Understanding the Web designer workflow


    The Web designer creates the original content and builds the section that the co-author maintains. The Web designer completes the following tasks, and then hands off the section to the co-author for maintenance:

  1. Decide which content needs regular updating, and then design the site structure and page layouts appropriate for the content. Use the GoLive Diagram feature to help you conceive your site. See Developing diagrams.
  2. Create a co-author section to hold the data (stories), templates, section file, and other resources Adobe GoLive uses to generate the co-author Web pages. (See Creating co-author sections and items.)
  3. Create the templates that the site's pages will be based on. Use the Co-Author palette to specify the regions that co-authors can edit, and match the region names to the item names in the co-author section.(See Creating co-author templates.)
  4. In the Co-Author Editor (Special > Co-Author Editor), create stories that GoLive will use to generate the .html pages. (See Creating and editing co-author stories.)
  5. Generate the co-author pages, and then preview and test the site. (See Generating and publishing co-author Web pages.)
  6. Export the Site Locator file that the co-author uses to download the site for maintenance. (See XREF to exporting a site locator file in chapter 2.)
  7. Hand off the section to the co-author for maintenance.
  8. Note: The co-author typically performs steps 4 and 5. However, during the initial site creation the Web designer can perform them to populate the site and provide examples for the co-authors.