Web Crossing


Introduction

Installation & Upgrade

Web Crossing Features

Customizing & Scripting

UniqueIDs, Full Paths & URL Codes

Basic Customization

Server-Side Scripting

Web Crossing Template Language (WCTL)

WCTL Code Examples

Server-Side Scripting: Web Crossing JavaScript (WCJS)

User & Access Issues

Data Organization & Management

Performance Issues

Appendix

Site Map

Basic Customization: Customizing the HEAD and Banner

Putting Code in the Page HEAD
Changing the Banner
Troubleshooting
Resources

Putting Code in the Page HEAD

Put any code you want to appear in the HEAD section of each HTML document into this box. For instance, stylesheet information would go here. For details, see Stylesheets.

Figure 1 - HEAD Section text entry box with code containing style tag
to produce the font shown (Mac IE 4.5).

HEAD screenshot from Control Panel

 

Changing the Page Banner

You can change what appears on the top, or banner, of each page by going to the Control Panel > Customizing > Banner, footer, background and top-level page appearance. You'll find a text field prefilled with HTML to display the site title, centered on the page inside <H1> tags. You can edit this, or delete it and put in your own HTML for the banner of your pages. You may choose to add advertising banners, site identification banners, or navigational elements here.

When you're done, click Update top-level page appearance at the bottom of the page.

The settings here affect every page, unless you have specified a different banner by editing an individual folder.

Figure 2 - Default banner information in Sysop Control Panel

Default footer text in Sysop Control Panel

See also General Global Formatting, Using Tables for Formatting, and Global Font Changes.

Troubleshooting

My pages don't look like they should.

  • Is your HTML correct?
  • Did you place it in the correct field in the Control Panel?
  • Does it appear in the page source where you expect it to?

Resources

See Folder Customization Chart.

Sysop Control Panel

  • Customizing
    • Banner, footer, background and top-level page appearance

Sysop Documentation


A Non-Programmer's Guide to Web Crossing
by Sue Boettcher and Doug Lerner

© 2000 Web Crossing, Inc.