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Web Site Creator 1.0
1. GETTING STARTED
2. CREATING LINKS
3. PUBLISHING
4. BACKING UP DATA
5. CHANGING FONTS
6. TECHNICAL SUPPORT
1. Getting Started
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Can't figure out where to start? Read the manual for an in-depth
description of how to use Web Site Creator. The manual provides
instructions on how to use all of the program's features.
There is also a Frequently Asked Questions section to help you with
common usage questions.
(Note: It is best to print this document in 10-20 page increments.)
While using the program you can access the Help files for specific instructions
on how to use Web Site Creator.
To view the manual you must first have Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 installed.
If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed follow these instructions:
Click on START, click on RUN and type in: D:\ACROBAT\32BIT\Ar32e30.exe
(where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) and then click OK. Follow the instructions
that appear on your screen.
To then view the Web Site Creator manual:
Click on START, then select Programs, Expert Software, Web Site Creator folder,
then select and click on the Web Site Creator Icon.
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2. Creating Links
====================
When creating your web site there are two basic types of links you will want to create,
Internal Links to other pages of your personal site and External Links to other web sites.
An example of an Internal Link would be a link from a picture of your vacation on your photo
album page to the page describing your vacation. An example of an External Link would be a
link from a page in your site describing your favorite sports team to that team's web site.
To Create an Internal Link:
1. Choose View-Project. This will let you view the structure of your project.
2. Double click on the web site page where you want to create the link. This will open the
page editor.
3. Highlight the text or the picture you want to start the link from. (If you do not already
have the link text or picture source created you can enter new text now and then highlight it.
Also, you can create a button by using the Text to Picture Maker in the Tools menu and then
highlight it to create the link.)
4. Choose Insert-Link.
5. In the Link Type pull down menu, choose Internal Link.
6. In the Link target field, select the internal web page you want to link to.
7. Click OK.
8. You can quickly test your link. Hold down your CTRL key as you place the mouse pointer
over the link. It will turn into a hand. Click your left mouse button to go to your linked
web page.
Creating an External Link to a page on the World Wide Web:
1. Choose View-Project. This will let you view the structure of your project.
2. Double click on the web site page where you want to create the link. This will open the
page editor.
3. Highlight the text or picture you want to start the link from.
4. Choose Insert-Link.
5. In the Link type field, select External Web Page.
6. In the Link target field, select the web page you want to link to. If it is not listed see
the steps below in Registering a New Link.
7. Click OK.
8. To test your link you will need to log on to the World Wide Web and Preview your site in
your Browser.
If the Web Link Does Not Appear on the List (Registering a New Link)
1. In the Edit Link dialog box, select Registry.
2. In the Web Page Registry dialog box, select New.
3. In the Create External Web Page Location dialog box, in the description field,
type the name of the site you are linking to.
4. In the Address field, type the full address of the web site you want to link to.
Example: http://www.sitename.com.
5. Click OK.
6. Click Close.
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3. Publishing
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In order to share your site with friends and family you must first publish it,
or in other words, upload it to the Internet. To upload it you must have space
available on a Host Server. You can usually acquire free Host Server space from
the same Internet Service Provider (ISP) that provides your Internet connection
and email account. The program Manual provides more information on the Host Server.
The program has an easy Publish feature that allows you to upload your site to an FTP
site on your Host Server. The program already has the FTP information from many popular ISP's,
however; there are some cases where you will have to get the FTP information from your ISP
and then enter it into the program. It is important to keep in mind when entering this
information that FTP directory names ARE case sensitive (ex. ftp-www.SampleB.com. In this
case you would need to make sure that the S and B are capitalized and all other characters
lower case.) If this is not used, you will receive an error upon uploading the files to the
server.
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4. Backing Up/Restoring Data
====================
There is a program wizard that walks you through Backing Up and Restoring your files.
Note: When using the Backup / Restore utility, you are asked to locate the project you
would like to Backup. The project file (extension .HPJ) will be located by default in
C:\Program files\Expert Software\Web Site Creator\ Sites folder. It is also recommended
that you do not have the project you are backing up open. To close it, click on the "X"
on the right hand side of the toolbar.
Once the backup has completed,you should also manually backup the files listed below.
If you format your hard drive or restore the project on a different computer, these
files will allow you to continue using the wizard to modify the restored site.
It is very important to restore these files into the exact directory where they were
copied from.
laststrt.var - Located in the program's root directory, typically
C:\Program Files\Expert Software\Web Site Creator.
wwdata.var - Located in the program's root directory, typically
C:\Program Files\Expert Software\Web Site Creator.
(familyname)0.var - Located in the Sites folder in the program's directory,
typically C:\Program Files\Expert Software\Web Site Creator\Sites.
Note: If you have created more than one site for your family, the name of the
(familyname)0.var file will vary. For example, if you create three web sites for the
Smith family, you will see three different .VAR files. The names of the files will be
Smith0.var, Smith1.var, Smith2.var. Each one of theses files represents one separate
family site and you should back them up individually.
To backup the .var files, follow these steps.
Click on Start / Find / Files or Folders. In the Named field, type in *.var and
click on the Find Now button (make sure that your C: drive is listed in the Look In field).
Once the files are found, click on each one you would like to backup while holding down the
CTRL key on your keyboard. This will allow you to select multiple files. Once you have
selected all of the files you would like to backup, click on Edit / Copy (you will not see
or hear anything, these files will be copied to the Windows clipboard) using Windows Explorer,
you can now open the folder or floppy disk where you would like to place these files and click
on Edit / Paste.
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5.Changing Fonts
====================
By default, the program gives you the choice to use Times New Roman and
Courier New, that are universal fonts that everybody has them on their system.
If you would like to use all of the fonts included on your system, click on
File / Settings / Editing (tab), and uncheck "Use Standard HTML fonts only".
This will allow you to select any font that is installed on your system.
Note: Keep in mind that once the site is posted, if the person browsing it
does not have that particular font on their system, they will not be able to see the
Text that you entered using these unique fonts.
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6.Technical support
====================
Contact a friendly Expert Product Support Specialist
Monday - Friday, 9am to 5pm EST
Phone: (305) 567-9996
Fax: (305) 569-1350
E-mail:
support@expertsoftware.com
World Wide Web:
www.expertsoftware.com