Many FrontPage 2000/2002 users are very fond of the ease with which multiple web pages can be formatted simultaneously using the Shared Borders feature of FrontPage. While StoreFront 5.0 primarily uses the StoreFront Theme to dynamically control the design of StoreFront pages, shared borders can be utilized as well.
Because of the structure of the StoreFront web pages, it is recommended that you apply the shared borders to each page individually. Shared borders should only be applied to the primary content pages and not to any include files. To do this, simply open the page and select the Shared Borders option from the Format menu. Select the shared borders you wish to apply (top, left, right, or bottom) and choose to apply to Selected Page(s).
Note: StoreFront 2000 users need to be particularly careful not to apply the shared borders to all pages. If shared borders are applied to the header and footer HTML files as well as the file that outputs the dynamic content of the page, when all three files are combined and displayed as a single page, the same shared borders may be displayed multiple times. Instead, the top border would be applied to header files, the bottom border to footer files, and the left and right borders applied to the content page.
MORE INFORMATION FOR STOREFRONT 2000 USERS:
Understanding the roles of the various HTML include files that are used by StoreFront 2000 will help you to avoid mistakes while applying shared borders or themes. The HTML include files that are used by StoreFront 2000 are as follows: detail_foot.htm: this file forms the footer for all the pages that are output by detail.asp.
detail_head.htm: this file forms the header for all the pages that are output by detail.asp
mail_foot.htm: this file forms the footer for the mail.asp mailing list subscription page.
mail_head.htm: this file forms the header for the mail.asp page.
neworder.htm: this file forms the header for the neworder.asp page. Neworder.asp is the page that your customers can go to to retrieve a previous order.
order.htm: this file forms the header for the order.asp page. Order.asp is the page that your customers use to begin the checkout process.
search_foot.htm: this file forms the footer for the search.asp page. Search.asp is the front en of the StoreFront search engine.
search_head.htm: this file forms the header for the search.asp page.
search_results_foot.htm: this file forms the footer for the search results pages that are output by the StoreFront search engine to display products that match a customer's query.
search_results_head.htm: this file forms the header for the search results pages that are output by the StoreFront search engine to display products that match a customer's query.
thanks_head.htm: when a customer orders a product from the pages output by the StoreFront search engine or detail.asp, confirmation of their order will be displayed on a thank-you page. This page is dynamically generated, and thanks_head.htm forms the header for the page.
thanks_foot.htm: this page forms the footer for the thank-you page mentioned previously.
ccerrormsg.htm: when a transaction processing service reports an error message, the error message is interpreted and displayed to your customers by ccerrormsg.asp. This page acts as the header for ccerrormsg.asp.
confirm_foot.htm: confirm.asp is the page that is displayed to your customers upon the successful completion of an order. Confirm_foot.htm acts as the footer for this page.
confirm_head.htm: this page acts as the header for confirm.asp.
process_head.htm: process_order.asp is the page that is responsible for collecting customer billing and shipping information during the checkout process. Process_head.htm is loaded as the header for this page.
