Link View Window

The Link View window provides a graphical environment for viewing the structure of a web site.

Objects

Icons in Link View represent the objects in your web site. The following table shows Link View filter categories, the toolbar button you use to apply the filter, the description of the objects displayed when the filter is active, and the internal and external icons used to represent the object in a link view. The descriptions displayed are based on MIME information from your machine’s system registry.

Filter category	Toolbar button	Description	Internal icon	External icon
Outbound links		All objects that the expanded page links out to	N/A	N/A
Inbound links		All pages that link into the expanded object	N/A	N/A
HTML pages		Active layouts
		Active Server Pages (*.asp)
		global.asa
		HTML pages
		Stylesheets
Multimedia files		Audio
		Image maps
		Images
		Video
		Virtual reality
Executable files		Conditional range header		N/A
		Data command		N/A
		Data connection		N/A
		Data range header		N/A
		Executable
		Generic designer control		N/A
Documents		Excel spreadsheet
		Other applications
		Other text files
		PowerPoint file
		Word document
Other protocols		Mail to		N/A
		News		N/A
		Telnet		N/A
		Unknown
Links

Objects in the Link View window are joined by lines that represent links between objects. Arrows communicate the direction of links. You can understand the graphical structure of the web site you are viewing by analyzing the combination of objects and links in the Link View window.

When you select an object in the Link View window, links to and from that object are displayed in the current System Highlight color:

Links to and from unselected objects are displayed in the current System ButtonFace color. The default is light gray:

Broken links between objects, either selected or unselected, are displayed as red lines:

The origin of a link is represented by a nub on a link line. A link line that passes behind an object is not linked to that object.


Zoom Dialog Box

Appears when you choose Zoom from the View menu. This dialog box lets you select a preset zoom level or type a custom zoom level to change the magnification of the link view.

Dialog Box Options

Zoom To   Select a zoom level. To specify a custom zoom level, select Custom and type a percentage from 10% to 400%. To make the link view fit completely in the window, choose Fit. When zooming to fit, Link View will not make the diagram smaller than 10% or larger than 100%.

OK   Accepts your zoom setting and returns to the link view.

Cancel   Cancels the action.


View Links on WWW Dialog Box

Appears when you choose View Links on WWW from the Tools menu. This dialog box lets you open a link view on any HTML page on the World Wide Web.

Dialog Box Options

Address   Type the full URL of the HTML page you want to view.

Only show pages   Clear this check box to include all objects, not just HTML pages, linked to the HTML page you specified in the Address box.

OK   Opens a new link view for that HTML page.

Cancel   Cancels the action.


The Link View Toolbar
Link View Toolbar

The Link View toolbar contains shortcuts to common commands. The following tables list the default toolbar commands and the custom commands that you can add to the toolbar.

Default Toolbar Commands

Button	Name	Action
	Expand Links	Expands or collapses links for the selected object.
	Outbound Links	Shows all objects that the expanded object links out to.
	Inbound Links	Shows all objects that link into the expanded object.
	Show All Objects	Shows or hides links to all files and resources.
	Show HTML Pages	Shows or hides links to HTML pages.
	Show Multimedia Files	Shows or hides links to multimedia files.
	Show Executable Files	Shows or hides links to executable files.
	Show Documents	Shows or hides links to documents.
	Show Other Protocols	Shows or hides links using other protocols
	Show External Files	Shows or hides links to files outside the project.
	Show Primary Links	Shows or hides links to or from expanded objects.
	Show Secondary Links	Shows or hides links between unexpanded, or collapsed, objects.
	Zoom	Sets the magnification level for the current Link View window.
Custom Toolbar Commands

Button	Name	Action
	Center View	Centers the current link view in the Link View window.
	Links	Expands the selected object in a new Link View window.
	Pause Verification	Pauses progressive verification.
	Resume Verification	Resumes progressive verification.


Link View Glossary Topics


B


browser (definition)
browser

Software that interprets the markup of HTML files posted on the World Wide Web, formats them into web pages, and displays them to the user. Some browsers can also open special programs to play sound or video files in web documents if you have the necessary hardware.


C


collapsed object

An object in the Link View window whose links have been collapsed. When an object is collapsed, the icon that represents that object returns to its original size in the Link View window.

See expanded object.


control (definition)
control

An object, such as a button, on an HTML page that can be manipulated by the user to perform an action.


D


document (definition)
document

A file associated with an application, such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint.


E


executable file (definition)
executable file

Files representing programs, applications, batch files, scripts, and DLLs.


expanded object (definition)
expanded object

An object in the Link View window whose links have been expanded. Expanded objects are represented by large icons in the Link View window.

See collapsed object.


external icon (definition)
external icon

The graphical representation of an object in Link View that is not part of the current project. An external icon shows an image of the object type superimposed over a globe representing the World Wide Web.


external object (definition)
external object

An object that is not part of the current project.


F


filter (definition)
filter

A means of excluding information that does not match a predefined set of specifications.


H


HTML page (definition)
HTML page

A web page authored using HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).


I


inbound link

A link that points into an expanded object, indicating that the object at  the other end of the line links to the expanded object.


internal icon (definition)
internal icon

The graphical representation of an object in Link View that is part of the current project. An internal icon shows an image representing the object type such as HTML page, multimedia file, and so on.


internal object (definition)
internal object

An object that is part of the current project.


L


link (definition)
link

A line that represents the relationship between objects in a link view. The origin of the link is indicated by a nub; the direction of the link is indicated by an arrow:


link view (definition)
link view

A graphical representation of the structure of a web site. Link views use icons to represent objects, such as HTML pages, in a web site and lines to represent the links between objects.


M


multimedia file (definition)
multimedia file

An image, image map, audio, video, or virtual reality file.


O


object  (definition)
object

A resource that makes up a web site. Link View represents the following types of objects with graphical icons:

•	HTML pages

•	Stylesheets

•	Active Server Pages (*.asp)

•	global.asa

•	Active layouts

•	Images

•	Image maps

•	Audio

•	Video

•	Virtual reality

•	Executable

•	Data connection

•	Data command

•	Data range header

•	Conditional range header

•	Generic designer control

•	Microsoft Word document

•	Microsoft Excel spreadsheet

•	Microsoft PowerPoint file

•	Other applications

•	Other text files

•	Mail to

•	News

•	Telnet

•	Unknown


outbound link

A link that points out of an expanded object, indicating that the expanded object links to the objects that it points to.


P


primary link (definition)
primary link

A link between an expanded object and any other object in the Link View window.


progressive verification (definition)
progressive verification

The process by which Link View tests the links to objects in a link view. All the objects in a link view are initially represented by gray icons. As the links to each object are verified, the icon appears in color and Link View proceeds to the next object. If the links to an object cannot be verified, the icon and the link to it appear in red.


project mode (definition)
project mode

The use of Link View to examine the structure of webs that are part of the current project. Link View differentiates between internal and external objects through the use of graphical icons.


protocol (definition)
protocol

A formal set of rules and formats that computers use to communicate with each another. FTP and HTTP are two examples of protocols used to transfer files between computers connected to the Internet.


S


secondary link (definition)
secondary link

A link between two unexpanded objects in the Link View window.


U


URL (definition)
URL

The uniform resource locator, or address, used to identify a resource on the World Wide Web.


W


web mode (definition)
web mode

The use of Link View to examine the structure of webs that are not part of the current project.


web server (definition)
web server

A computer, usually on the Internet, that acts as a host for http and related Web-service software.