Related TopicsPage Layouts and Web Designs Overview
Page layouts are individual page "looks" designed for specific uses: for example, Home page, Text page, and Detail page. The page layout determines such things as the appearance and location of titles and the type of navigation links that appear in a page. CuteSITE Builder includes the same page layouts in each Web design; however, the way the page layouts look may differ between designs.
By default, CuteSITE Builder creates new pages with the Text page layout. To apply a different page layout, select the page and choose Format > Apply Page Layout. (You can also change the default page layout applied to new pages in the Apply Page Layout dialog box.)
You can apply any local formatting you want to an individual page; for example, you can change the color of a border or display a border that’s not part of the layout. If you want to apply your changes more globally in the file, or apply them to future pages, you can modify the page layout itself or create a new layout using the Page Layout Editor.
For example, suppose you are working on a file, and have already created and added content to six Text pages. You now decide you want to insert a picture in the right border of the seventh page, but the right border is not big enough for the picture. You increase the size of the border, but decide that for consistency you would like all six of the previous pages to have the same size border as on the seventh, though without any of the content you have added to the seventh page.
With the Page Layout Editor, you can display the Text page layout and make this change. CuteSITE Builder then applies the change to all seven pages that use the Text layout (plus any future pages you apply it to). You can use it to change any aspect of the page or its static (repeating) content.
In the example above, suppose the picture you inserted was a company logo. You decide that you would like the same logo to appear in a border of all the pages that use the Text layout. Rather than inserting the picture on all seven pages by hand, you can bring the page you're working on into the Page Layout Editor as a "staging page" and add the picture to the layout. (It's important, when using a staging page, to clear out any content that you do not want to appear on all Text pages. Your model page will not be affected.)
If you want to reuse one or more page layouts in another file, the best way is to save them in a Web design. Or, you can also "hollow out" your file, by removing all the unique content, and then save it as a reusable template.
For information on how to best use page layouts to build Web sites, see Getting Great Results with CuteSITE Builder.