Expression Web “in box” Templates
Jul 31st, 2008 by Patricia Geary
Expression Web comes with a series of “in box” templates that you can use to get started with. If you go to
File > New > Web Site > Templates
You are then presented with a list of templates to choose from with a Preview of what it will look like. Make your choice and the site will be created for you. Click on thumbnail for larger image.
Screenshot File > New > Web Site > Template.
Using Personal 4 as an example, the website is created where you have specified on your computer and the following files/folders are created. Click thumbnail for a larger image.
Default in-box template organization
master.dwt
default.html
about_me (folder)
contact (folder)
images (folder)
links (folder)
resume (folder)
photo_gallery (folder)
styles (folder)
The styles folder contains the various style sheets you can use with the master.dwt. I would leave that folder as is. With the exception of the about_me and resume folder, each of the other folders contains only one page.
My suggestion for using this setup would be to move all of the images to the image folder and move the pages within the folder to the root directory with the default.himl page. If you intend to use the photo gallery, then leave that folder as is. At the same time, I rename the default.html to index.html. (Use the name for the file that your server requires.)
Your website folder/file system should now look something like this. Click thumbnail for a larger image.
Screenshot of reorganized file/folders.
Your newly reorganized website is now ready to work with.
