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Organizing a Site
Think of a site as a drawer in a filing cabinet. You are going to organize the drawer (site) by placing similar items in a folder. Just as you may have a benchmarks folder in your drawer, you may have a graphics folder as part of your website. The main folder that contains a site (think of it as the drawer) is called the root folder.

Root folders are usually organized one of two ways.

Structure One: Organized by File Type
This folder structure places files of the same type (PDF, for example) in folders. Each folder may contain sub-folders for different areas of the site (news, events, projects, etc.).



Structure Two: Organized by Page
The second option is to organize your structure by different areas of your site. For example, you could make a news folder. The news folder would contain all news-related web pages as well as the supporting files (PDFs, pictures, movies).



Small sites (those with less than 20 files) can usually be managed within one folder. In other words, the root may suffice. YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE A ROOT FOLDER.

Larger sites should ALWAYS make use of sub-directories.

Creating a Link to an Outside Web Site

 * 1) Add text to your page.
 * 2) Highlight the word(s) you would like to use as a link.
 * 3) Click the link button on the tool bar.
 * 4) Fill in the complete web address in the properties window. You must include the http:// in order for the link to work.
 * 5) Click OK to close the properties window.



Linking to a Page in Your Site

 * 1) Follow the first three steps used to create a link to another site.
 * 2) Rather than entering a URL to another site, click the Choose File... button.
 * 3) Navigate to your root folder; locate the file to which you would like to link.
 * 4) Click OK to choose the file.
 * 5) Click OK to close the link properties window.

Creating a Mail Link

 * 1) Follow the directions to use to create a link to another web site.
 * 2) Rather than entering a URL, enter the recipient's email address.
 * 3) Place a check in the 'The above is an email address' box.
 * 4) Click OK.