Working with the site window
The site window is your indispensable tool for building and managing a Web site, and should contain all of the linked files used in the site. Files tab and Extras tab in the site window A. Current status of files B. Show/Hide right pane button.
To open a site project file (.site) in the site window: Do one of the following: - Choose File > Open, browse to the site project file (.site), select it, and then click Open.
- Double-click the site project file on your system desktop.
Note: Opening a site project file automatically creates a backup of the file. GoLive deletes the backup when you save and close the site project file. You can turn this feature off for all sites in Site preferences. If you need to reopen a site that was open during a computer crash, open the regular site file, not the backup site file. If it is necessary to use the backup, GoLive will inform you.
To show or hide the right pane of the site window: Click the Toggle Split View icon in the scroll bar at the bottom of the window.
To display the contents of a tab in the site window: Do one of the following: - Click the tab to bring it to the front.
- Choose the tab from the site window menu.
To restore the original configuration of the site window: Choose Default Configuration from the site window menu for either pane of the window.
To customize the display of the site window tabs: Do any of the following: - To change the sort order of the column the tab is currently being sorted by, click the column's head. In Mac OS, you can also click the Sort Order icon
above the scroll bar. - To sort the tab by another column, click the column head.
- To show and hide columns, choose the column names from the Show Columns menu in the View palette.
- To resize a column in a tab, drag the right border of the column head to the left or right.
- To change the position of a column in the tab, drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the column head to the left or right. (You can't change the position of the left-most column in any tab.)
- To go up one level in the folder or group whose contents are listed in the tab, click the Upwards button
(Windows) or (Mac OS) at the top of the tab.
Note: Once you've reached the topmost level of the folder hierarchy reflected in the site window, GoLive opens the Local File Browser to let you navigate through the file system. - To show or hide the anchors in a page, click the icon to the left of the page to expand or collapse the page.
- To change the view of items in a tab, choose an option from the Site > View menu.
For more information about arranging site window tabs, see Rearranging palettes or tabs.
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