Is a Navigation Structure necessary?

[Guest]

Hi,
I use frontpage 2000 & have successfully created & published my site to my
Apache host running frontpage extensions.

I decided to view the unlinked files report & find that nearly all my files
in my web are unlinked which got me looking at the navigation view.

In navigation view I can only see the index.html file.

If I add a shared border to the index page now, will it affect my other
pages? because I don't use shared borders. Instead I have a separate page
called sidemenu.html which I "include" on every page of my site. If I want to
change the menu, then I only need to edit that page. Same with a footer page
called footer.html which appears at the bottom of every page.

So my question is; do I need to use the navigation page view on my site &
should I be worried that I have all these unlinked files? (the unlinked files
include pictures etc) which all appear in the site correctly.

Thanks for any advice
Michael

 

[Ronx]

If I add a shared border to the index page now, will it affect my other

pages?

Only if you add the shared border to the other pages. A Shared Border is
only a form of include page, which you are already using. It will not
magically populate the navigation view.

do I need to use the navigation page view on my site?

No - unless you use the FP navigation components, like link bars.

should I be worried that I have all these unlinked files?

Maybe, maybe not.

The unlinked files report shows all the files that cannot be reached using
links starting from the Home page. Scripted links (such as in a JavaScript
menu) are ignored by the report, so if your menu is JavaScript nearly every
page, and any images displayed on those pages, will be shown as unlinked.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Ron,

That has put my mind at rest.

Michael