Every page in your site needs a name. The name is used for two things: the file name in your Project and the page Title. The title is displayed in the title bar of the web browser when a visitor comes to your website. The page title identifies your site in someone’s Favorites menu. The page title is also display by Google and other search engines when they display a list of your page.
Web Studio uses Untitled 1, Untitled 2, etc. for pages added to your site. You rename the pages using the Page Tab Commands or the page’s right click Context Menu. The name you choose should reflect the content or purpose of the page. The untitled numbering is arbitrary and does not affect the order of the pages in your website. The page order is determined by the way you link your pages together.
Important Naming Note
Some hosting services don’t allow you the use of the all of the characters on your computer’s keyboard. It is best to use letters or numbers when you name your pages. If you use unusual characters, your hosting company will eliminate the ones it does not allow when your upload to the internet.
Some hosts limit the length of the names to 14 characters. If you have a long name, only the first 14 characters will upload to the internet.
Naming the Home Page
Do not name your Home Page “Home” or “index”.
The Home Page is the page that visitors see first when they go to your website. From the Home Page, visitors click on buttons and other links to travel around your site. Web Studio automatically designates the first page in the Page List as the Home Page. This page has a little house icon next to the name. Although you can choose to have any page be the Home Page, you can only have one Home Page in a website. When you choose another page for the Home Page, Web Studio changes the first Home Page into a normal page. The house icon then moves to the new Home Page.
You should name your Home Page with a name that reflects your website. For instance, if you have a dog grooming service, you could name your Home Page “Grooming”.
You should name your Home Page with the title you want displayed in the browser, your visitor’s Favorites menu and the search engine listing.
Name or rename a page
You can rename any page using the right click Context Menu or the Rename Command in the Page Group of the Page Tab. Web Studio changes the page’s name in the Page List, the window’s title bar, the Links Gallery and in any links you’ve added to your website.
- Click on a page name in the Page List and then do one of the following:
- Click on the Page Tab>Page Group>Rename Command or
- Right click and choose Rename Page from the Context Menu
- The Rename Page dialog opens.
- Key in the name you want for the title of the page.
- Click OK when done.
