Setup Guide V1 (last updated January 4th, 2007)

Designed for the Freedom Series Templates and Modules

Intermediate Tutorials

Recommended for: Any one wishing to modify the basic look and feel of the template.

Overview: learn how to replace the themed images in the template with your own, and learn how to modify the style sheet to change the appearance of the 'fonts' used in your template.

Objective: by the end of the Intermediate tutorials, you'll learn how to create your own logo using Macromedia Fireworks, replace the default images with your own, and modify all font properties (for size, type, and color).

Software Required: HTML Editor (FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Expression Web, or a Standard HTML editor) Macromedia Fireworks 8*, Macromedia Flash 8*.

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The intermediate tutorials are divided into 3 sections.

COMMON COMPONENTS (included in All pages)
INDEX COMPONENTS (included with the Index page only)
TEMPLATE COMPONENTS (included with all Template pages)

Your template includes 3 types of pages, listed above. All of these pages share certain 'common' page components, such as the logo, or horizontal menu bar. Editing one of these components will update all pages in your web site. There are some 'components' specifically designed for the 'index' page, and others designed specifically for the template pages. Instructions for specific (index or template) page components are listed further down the page.