Often times there is a
reason to change the configuration of the shared borders on a particular
page, but when using the Format->Shared Borders Dialog you could
accidentally delete shared borders by resetting the default for the web.
This article will discuss the Shared Border Meta tag using in FrontPage
and discuss how to set it safely to reconfigure the shared borders on a
particular page.
The Anatomy of
the Shared Borders Meta Tag
First bring up a web that uses Shared Borders. All Super Theme web use
shared borders. Then go to the HTML mode and look for the line of HTML
that looks like the following:
<meta name="Microsoft Border" content="tlb,
default">
The first part of the HTML
tag "<meta" is the tag identifier. There
are many types of meta tags, every meta tag will have a name=value
pair to id the type of meta tag. In this case the 'name="Microsoft
Border"' denotes that this meta tag is specifically for shared
borders.
The "content=value"
part of the meta tag denotes the content of the meta tag. In the Shared
Border meta tag, the content consists of the following codes: t - top, l -
left, r - right and b - bottom. These letter must remain in the order. The
addition of the word "default" make the shared border layout conform to
the web's default Shared border web setting regardless of the letter
codes. For example, this page uses the following content value:
content="tlb, default"
where "tlb, default" is the
default of the web which is top, left and bottom borders.
Now say I want to add the right border as well to the page.
I would change the content value to:
content="tlrb"
Now the top, left, right and bottom border will be visible.
Notice I removed the ", default" part of the content value. If I
left it, the "tlrb" would revert back to the web default "tlb"
when saved.
Try it for Yourself:
Now make a change to the Shared Border meta tag, for instance, add or
remove the "r" value, then press the "Normal" tab in FrontPage and note the
change to the page. You can go back to HTML mode to reverse the change if
you wish.
That's It!
This is the easy and safe way of making a change to the Shared Border
configuration of a page.
