e of the standard image formats recognized by Web browsers. Home Page includes libraries of GIF images you can use in your pages. You may decide to use images instead of text for your links in a table of contents or navigational list, so that you associate information graphically to other pages in your site. When selecting images for your site, keep in mind that larger, complex images that incorporate many colors and textures, can significantly add to the download time of a page. You can easily get an estimate for download time of your pages using the Document Statistics feature.Using tables or frames for page layoutIn addition to using tables for organizing information into rows and columns, you can hide the borders and use tables to design the page layout. You can simulate tabs and margins in HTML by placing text and images in table cells that are uniformly spaced apart. You can then use this table for all pages in your site.A frame page is another useful way for controlling how information is displayed in your site. You can use frames to display simultaneous views of your Web pages, so that your viewers can navigate through your site in the same window. The disadvantage in using frames, however, is that not all browsers support frames. If you decide to use frames, consider setting up alternate pages for those browsers that don't support them.Horizontal rules also offer alternative ways of controlling the layout of your Web page. Horizontal rules are objects you can use to divide your pages into sections. You can align them to the right, left and center of the page and change their length, width, and shading.Including forms or a database on your siteHome Page 3.0 supports making your Web site interactive through the use of forms in your pages. You can use forms to solicit information from your viewers, whether you are prompting them to sign a guest book, to fill out a questionnaire, or to search your database of goods so they can plac...
