About shared borders

A shared border is a region that is common to one or more pages in a web. A shared border may be a region at the top of the page (similar to a page header), at the bottom (similar to a page footer), at the left, or at the right. Use shared borders to place the same content on multiple pages in one step, rather than editing each page. For example, to quickly place a logo at the top of each page in your web, set the top border to be shared, then add the graphic to the top border.

An advantage to using shared borders is that you only have to modify content in one place to update all pages. For example, to change the copyright notice on a Web site of 30 pages, you only need to update it on one page if the notice is inside a shared border.

Ways to use shared borders

Shared borders are a quick and easy way to give your pages a consistent look. Following are examples of ways to use shared borders:

• Add a page banner to a shared top border to ensure each page has a title.
• Add the company logo to a shared top border.
• Add a navigation bar to let site visitors get to the main pages in your web. For more information, see About navigation bars.
• Add a copyright notice in a shared bottom border.
• Add the date and time the web was last modified.
• Add an e-mail address for feedback, such as the Webmaster's address.

Setting shared borders for pages and webs

You can set the shared borders that a web uses by default, and set shared borders on individual pages. For example, the default setting for a web might be to share top and left borders; each new page would then have these shared borders. However, you could turn off a shared border on certain pages if you didn't want it.

Another example is a web that has no shared borders by default — you can set shared borders on specific pages as needed.

Set shared borders for all pages in a web

A shared border is a region that is common to one or more pages in a web. Inside a shared border, include items that you want to appear on each page with the shared border.

You can set which shared borders to use in a web by default. For example, set the top border to be shared by default. Then, when you create a page for your web, the new page will automatically share this top border.

Note   After you set shared borders across a web, you can change this setting for individual pages.

1. On the Format menu, click Shared Borders.
2. Click All pages.
3. Select the borders that you want to appear on every page in the current web. If you select Top or Left, you can also choose to include navigation bars. For more information about navigation bars and shared borders, see About navigation bars.

   Dashed lines are displayed to indicate the shared border, and you can now add the content you want.

   If you included a navigation bar, it is displayed in the shared border. Otherwise, a comment telling you to add content is displayed — you can remove the comment by selecting it and pressing DELETE.

Set shared borders for a page

A shared border is a region that is common to one or more pages in a web. Inside a shared border, include items that you want to appear on each page.

For each page in your web, you can set the borders to share. For example, if the top border is shared by default for a web but you don't want this shared border on a specific page, you can turn off the shared top border on that page. Or, you can set selected pages in a web to use a shared border, even if the web does not have any shared borders by default.

For example, the default setting for the web is to have top and bottom shared borders. You insert a navigation bar in the top border, and a copyright citation in the bottom border. However, on three pages you do not want to display the copyright citation, so for these three pages, disable the bottom border.

1. In Page view, on the Format menu, click Shared Borders.
2. Click Current page.
3. Specify the borders that you want on this page.

   Shared borders are added or removed depending on your settings. New borders display placeholder elements, such as a comment, page banner, or navigation bar.

Add, change, or remove elements in a shared border

After you set a shared border, you can add content to it. At any point, you can change or remove the content in a shared border. For example, you can add a page banner to a shared top border, change the navigation bar, or delete text.

1. Open a page that uses the shared border you want to modify.
2. In Page view, click inside the shared border region, which is outlined with a dashed line. When you click the area, the outline changes to a solid line.
3. Make your changes to the content inside the shared border region. For example, type text or add a picture.
4. Click Save . Your changes will appear on all pages that share the border.

Modify the title of a file

The title of a file — not its file name — appears in page banners and navigation bars that Microsoft FrontPage creates, as well as in the title bar of most Web browsers. You can modify the title of a file without modifying its file name.

1. In any view except Tasks view, right-click the file, click Properties on the shortcut menu, and then click the General tab.
2. In the Title box, type the title of the file that you want to appear in page banners and navigation bars.