HotDog PageWiz has been designed to help absolute beginner Web Designers learn how to turn themselves into Web Wizards. To help facilitate this growth curve PageWiz has been broken up into two distinct areas: Express Mode Editor Mode Keep reading to find out about all the great features of HotDog PageWiz Express Mode - Four Steps to get you up and running ! Express Mode is just the trick you need to rapidly build a Web page. With its simple four step process you can have a great looking Web page up and running in no time at all. Choose your template Choose from a number of pre-defined Web page templates, the large preview area displays how the template would appear on the Web. Build your page Use the simple drag and drop WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get!) editing environment to build and edit your Web page. Express mode provides a simplified set of editing and formating functions to allow you to create basic Web pages and the Visual Property sheet displays the relevant editable attributes of each HTML object as you click on it. View your page Preview how your Page will appear on the Web and quickly apply different styles to your page. You can easily create and edit styles with the handy style Wizard. Publish your page HotDog PageWiz comes with a simplified one step publishing interface. By simply selecting your ISP (Internet Service Provider) from the list, and pressing the Publish your Page button, you will have your page on the Web in no time. There is also a link verifier to check if your linked files are correct and externally linked files will automatically be published with your page.   Editor Mode - Turn yourself into a Web Wizard ! As you gain more confidence, HotDog PageWiz will help you take the next step from being a Beginner to an Intermediate Web Designer. By switching into "Editor Mode" you now have a far more powerful and dynamic Web Authoring tool. With the ability to now edit in either a Visual or Text view, HotDog PageWiz can gradually teach you the power of editing raw HTML code like a Professional. You also gain access to more advanced HTML options such as Tables and Form Elements whilst still retaining the same helpful dialogs, wizards and simplified publishing interface.   "Use PageWiz's built-in wizards to complete common tasks and learn good coding techniques in the process" Resource Panels:   1. Local File Manager You can use the Local File Manager to manipulate or filter files. Using drag and drop, the Local File Manager provides an easy way of inserting links into your documents. 2. Property Sheet When using the HTML View to edit your Web pages, the HTML property sheet will help you to code your HTML correctly. It contains all of the tags and attributes. 3. HTML Tags This Resource Panel allows you to easily insert HTML tags into your web documents. It can also tell you what browsers support various tags, a useful resource when you are building a site that must be optimised for all browser types. 4. Extended Characters The Extended Character Resource Panel gives you access to the extended character set. Extended characters are symbols such as the Copyright (©) symbol. 5. Bookmarks/Favorites PageWiz will automatically add Netscape and Internet Explorer Bookmarks and Favorites so you can easily include them in your Web pages.   Mode:   1. WYSIWYG Editing Simple WYSIWYG editing tool. Drag and drop images, tables, links and bookmarks/favorites. 2. Advanced HotDog Pro style HTML text editing Great to learn your HTML and easy to use whether you are a new HotDog user or a vetran HotDog Professional user. 3. Internal Preview Easily view your pages within the handy internal browser window. 4. One Step Publishing / Link Verifier Check that all your linking is correct and then use the internal FTP software that allows you to upload your page to the Web. No need to buy a standalone FTP client.   "Edit your page in WYSIWYG mode and let PageWiz teach you about the code it just wrote"   "For commonly used HTML tags simply make use of the Toolbars" Toolbars:   1. Standard New document, open, save, print, search and express mode buttons. 2.Edit All the standard clipboard items, undo and redo and the useful find feature. 3. Insert Images, link, target, email, sound, embeded items and comments tags. 4. Format A simple click away are all of the most popular font, page layout and bulleting tags. 5. Tables Access to all of the elements of a table. 6. Forms Form elements are just a click away. Handy for adding to a form you have built using the Form Wizard   Wizards: Wizards are great when you are not certain on the specific HTML code you need to use. HotDog PageWiz has four easy to use wizards, they help you to insert the following: Images Browse and select an image file. Automatically a number of attritubutes will be filled out, the remainder of configurable attributes are left to be completed if necessary. Links Add a link to another page and choose the target window, all being led by the wizard. Tables This wizard gives you step by step help in building complex tables. Forms When building a form this wizard allows you to easily configure a functional form.   "Use a wizard to complete common tasks and in the process learn good coding techniques"   "PageWiz will solve all your Web Authoring needs " General Benefits: Time saving - no coding WYSIWYG editing Ease of use No knowledge of HTML required Complete product (create, edit and publish using the one tool) More powerful product than the competitors Able to swap to text editing capabilities as your knowledge grows, rather than having to buy a new product altogether.

We hope that you find HotDog PageWiz to be a helpful tool for learning the power of HTML and we trust that by using it you will find yourself well on the way to becoming a true Web Professional.

The HotDog Team...