The Physical Layout window manages the physical resources of your Web Site.

Physical resources include:

You can Create or Import new resources, Rename, Move and Delete them.

Note that images, inserted into a Photo Album object as photos can be deleted only from the Photo Album properties in the Choose Photos or Delete Photos dialog boxes.

All the functions in this layout are available from three sources: Physical Layout menu, Physical Layout toolbar and the context-sensitive menu, which is loaded when you right-click on the desired item.

Creating Folders. Select the folder where you want to create the new folder, then choose Create New Folder. A folder named New Folder is created. Type in the name for the new folder.

Renaming Folders, Pages and other resources. Select the folder, page or another resource you want to rename. Click on its name or select the resource and choose Rename. Type in the new name.

Deleting Folders. Select the folder you want to delete and choose Delete. All the subfolders and resources that this folder contains will be deleted.

Moving Folders, Pages and Other Resources. Select the folder, page or resource you want to move, then simply drug it to its new location and drop it.

Setting as Default Folder. You can change the settings of the selected folder to make it default Web Pages, Images, CGI Scripts, Java Applets, User Resources or Frame Sources folder. To change the default folder setting, first select the folder, then right-click. Point to the Set as default menu item in the context menu and choose the appropriate resource type from the list.

All the new objects of an appropriate type (e.g. pages) are created in the default Folder of that type.

Importing Resources. To import resource (Java Applet, User Resource, Multimedia Resource) into your site, first click the folder where you want to import that resource. Then, right-click and choose Import and the appropriate resource type.

Adding images to the project's resources.(Create Image) To add a new image to the project's resources choose Create Image. The Image Properties dialog box is displayed. Set the image properties and click OK. A file named Image# is created in the current folder.

Preview. As you design, you sometimes need to view your work in progress. The Preview tool lets you view your site without genereating the unfinished project. It displays the site in the internal Browser.
Choose the Preview tool by clicking preview.JPG (1776 bytes) button on the Main Toolbar.

Generating Web Site. To generate the Web Site after you complete its design, click the Generate button on the Site Project window. The Generate window is displayed, where you define the location of the Web Site.