Template selection

One of the keys to a successful website is an attractive appearance. First impressions count, and new visitors' opinions on your website will be largely influenced by its graphic layout, before they even start to look through the contents. A well thought-out and professional-looking design gives the impression of a good quality site that is worth looking at.

WebSite X5 gives you two possibilities for designing your website:

1. you can create a custom template, either starting from scratch or from one of the default templates;

2. you can use a default template, choosing from a gallery of over 1.500 templates already included with the Program.

Both the custom templates and the default templates can be changed at will and added to, using the many features offered by the built-in editor shown in the Edit Graphic Template window.

All the default templates are optimized to be displayed at 1024 x 768 pixels. If you want to use a different resolution, use the Custom Template.

Most of the Template selection window is dedicated to displaying the available templates. You can use the following commands to filter the templates on display, if this makes it easier for you to choose which one you want to use:

	List of Categories This option shows a list of the various categories in which the templates are organized, so you can choose which ones to display. The first category contains all the custom templates that have been created from scratch, and you will only see it if at least one such custom template exists. The following categories contain the various default templates that are available.
	Menu This option filters the default templates according to the type of menu they propose, so you can choose to display templates with either horizontal or vertical menus, or both.
	Show Small Preview - Show Medium Preview - Show Large Preview These options define the way in which template previews are displayed.
	Edit the Template Hue This option opens the Template Hue window where you can change the color tone of the selected template.

The following commands are available for working on the templates:

§New Template: this starts the process of creating a new custom template from scratch. These templates will be added to the Custom category.

§Rename: use this command if you want to rename a template. It can only be used on custom templates. You cannot change the name of default templates. You can also rename a custom template by clicking twice on its name.

§Duplicate: this command makes a copy of the selected template.

§Remove: this command deletes the selected template. You can only use it on custom templates: default templates cannot be deleted.

§Edit...: this command opens the selected template in the Edit Graphic Template window so that you can edit it. It can only be used on custom templates. If you want to edit a default template you must first make a copy of it, by clicking on the Duplicate button.

§Import...: this command imports a new template (a .IWTPL file) that has been created with WebSite X5 and exported.

§Export...: this command exports the selected template (a .IWTPL file) to the specified folder. It can then be shared and used on other computers.

Notes on compatibility with the previous versions:

§Horizontal / Vertical Menu - In previous versions of the program (up to version 8) the choice between horizontal and vertical menus was made in the Menu Selection window, and in version 9 there was a specific Menu Type option. In version 10, you just have to select the default template that has the type of menu you want. If you create a custom template you have to set Menu Type with the related option.

§Colors - In version 8, each default template was available in four different colorways. In version 9, the colorways were replaced by color styles, which offered different color palettes, settings and graphics. In version 10 the distinction between style variations has been eliminated: now, each template has its own particular style and/or settings, and each one appears in the complete template list.

Best practices:

-	How to work with the templates
-	Where to find new templates for WebSite X5