Creating your own actions

Adobe GoLive allows you to easily create and edit action files with familiar tools. Actions are HTML files, not just code snippets, which reside in the Adobe GoLive application folder (Modules\JScripts\Actions). Any file placed in the Actions folder will appear when you select the Action pop-up menu in Adobe GoLive. Adding or deleting a file from this folder will add or delete it from the Action pop-up menu. You can organize the actions however you like within hierarchical subfolders, as long as these folders remain within the Actions folder. Any subfolders will appear as hierarchical menus in the Action pop-up menu. During start-up, Adobe GoLive scans the Actions folder to determine which actions to load. Any changes to the content of the Actions folder will not be reflected in Adobe GoLive until you exit from and restart the program. Adobe GoLive is extremely sensitive to errors in actions files, so if Adobe GoLive crashes after you add a new action, the action file most likely contains errors in syntax or structure. Simply remove it from the Actions folder and restart Adobe GoLive. For this reason it's best to edit action files outside of the Actions folder until you are sure they are finished and properly coded.

Adobe GoLive actions generally use the extension .action. Though it's not required, it's a good idea to use this extension to maintain downward compatibility. Adobe GoLive merely looks for the presence of a <csactionclass> tag in the document to verify that the file is a valid action.

Creating Actions > Creating your own actions

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