Create a new course Web page.

1. Click New Page in the top menu bar of the SimpleSite workspace.
2. Select a template you want to use for this Web page from the drop-down menu. If you wish to use a different template set, you may follow the instructions for changing your Web site's default template set. Click Preview to look at the templates.
3. Select the location where you want to save your file in the "Location on your Web site" field. To select a folder, simply click the folder of your choice from the left column (designated by both a name and a folder image). SimpleSite will fill in "Location on your Web site" with the appropriate folder name. If you do not see the folder you wish to select, you may expand and contract folders by clicking on the small expand symbol to the left of each folder.
4. Give your page a file name.
   If you change the suggested file name, be sure to include the appropriate file extension, such as .html, .doc, or .jpg. Including the file extension at the end of the file name helps you, others, and your Web browser or other software know what kind of file this is, and how to correctly display or open the file. Files made with the SimpleSite classic course templates need to have .html as the file extension.
   The name of your Web pages cannot contain spaces or special characters. You can use a hyphen or an underscore in the filename.
   The home page of your Web site should be called index.html. Web browsers look first for a page called "index" when they view any Web site.
   Learn more about the index page.

5. When you're done, click Create Page.

Enter course and instructor information.

The classic course templates provide text boxes in the top of the page for course information such as department, class, instructor name, etc. Fill these in as appropriate. Course and instructor information will be remembered and filled in automatically as your create new course pages.

If you don't need any of the fields, simply leave it blank of any text, and the text fields won't appear on your page.

Customize the layout of your page.

The classic course templates have been improved, and now have updated toolbars for creating and editing content.

The templates have three layout areas for your Web page content: Banner, Navigation bar, and Main. To customize your page, you can hide any of the layout areas. Note: The Banner is hidden by default -- you must unhide the banner to add content to it.

Follow these steps to hide layout areas and customize your page layout:

1. Select Hide on the toolbar of any layout area you do not want to be displayed on your published page.
2. Click Save.

You can also hide individual pieces of content to keep them from being displayed to visitors to your Web site until the content is finished and ready to be published.

Start building your page by inserting page elements into the Main area, such as a content section, image gallery, journal, or group of links -- or any combination of the above. Follow these steps to add a page element to a layout area on your Web page:

1. Open the "Insert" drop-down menu at the top of the Main layout area.
2. Select a page element from the drop-down menu, such as "content section". The new page element will be added to the bottom of the layout area, underneath any existing content.

Create navigation links on your page.

The Navigation bar contains the links for your page. You can create links to other Web pages in your site, documents you have uploaded to your Web site, or external Web sites. By default, the navigation area contains five link toolbars. To add another link, click Add link ; a new link toolbar will appear at the bottom of the group. You can also delete links you don't use by clicking Delete link .

To create a link, follow the steps below.

1. Enter the link text in the space provided in the "Link" toolbar.
2. Click Edit link . The "Insert/Modify Link" dialog box will appear.
3. You have three methods for creating a link: URL: Type the URL of the Web site to which you want to link. Select a page or file: If you want to link to another page or file on your Web site, click Select and then click the Web page or file to which you want to link in the file tree in the left frame. Catalyst tools: To create a link to one of your existing Catalyst tools, click Link to one of your Catalyst tools, expand the tree, and then locate the tool to which you want to link. Click the title of the tool, and the path will appear in the URL field.
4. Enter a tooltip, or text you want to appear when someone hovers over your link, in the "Title" area.
5. Click OK. To test your link, you must preview your Web page.

You can edit your links, move them around within the group, hide an individual link, or delete them from the group.

To edit a link, click Edit link . The "Insert/Modify Link" dialog box will appear. Make changes to the link text, URL, and title, and then click OK.

To move a link within the group, click the up or down arrows until the links appear in the desired order.

To hide a link, select Hide on the link toolbar. The hidden link will not be displayed in the published Web page.

To delete a link, click Delete link , and then click OK to confirm that you want to delete the item.