently using the templates then you should use one of the templates whose name starts with "revised". The "Old-template" files are for sites that have been moved to the templates before July 2004. If your site is for an academic department then use "revised-acad-template". If your department is not academic, use "revised-dept-template". Next you will need to decide where to put your local working copy of your web site. This is where you keep a complete copy of your website that you will use to make changes before you load new or revised pages to the "live" web site. Usually the best place for this is your departments folder on the network (usually designated as the "H:" drive.) That way it will automatically be backed-up and anyone in the department who needs to can access the files.
Now open either the "revised-dept-template" or the " revised-acad-template", which ever is appropriate.You will find a folder called "www". Open it and copy all the files within including the folder "img". Below is a list of the files you need to copy.
- img (folder)
- _header_rightnav.shtml
- _rvsdfooter.shtml
- _rvsdleftnav.shtml
- index2.shtml
- iusbdeptstyles.css
- no-rightnav
- page1.shtml
- page2.shtml
- with-rightnav.shtml
Now you are ready to start creating and editing pages.
Creating a Page using the Templates
The Header.
Open the file named "_header.shtml" in your editing software. Near the top of the file you will see "Department Name" or "School Name". Whichever you see replace it with your departments name. Do not set the font or modify the text in anyway, this will be taken care of automatically by the template when it comes up in the browser. besure to save it as "_index.shtml". This only needs to be done once, the "_header.shtml" is used by every page in the folder.
The Footer
Open the file named "_footer.shtml" All that you need to do in the footer is to provide a means for viewers to make comments
The Main Content
You can use index2.shtml, page1.shtml, or no-rightnav.shtml to create your page. If you want a right side navigation bar use page2.shtml or with-rightnav.shtml. In the area reserved for content you will see the following: 
To create the title for your page highlight and replace it with your page's title. You can do the same with "Copy 1 header", "Copy 2 header", etc. to create sub headings. and from there just enter what you need on the page. Use the default settings for links and text on your page as the template is already setup to display these correctly .
When you are done use "save as" and give the file an appropriate file name. If you want a page to be the default or main page (the page that appears when no file name is specified) then name the file "index.shtml". Please note, all files that use the template must use the extention ".shtml".
The Left Navigation bar
To create the links on the left side of the page you need to open the "_rvsdleftnav.shtml" or "_leftnav.shtml" depending on wiether you are using the old or nes template. Depending on whether you are using the academic or departmental templates, this file will look like one of the following:
Make sure the bottom links to the IU South Bend Home and to the school or department home are the bottom most links and list your links in the order suggested by the template. To create a link highlight one of the placeholders such as "Department 1" or "Page 1" and replace it with the link you want. If you have more links then place holders, copy a place holder and add the copy in to the link list to create enough placeholders as you need to create your links. Be sure to save the file using the exact same name.
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