Master pages

Let's look at the Master pages and how they help us create consistency across our website. If you've used Adobe InDesign or QuarkXpress before, you will be familiar with the concept. Page consistency is critical for multiple-page printed documents too. Even if you haven't used these sort of programs before, you have undoubtedly seen magazines where repeating elements such as page numbers, article titles, or the name of the magazine appear on the corner of each page.

With print layout programs, items placed on Master pages appear in the exact same location on every document page. Changes made to a master page will ripple through the entire document which saves time and reduces the margin of error. This is exactly the same with your websites you create in Muse.

As we saw in the previous chapter, Muse creates a blank home page and a blank Master Page by default, every time you create a new site. Whether you are making a one-page or multiple-page website, this initial setup is the...