HOW TO: Customize the FrontPage 2000 Navigation Bar

This article explains how to customize the Microsoft FrontPage navigation bar.

Customize the Navigation Bar

To customize the FrontPage navigation bar, follow these steps:

1. Start FrontPage.
2. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Web.
3. In the New dialog box, double-click One Page Web.
4. On the Format menu, click Theme.
5. In the Themes dialog box, click All Pages under Apply Theme to.
6. Select the theme that you want to use, and then click to select the following check boxes:
   • Vivid Colors
   • Background Picture
7. Click OK.
   
   When the confirmation message appears, click Yes.
8. On the Tools menu, click Web Settings, and then click the Advanced Tab.
9. Click to select the Show documents in hidden directories check box, and then click OK.
   
   When the confirmation message appears, click Yes.
10. On the File menu, click Open.
11. In the Open File dialog box, select any .htm file, and then click Open.
12. On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click From File.
13. In the Picture dialog box, click _themes, select any picture file, and then click OK.
    
    The image that you selected to insert appears on the page.
14. Click the image.
    
    The Picture toolbar appears.
15. On the Picture toolbar, click the text symbol (an uppercase A).
    
    A text box appears over the image.
16. In the text box, type Home.
17. Right-click the image outside of the text box, and then click Hyperlink on the shortcut menu.
18. In the Create Hyperlink dialog box, click Default.htm or Index.htm, and then click OK.
19. Save your changes.
20. On the File menu, click Preview in Browser, and then double-click the browser that you want to use. The inserted image, the accompanying text, and the hyperlink, now exhibit the same functionality as the FrontPage navigation bar.