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Department Template Files

Getting the Department Template Files

PC and Mac Users: Download dept-template.zip

  • click on the hypertext link above to download the departmental template
  • When a dialog box comes up, select save file to disk or ok to save file to disk or to your computer
  • Check your save as window to be sure the save in area is at the C: drive.
  • download screenIf you have a download directory or folder then open it. (If you do not have a download directory make one by right clicking with your mouse in the white area to the right of the folder names. Left click on new and left click on folder. This gives you a new folder. With the cursor in the folder name area, change new folder name to download.)
  • Open download folder so that it appears in the save in location at the top of the window.
  • Make a new directory by right clicking with your mouse in the white area below the save in downward area and to the right of the folder names. Left click on new and left click on folder. This gives you a new folder. Change new folder name to dept-template.
  • Open ftp folder so that it appears in the save in location at the top of the window.
  • Click on save to save the dept-template.zip to the download/dept-template directory.

start-bar openInstalling Downloaded Files

  • Minimize your browser so you can use it later to see the files you transfer.
  • Right-Click on the Start button on the Start Bar.
  • Click on Explore to open Windows Explorer.
  • In the left-hand column, click on the + next to the download folder to see folders below that level.
  • In the left-hand column, click on the dept-template folder.
  • In the right-hand column, double-click on the dept-template.zip file to open it.
  • It will show the image below in Windows xp. Select Extract all files to extract the files.

image of file to install

  • Open the Extract Compressed (zipped) Folders Extraction Wizard, then click next
  • Type in C:\ and the name of your web account. i. e. C:\webnw for webnw account then click on next ( it will create the directory or put it there if the directory is already created and extract the files)

unzip folder screen

  • Click finish when done
  • Afterward you can delete the folder dept-template in the download directory.

This will give you the department template files in a folder on your computer for you to edit.

Next step wouth be to edit the template pages. Please see Editing Web Page Templates for information.