XSitePro - Designing and Changing XSitePro Templates
Create a New XSitePro Template 

A common problem with many website design packages is finding or designing a template that is relevant for your new website.  XSitePro has addressed this issue with a powerful array of built in templates (over 300 including the free bonus pack).

XSitePro2 includes an impressive number of choices that literally cater for every need or industry.  But if the extensive choice of XSitePro templates doesn’t satisfy your needs, then there is always the option of designing your own.

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At first this may sound a little intimidating, but like all the features that have been built into XSitePro, designing or modifying your own unique template is a very straightforward and simple exercise.

To design or modify your own XSitePro2 template all you need to do is carry out the following steps.

Step 1 - As with any task, before you begin, you should plan out what you want the basic layout of your XSitePro template to look like.  Do you want a menu on the left, right, top or bottom of your XSite Pro template?

What kind of story, or theme do you want your graphics to convey? Do you even need graphics to achieve the results you are hoping for?  XSitePro2 has an interesting help window known as a Pop-Up “Panels Illustration” that will guide you to as to the main elements of your XSitePro template project.  The Pop-Up “Panels Illustration” is simply a graphical guide that assists you with the overall layout of your XSitePro template.

Step 2 -  Having planned how you want your XSitePro2 template to look and having decided on the proportions of the layout of your XSitePro template you set out your mock page in a graphic design package (there are a large number of very easy to use programs available for free on the net).

Step 3 -  Having set out your mock page in your graphics program, you will then simply overlay the page layout you came up with in the first Step detailed above.  To assist you with keeping your design looking professional, you would paste-sized rectangles onto your design as ‘layers’ or drag rulers/guides onto your design as preferred

Step 4 - To take this brand new XSitePro template into XSitePro, you are going to chop the page into the respective component parts that make up your web page.
Step 5 - To get your newly created web page into XSitePro, you select the newly created graphic files as backgrounds of the different panels in a XSitePro2 template.  This process only takes a couple of minutes to complete as you only have a small number of pieces to layout in XSitePro.
Step 6 - Save as a fully customized XSitePro template that you can use again and again when you need it.  To modify it slightly and change some coloring is simple, so you can create multiple websites from your own XSitePro template that all carry a consistent and professional them.
Alternatively, you could modify an existing XSitePro template by changing (or deleting) certain elements that you are unhappy with and create your own XSitePro template.

Like all features of XSitePro 2, this process is very simple, yet powerful - it saves you a lot of time and a stack of money. 

September 25 2008

 
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