Dreamweaver

The first thing to do when you've opened up Dreamweaver is to define your site - go to Site>New Site from the top menu of Dreamweaver and give your store template a name and browse to the folder you extracted the template to. By default this should be C:\Dreamweaver Templates\DW Store Template.

You'll find the package has some sample pages, the store .asp or .php pages and a file called Main.dwt in the Templates folder. To make site-wide changes to the design, adding your company name, changing the menu etc. you'll need to work from this file. Once you've made the changes, save the file and you'll be prompted if you want to update all the files using this template - agree to the prompt and you should be able to see the modifications you've made.

More information for setting up the Dreamweaver templates

FrontPage

Once you've opened Frontpage choose File>Open Web from the top menu. Browse to the location where you extracted your template to (By default this should be C:\Frontpage Templates\FP Store Template). You may want to make a back up of the original before making any changes - remember it's always better to publish Frontpage templates so once you've opened the web you might want to publish it to another location on your hard drive, alternatively save a copy of the .exe on CD or disc, just in case.

You can then get to work on making the changes - many of the ASP templates use a theme and Frontpage navigation although there are some that rely entirely on include pages.

To change the names on navigation buttons:

1. Switch to FrontPage Navigation View.
2. Right click on the page icon that represents the link you wish to change.
3. Type a new name.
4. Right click in the blue area to "Apply Changes."

To add a page to the nav bars:

In navigation view, select and open a page that exists on the same level of the chart as the page you wish to add.

1. Save it as a new page. Switch to Navigation View.
2. Drag it onto the Navigation View flow chart.
3. In the Navigation View, rename the page to suit your needs.
4. Customize the content and save.

More information for setting up the PHP Frontpage templates

A Getting Started doc is available here for the Frontpage and Dreamweaver templates.