I set up a main page and then added a page - but
all I get is a repeat of the main page. Anyone know what is happening?

Also don't understand what is supposed to go in page id and page title

Hi Nan,



The page id is the filename for your web page. For example: myPage.html

The page title is whatever you want to appear in the browser tab describing your page. Here is an example for an "About Us" page:

Page id: aboutUs.html

Page Title: About Us

Nan, I would need more detailed information to help you with this.

I hope this helps.

Best regards,

Hiya Nan & John,

I might also suggest when you create your page names (ID's on VSD) that you use all lower case letters. This causes the least amount of problems with servers that are caps sensative. What this means is that on most servers (not 100% all, but most) myPage.html does not equal mypage.html and the server will treat a page request for one or the other but not both. So if you try to go to

johns-site.com/aboutus.html

but your site's page is actually

johns-site.com/aboutUs.html

it won't find it because it reads that capital U as a distinction in the file name.

The reason we always suggest lower case is because most people when typing don't bother to use the caps when searching for a site or typing in the site name on the address bar. Not only that, people won't have a clue about your particular capitalization techniques and will therefore not find your site page.

Hope that helps

@Nan: I'm not 100% positive on this Nan, but I think the duplicating of the page is what VSD does to create new pages and then you just edit them how you want it and save it with a new ID & Title etc. I may be wrong here, as I don't use VSD, but I think I read something about that on the forums somewhere a while ago. Hopefully someone else will have a better idea on that

apreciate the help and quick response - still not understanding how to have addon pages. I click on addon - create a new page but when it is saved - it is just a repeat of the main page.
Nan

Yeah that's what I was saying, I think it's how VSD does the addon pages. Then just edit that new addon page and save it as a different name. I'm assuming here, but seems like the logical way it sounds like it might be working. Instead of creating a blank page it creates a duplicate giving you all the menu setups already there, and anything that you may want to have on each page etc. This way you only need to alter the things for the content of that particular page instead of having to redo it all again. Hopefully someone else can verify this for us.

IF this is the case you may want to be really sure that your original index page has all the main things you want on it, and how you want it setup also. This way you won't have to do lots of changes later to each page if you change something like an element in the footer area or on your menu. You'll probably still have to do some of that, but if you have the main structure done that will keep it down to a minimum at least

Another thing you might want to do is take that duplicated page, strip out the content stuff that you will not use on the other pages and save that as your theme template page so you can just duplicate that one instead of your index page for new pages. Just a thought that way you don't have to keep removing things each time you make a new page. Just remember to update that theme template page if you change things on your common elements that are shared on each page.

Hi Nan,

Please do heed Jo Ann's suggestions and recommendations. She has been a wonderful help to me when I've run into issues.

When creating a new page using VSD, you may use the toolbar just below the menu bar. At the left end of the toolbar, you should see a button, Add Page. When you clidk on this button a dialog box appears giving you the following options:

1. An edit box where you can enter the title of your page.
2. An edit box where you can enter the page filename, e.g. mypage
3. At the bottom of the dialog box is a Duplicate Page checkbox. If this box is checked the page you create will be the same as the page that is displayed in the dropdown list.

Perhpas you are duplicating the same page because the Duplicate Page checkbox is checked and the page shown in the dropdown list is your main page.

Tip:

Nan, here's how I create new pages for a site. After I have created a page with a logo, footer, and any other information I want to have included in all pages in my site, I save this page calling it "master." Once I have created the "master" page, when I create a new page, I (1) click on the Add Page button on the VSD toolbar, (2) I give the page a title, (3) I give the page an id (filename), (4) I check the Duplicate Page checkbox, and (4) I then select the "master" page from the dropdown list. Doing this gives me the basic page, and then I edit the page for content and any other features I want to include.

Nan, I hope this helps.

And just adding to that. There is also an option to create a blank page there somewhere. I don't have VSD open at the moment so can't check but I remember seeing it and using it

Hi Nan,

TassieTiger is correct. To create a new blank page, just click on the Add Page button, and make certain that the Duplicate Page checkbox is unchecked. Just give the page a title and an id (filename), and you are off and running.

Hopefully my first post in this forum shows up at the right place. After reading steps to create a new web site in VSD, the Page ID for the first page should be index.html. I already have created another web site.
Is it necessary each time when starting a new website, to call the first page index.html? When I do, the program eliminates the "dot" between index and html

Hi Jonsong,
you can name the homepage or page id whatever you wish, some use "Home" or "Welcome", but when VSD make the page for the server, that will automatically be named index, so no need to type in index for the id.