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Enable Home Page Toggle

Enable your site to expose links to its home page only on pages that are not the home page—a basic usability principle. On line 57 in the code view of the page.dwt.php template, change "/templates/dreamweaver/index.php" to the path for your site's home page. If you are building a site that does not live in a subfolder of another site, then the path would be just "/index.php". If you are building a site in your ODIN user webspace, the path would be something like "/~yourodinusername/index.php".

Use Horizontal Windlets

You can use the horizontal orientation of the windlets on any or all pages on your site, as provided in the example on this page.

  1. Open the page.dwt.php template and update the horizontal windlets with your own custom content.
  2. Apply the template to all pages in your site.
  3. In Dreamweaver, open any page and choose Modify > Template Properties > WindletsHorizontal and check the Show WindletsHorizontal checkbox.
  4. Hide the vertically-oriented windlets on that page by choosing Modify > Template Properties > ColumnRight and unchecking the Show ColumnRight checkbox.
  5. Repeat steps 3-4 on every page where you want to use the horizontal windlets.

Add a Left Column

You can add a left column to any page on your site. The most common use of a left column would be to augment the dynamic dropdown menus in the main navigation toolbar with subnavigation, as provided in the example on this page. The content in the left column is not the same on every page in your site, but instead can be customized on each page that displays a left column.

  1. Open a page in Dreamweaver and choose Modify > Template Properties > ColumnLeft.
  2. Check the Show ColumnLeft checkbox.
  3. Update the default content in the left column with whatever custom content you want to display on that page.

PSU Header and Site Header Design Options

Establish a unique design for your site by choosing different PSU Header and Site Header options.

  • Pair the Image PSU Header with the Color Site Header or pair the Green PSU Header with the Image Site Header. Don't stack two image or two color headers.
  • For the Color Site Header, you can choose from approved Site Header color combinations by opening the local cascading stylesheet (css/local.css) and uncommenting one of the color options.
  • For either the Image PSU Header or the Image Site Header, you can use the premade default images (which will be updated in their central location on a regular basis) or provide your own, custom directory of images—see comments in the <head> section of the code view of the page.dwt.php template file. Note that custom images must be carefully and professionally prepared and the PSU Header must display the Portland State logo properly. Request an image template file from University Communications.