Wisebot is a Web development tool that will automatically create navigational applets and push channel content for your site. This page gives you basic information about:

• Getting started
• How Wisebot works
• Descriptions of the applets Wisebot creates
• Overview of the Wisebot Interface
• How to automatically update the applets at regular intervals
• How to get more help or technical support

For more detailed instructions, please use the on-line help.

Getting Started:

Wisebot has scanned your site and has automatically generated your Index, Site Map, What's New Page and Channel.  Here's what you need to do next:

1. Preview the applets Wisebot has created by selecting one of the four icons (index, site map, what's new page or push channel) in the vertical toolbar on the left side of the Report Window. After selecting an icon, Wisebot will show you what the applet looks like in the Browser pane.
2. Customize the page appearance by selecting the HTML button on the toolbar.
3. Customize the applets content by selecting the Edit button on the upper toolbar.
4. Publish the applets to your site so they will be accessible to your site's visitors by selecting the Publish button on the upper toolbar.
5. Schedule automatic updates at regular interval to keep the applets in sync with your site's changes.

More information on how Wisebot works:

1. Wisebot spiders through your web site and loads meta information about each page into a database on your PC.
2. The meta data includes information such as the title, keywords and last modified date of each page.
3. If the keywords for a page are not contained in the meta fields of your HTML document, Wisebot will automatically create them using the patent pending Extractor Technology.
4. When the spidering process is complete, Wisebot uses the meta data to create the Navigation Assistants (Index, Site Map, site Channel and What's new page).
5. Wisebot then allows you to preview and edit the automatically generated navigational assistants.
6. When you're satisfied with your edits, you can publish one or more of the assistants to your Web site for use by the site's visitors.
7. Finally, Wisebot can be programmed to continuously scan the site at regular intervals.  After re-scanning the site, Wisebot will update the database and upload the new data files for the Navigational Assistants to your site.

Descriptions of the applets Wisebot creates

• Index (Java Applet)
  Wisebot automatically extracts the keywords from your site's pages and publishes them in an interactive index. Just like a Windows help file or back of the book index, your visitors can use Wisebot's index to quickly browse the contents of your site and locate relevant pages.
  
• Explorer style site map  (Java Applet)
  Publish an interactive map for your site that will help visitors navigate your Web site. Use the default map that Wisebot creates or customize the map to suit your needs.
  
• What's new page (HTML Page)
  Publish a What's new page for your site that always stays current. As your site gets updated, the headlines on the page change automatically. The what new page will help users identify new content that's been recently added to your site.

• CDF channel for IE4
  The Channel contains the same content as the What's New Page, however, it is written to a CDF file. After subscribing to your channel, your sites users will be able to keep up to date with changes without manually going back to your site. 

Overview of the Wisebot Interface

Once you initiate a run, Wisebot will create a Report Window that displays the applets for your database. The Wisebot interface is used to create, edit, publish and update the applets. It is not designed as a means of using the applets. To use the applets you must publish them to an HTML page on your site. You can then use the applets by accessing the page in a browser. The applets will then automatically load into that page.

Note that you must have Internet Explorer installed on your PC to activate the browser feature.

Scheduling updates to the applets at regular intervals

You can configure Wisebot's scheduler to update the Index Applet, What's New Page and Push Channel at regular intervals. See the on-line help for more information.

Getting help or technical support

• For detailed instructions on how use Wisebot, please see the on-line help included with Wisebot.
• A sample Wisebot database file is included with the demo. To load the file choose Open from the File menu.
• For technical support, please see the on-line support site at: http://www.tetranetsoftware.com/support.htm