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Editing a Template in HTML Programs: Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression Web

In order to edit your template in an HTML editor like Dreamweaver, Expression Web, or FrontPage, you must first download one of FORTUNE3's templates to your computer (unless you have already

• Click on the "My Template" button in the "My Web Pages".
• Select a template "Style" from the menu on the left; then choose a color combination on the right.
• Once you have chosen the template you would like to download and customize, select the template and click on the "Modify As" button, the template download will begin (this will require an Internet Connection).
• Once the template is downloaded, a screen will prompt you to enter the "Name of New Template".
• Fill in the "Name of New Template" field by entering a name that would reference your template - we recommend that you use your FORTUNE3 username as your main template's name in order to avoid confusion. The name you enter here will be reflected in your Template's Folder Path.
• The built-in HTML editor will appear displaying the HTML layout of the"New Template". Exit this window by clicking "File" on the menu bar and then "Save & Close".

Once you have the template downloaded to your computer, you may open the HTML editor program of your choice (Dreamweaver, . Expression Web, etc.). If you are on Windows Vista or Windows 7 and have User Account Control turned on, you will need to open your HTML editor by right-clicking on it and selecting on "Run as Administrator", or else your changes will not be saved. Once you have the HTML editor open, go to File -> Open. Then browse through your PC's files to open the following file on your computer:

C:\Program Files\FORTUNE3 Wizard\Templates\TemplateName\content.html

The Template's Folder Path should be located in this path:

C:\Program Files\FORTUNE3 Wizard\Templates\TemplateName\

TIP: TemplateName = This is what you entered in the "Name of New Template" field when you first downloaded the template.

Make your changes to the template within this file and then simply save the file. Once you save the file, you are finished, the next time you upload your site you will see the changes you made to the Template on your site. Needless to say, this content.html file is the main file that represents your custom template, along with other graphic and style sheet files that are in the Template's Folder Path.

Within the content.html Template file:

Link to other web pages that you have on your site by specifying only the page name followed by .html (exclude the Folder Path. i.e. <A HREF="pagename.html">Enter Link Text Here</A>).

Link to any of the 'FORTUNE3 Shopping Cart & E-Commerce Wizard software' auto-generated web-pages by using an of the following tokens:
{f3index}, {f3products}, {f3specials}, {f3shop}, {f3about}, {f3contact}, {f3search}, {f3terms}, {f3privacy}, {f3faq} and {f3orderstatus} as the link addresses for the links (exclude the Folder Path and the .html file extension. i.e. <A HREF="{f3privacy}">Privacy Policy</A>). The following chart depicts each link token that is available within FORTUNE3:

LINK TOKEN        CREATES LINK TO:    
{f3index} Home Page
{f3about} About Page
{f3contact} Contact Page
{f3products} Products Page
{f3shop} Shopping Page
{f3terms} Terms of Use / Sale Page
{f3privacy} Privacy Page
{f3faq} FAQ Page
{f3orderstatus} Order Status Login Page
{f3specials} Specials Page
{f3search} Search Page
viewcart.cgi View Cart Page

Refer to new images and animated objects being incorporated by specifying the file name followed by the corresponding file extension (.gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .fla, .swf, .swd, .spl / exclude the Folder Path. i.e. <IMG SRC="imagename.gif..">). Please do not use uppercase letters in the filename. Any uppercase letters in the filename will automatically be converted to all lowercase letters to avoid errors. If your filename does have uppercase letters, please enter the full URL of the file (in the SRC tag) in order to keep the uppercase letters (<img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/ImageName.jpg">) .

Folder Path for the 'Template Design' - where to put your template's images and files:

Incorporate all of the new images and animated objects referenced in the HTML code by saving their corresponding files (.gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .png, .fla, .swf, .swd, .spl formats) directly into the specified Template's Folder Path - do not use sub-folders.

The Template's Folder Path also contains other files, mostly image files and a style sheet (for example, the Add to Cart image is in this folder, called btnadd.gif). You may change any of the files and images in the Template's Folder Path. When you upload, the changed images will be reflected on your site.

If you would like to edit the fonts in the style sheet, you may do so by editing the style.css file that is located in the Template's Folder Path, but in order for your modified style sheet to get uploaded to your site, you must also make sure that style.css is selected as the "Style Name" in the "Fonts & Styles" section of the Wizard.

Any new images or files you add to the template must have the image files located directly in the Template's Folder Path: C:\Program Files\FORTUNE3 Wizard\Templates\TemplateName\ without any sub-folders, and referred to within the HTML code as simply <img src="file.ext".....>. Please do not use uppercase letters in the filename. Any uppercase letters in the filename will automatically be converted to all lowercase letters to avoid errors. If your filename does have uppercase letters, please enter the full URL of the file (in the SRC tag) in order to keep the uppercase letters (<img src="http://www.yourdomain.com/ImageName.jpg">).
Image Editing For Graphic Designers and Web Developers:

To edit the template's buttons and graphics all at once, use Graphics Software Fireworks to modify the colors and design of the template's graphics ("template1of2.png", "template-buttons.png", "templat-design.png" and/or "template2of2.png" are the possible Fireworks files that should be downloaded with each template and should be available in your Template's Folder Path). Do not delete, change names, shapes, sizes or positions of the predefined slices.

Once finished, use the graphics software to export all of the slices to the specified Template's Folder Path.
If you want to differentiate each page with its own Meta Tags, keep the following lines between the <head> and </head> tags:
<META name="keywords" content="{keywords}">
<META name="description" content="{description}">
<META name="title" content="{title}">
<title>{title}</title>

Required Tokens / Tags:

DO NOT REMOVE the following tokens:
{onload} within the body tag of the HTML ( <body {onload}....> )- You Must Have this to have a Functional Shopping Cart.
{menu} for the main category menu.
{content} This token displays the dynamic contents of your site.
{script} Java Script for dynamic menu - You need this in order for the menu to work.

The following 2 lines must appear before the body:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="script.js"></SCRIPT>
<LINK REL="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" title="Da Style sheet" HREF="style.css">

Optional Template Tokens / Tags:

{companyinfo} This optional token calls your company's information that was entered in the Wizard's "My Company" section under the "Company Information" tab. This token displays the following information on your site:
Company Name
Address
City, State, Zip Code
Country
Sales Dept. E-mail
Phone & Ext.
Fax
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{logo} This optional token calls your company's logo image that is entered in the Wizard's "My Web Pages" section under the "Company Logo" button. This should only be used in the following context: <img src="{logo}" border=0>
{slogan} This optional token calls your company's slogan that is entered in the Wizard's "My Web Pages" section under the "Company Logo" button.
{jscart} This optional token calls and displays a small version of shopping cart contents on your template (so that customers know what is in the cart while browsing through your pages). This should be on a table no wider than 180 pixels wide.
{carttotals} This optional token calls and displays in simple text the number of items currently in the shopping cart and the order's sub-total amount. i.e. 3 Items ($89.90)
{cartqty} This optional token calls and displays in simple text the number of items currently in the shopping cart. i.e. 3 Items
{randomft} This optional token calls and displays your web store's Top Sellers. The top sellers are randomly displayed vertically on your site in pairs or 3 at a time. Each category and product page will show the Top Seller products within its own category, each product shown here is organized along with the product's price, image, link to product page and Add to Cart link. You can define the Top Sellers you want to display on the Administration Site's "My Reports -> Top Sellers" menu. This token should be on a cell no bigger than 150 pixels wide.
{randomsp} This optional token calls and displays your web store's Special Offers. Special Offers are any products that have both a Regular Price and an On Sale Price specified in its properties. The special offers are randomly displayed vertically on your site in pairs or 3 at a time. Each category and product page will randomly show the Special Offer products within its own category, each product shown here is organized along with the product's price, image, link to product page, and Add to Cart link. Token should be on a cell no bigger than 150 pixels wide.
{randomrp} This optional token calls and displays your web store's Recommended or Cross-Selling Items. The Cross-Selling Items are randomly displayed vertically on your Products' pages in pairs or 3 at a time - only if you have Cross-Selling Items set up for that product in the Wizard. Each product shown here is organized along with the product's price, image, link to product page and Add to Cart link.
{currencyconversion} This optional token calls and displays the currency conversion scroll-down list or set of flags that you specify in the "Currency Conversion and Languages" screen in the Wizard's "My Company -> Company Information" section. If this token is not present in your template, and you have the currency conversion tool activated, the currency conversion selection will appear to visitors under your main menu by default.
{languagetrans} This optional token calls and displays the language translation scroll-down list or set of flags that you specify in the "Currency Conversion and Languages" screen in the Wizard's "My Company -> Company Information" section. If this token is not present in your template, and you have the translation conversion tool activated, the translation conversion selection will appear to visitors under your main menu by default.

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