Re: [BlueGriffon] Template import

[Greg Chapman]

Hi Jeff,

On 25 Feb 13 09:40 Jeff Slater <jeffs...@btconnect.com> said:
> How do I import a commercial template into Blue Griffon?

If you have purchased a conventional web template I would expect it to
consist of a sample HTML file (possibily XHTML) a CSS file and one or
more image files. I'd expect the package to be delivered in a ZIP file
that when opened has the images in a sub-folder.

Simply copy the HTML, CSS and images folder out of the ZIP file to a
folder you create on your computer to hold your web site. (Always
retain the ZIP file as backup elsewhere.)

You can then open the HTML file in BlueGriffon and the styling will be
read from the CSS file and the images displayed on the page.

Your first job will be to do a "Save as" of the sample page naming it
"index.html" and you have your home page ready to populate with your
own content.

CAUTION: You will need to spend some time studying how the CSS works
that styles your site. Use BlueGriffon's "Style Properties" panel to
change the appearance of anything you want to adjust. DO NOT go wildly
clicking and dragging all over the page. That way you will destroy
almost all the point of making your purchase. For some types of change
you may also need to code it directly using the "Stylesheets" panel.

Good luck!

Greg Chapman
http://www.gregtutor.plus.com
Helping new users of KompoZer and The GIMP
Still exploring BlueGriffon

[Duncan House/Saxon Europe]

Greg - thanks for the prompt reply.

I thought that I was going to do as you suggested.

I suspect that I have purchased something that is beyond the scope of BG

Further reading of the readme file implies to me that you cannot expect to
see a wysiwyg result locally

I have appended the readme file but expect no comment from you other than
idiot!

Regards

Jeff

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[Greg Chapman]

Hi Duncan,

On 25 Feb 13 14:45 Duncan House/Saxon Europe

<jeffs...@btconnect.com> said:
> I suspect that I have purchased something that is beyond the scope
> of BG

It shouldn't be!

However, as the readme suggests, some of the template's bells and
whistles mentioned in the readme will not display in a browser, so
won't in BlueGriffon either, but that shouldn't stop you working with
the template to create your site.

> I have appended the readme file but expect no comment from you other
> than idiot!

Not idiot, but I will say now that I always argue that templates are
for geeks who are not graphic artists rather than folk who can
recognise artistic flair when they see it, but can't code. Most people
seem to assume that having a template magically overcomes a lack of
knowledge of HTML and CSS. It doesn't!

The problem is that to use a web template to best effect you need to
know understand how the code within it works and too many web design
newcomers have never tried to working jointly with another author on
any complex and heavily formatted document of any kind, let alone web
page - and essentially, that is what you are doing when you work with
someone else's template.

Bear in mind that with a web page, you aren't just handing out a piece
of paper where the structure of the instructions that created the
document are hidden and can be as tortuous as you like. With a web
page you are handing out the raw code that creates the and if it is
going to continue to download quickly once a fully developed site, and
be easily maintainable, then you need to understand the starting point
and methods that the template author used.