Copyright: Copyright 1998 Brooklyn North Software Works Inc.


Using Help

Welcome to <BLUEPRINT> World Wide Web site management!

This help file covers all of <BLUEPRINT>'s major features. If you are brand new to <BLUEPRINT>, we recommend reading the Introduction and Getting Started sections for a general overview of this application and a quick description of the basics of mapping and viewing a Web site. You can link from these chapters to more advanced information on specific procedures such as checking and fixing links.

As with all standard Windows 95/NT Help files, you can access specific information via the Help Topics window, which includes Contents, Index, and Find tabs. In the Contents tab, double click the chapter icon to show its subtopics. Click a subtopic icon to display its help information. The Index tab includes a list of entries in alphabetical order and a text box in which you can enter the subject for which you need help. The Find tab includes a word list and a Help file topic list, as well as a text box in which you can enter a word to search on.

Use the Forward and Back arrows in any Help window to move sequentially from topic to topic. You can also print the contents of a Help window and set various options from the window's toolbar.

Context-sensitive help is available for <BLUEPRINT>'s major functions. To access context-sensitive help, press the F1 key and <BLUEPRINT> will display the relevant section of this Help file. See specific Help topics for information on technical support, or click Help on the main <BLUEPRINT> toolbar to connect to relevant pages on the Brooklyn North Software Works Web site.

Thank you for using <BLUEPRINT> for your Web site management. We believe that you'll be very glad you did!

The staff of Brooklyn North Software Works

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Andover, Massachusetts


Copyright notice

<BLUEPRINT> and its associated documentation are copyright (©) 1998 by Brooklyn North Software Works, Inc.; all rights reserved. Use of <BLUEPRINT> implies consent that this notice is a legal agreement between the purchaser of <BLUEPRINT> and Brooklyn North Software Works, Inc.

This software and its documentation are owned by Brooklyn North Software Works, Inc. and are protected by Canadian and US copyright statutes and by international treaty provisions. Reproduction of this software or its documentation, other than as described below, without express consent of the owner is not permitted.

Purchase of an authorized copy of <BLUEPRINT> in any medium constitutes possession of a single license for use of one copy of the program by one person at a time.

This means that the licensee has the right to

1. 	Install a copy of the software on each of those computers reserved for the licensee's own use, as long as no more than one person uses the software at the same time.

2. 	Make copies of the software to be used for normal backup purposes.

Networks: In a networking environment, only one copy of the software may be running at one time for each license purchased.

Respect for the terms of this license will ensure that Brooklyn North Software Works can continue to provide new software products at reasonable prices.

Multiple licenses, bulk purchase options, and additional copies of the documentation are available.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. For further information, please contact Brooklyn North Software Works, Inc.:

E-mail: sales@brooknorth.com
Telephone: (902) 425-0900
FAX: (902) 425-0731

This product incorporates VB/ISAM™, which is copyright © 1991–1997 Software Source, and Webtrek Pro™ version 2.03.0928a, which is copyright © Home Page Software Inc. All rights reserved.

Microsoft® and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.


Disclaimer

Brooklyn North Software Works, Inc. disclaims any liability for special, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or any other damages believed to have been caused by the use of <BLUEPRINT> or any files derived from its use.


Technical support

Brooklyn North Software Works provides unlimited on-line technical support for registered users of <BLUEPRINT>.

To access technical support, go to the Support section of the Brooklyn North Software Works World Wide Web site, http://www.brooknorth.com/support/support.html. We suggest browsing this site before contacting technical support, as many common problems and their solutions are posted here.

If you do not find the information you need, an on-line technical support form is available at this site. Be prepared to answer all questions in as much detail as possible so that we can provide the assistance you need.


About <BLUEPRINT>

<BLUEPRINT> is a World Wide Web site analysis and management application for use by Webmasters and others whose responsibilities include regular site checking, updating, and maintenance. We assume that <BLUEPRINT> users have a working knowledge of Web site management and HTML coding and are familiar with the structure and contents of the sites for which they are responsible.

A modern Web site is often highly complex, with many pages that contain many different types of internal and external links. Keeping these pages and links current and functional is critically important to the site's success; however, accomplishing this task with several different software tools such as a link checker, Web browser, HTML or text editor, and FTP application can be difficult and time consuming. Further, although each of these tools may handle a single function well, none provides a full and accurate view of both the overall site and the details of particular pages.

As a purpose-built Web site management application, <BLUEPRINT> combines these specialized functions with comprehensive site mapping, display, and reporting features that allow ready access to both the "big picture" of your site's structure and the fine details of any page on the site. <BLUEPRINT> thus provides efficient single-program site management that is far more versatile than any combination of applications.


How <BLUEPRINT> works

You must be logged onto the Internet or your local area network (LAN) with your user name and password whenever you use <BLUEPRINT>.

After starting <BLUEPRINT>, to load a site from the World Wide Web or a LAN, enter the URL in <BLUEPRINT>'s Map Web Site dialog box. <BLUEPRINT> will connect to the site and begin the mapping process.

When mapping a site, <BLUEPRINT> uses multi-threading for greater efficiency. This means that <BLUEPRINT> is constantly firing http:// requests at the site and collecting data on multiple pages simultaneously. How far into the site's directories and pages <BLUEPRINT> searches, and thus how long it takes to map the site, depends on how many levels you instruct <BLUEPRINT> to map.

<BLUEPRINT> searches, verifies, and retrieves information first for HTML pages, then for embedded graphics (usually .GIF or .JPG files). A progress window and status bar keep you informed of the pages or files being mapped and the different stages of the mapping process.

After retrieving the site data, <BLUEPRINT> consolidates the information page by page, then builds a copy of the site's directory structure. Finally, <BLUEPRINT> saves the site map as a database file in a subdirectory of the \Blueprint\Contents directory. By default, <BLUEPRINT> gives this subdirectory the main domain name of the site—for example, if you're mapping www.brooklynnorth.com, by default <BLUEPRINT> will create, and save the site map in, a subdirectory called \Blueprint\Contents\Brooklynnorth. You can, however, name this subdirectory whatever you prefer before you map the site.

By default, the site map consists of pointers to the Web site's HTML pages. It does not contain the site's actual content, but rather a map of its structure that allows you to retrieve, view, and modify the content as it exists. Thus, for example, when you want to view the HTML code for a particular page, <BLUEPRINT> will retrieve the code directly from the Web site, using the URL pointer in the site map.

Optionally, <BLUEPRINT> can also save an exact mirror of the Web site, including its content, on your hard drive. To use this option, you must select "Save site to local disk" in the Map Web Site dialog box before mapping the site. You can browse this mirror site locally, map and view it in <BLUEPRINT>, check and fix links, and edit HTML code if necessary. This can be especially useful when you need to make extensive changes to the Web site—you can do the work on the mirrored site and check the results before you upload the changes to the actual Web site. When you select "Save site to local disk," <BLUEPRINT> will also create a normal pointer-based site map.

You can view a site map in both graphical Map and text-based Directory views. <BLUEPRINT> displays the page titles, URLs, or filenames of verified links, unverified links, broken links, and mail links in different colors. You can display or conceal graphic, mail, FTP, Gopher, Telnet, and other file links.

You use the site map to view, check, and fix links. With your Internet connection active, you can verify unverified links from their referring page either individually or globally across the entire site from the Quick Reports window. Similarly, you can fix broken links from either the Map view screen or the Quick Report window. If necessary, you can also view and edit a page's HTML code.

In either case, <BLUEPRINT> will upload your repairs to the actual Web site using integral FTP support. You must supply <BLUEPRINT> with your FTP information (site address, user name, password, etc.) to upload successfully.


Core functions

<BLUEPRINT>'s core functions include site mapping, reporting, and repair or modification of links. You can map a site from the Web or from a local disk or network, then save the resulting site map on your own computer.

After mapping and saving a site, you can open the site map at any time. You can make repairs, modifications, and updates using this site map, then upload the changes to the Web site itself with <BLUEPRINT>'s integral FTP.

Site mapping and viewing

<BLUEPRINT> will map a Web site to whatever depth you specify (i.e., how many subdirectories the program should search through), or will simply map the entire site. <BLUEPRINT> uses multi-threading to map multiple pages simultaneously for optimal performance.

When viewing a site, you can select Map view, Directory view, or Directory and Map view. Map view gives a graphical display of the site's structure; Directory view lists directories, subdirectories, and files in an expandable and collapsible format. Directory and Map view (the default) combines both views and includes all Map view capabilities.

In Map view, you can dynamically select the kinds of links <BLUEPRINT> displays—local and external, HTML, graphics (.GIF, .JPG), Gopher, FTP, mail, Telnet, and other files. You can view individual pages in Browser view or display the HTML code from the Page menu; graphics files can be viewed via an internal viewer.

Reporting

<BLUEPRINT> can generate a variety of reports from a mapped site. These include a printable Site Report in HTML, which includes a Summary Report and a Full Report with overall Site Statistics and Individual Page Statistics for every page that has been mapped. You can also access more detailed Page Statistics for individual pages from the Page menu.

<BLUEPRINT> also generates Quick Reports for the following:

Unverified Links
Broken Links
Page Graphics
Mail Links
External Links
All Links

In each case, <BLUEPRINT> displays all links of the specified type, along with their referring pages, in text-based tabular format. Unverified links can be verified, broken links fixed, and page graphics viewed from their respective Quick Reports.

Checking, fixing, and modifying links

You can check the links on a mapped site either by individual pages or globally across the entire site. When you fix a broken link on a site map, <BLUEPRINT> finds all instances where it appears. You then upload the changes to the Web site itself via FTP.

For more complex changes, you can edit a page's HTML code using either the internal View/Edit window or a separate text or HTML editor. The View/Edit window includes commands for saving, copying, and uploading the edited code to your Web site; if you use an external editor, you can upload the edited HTML page file using <BLUEPRINT>'s Upload Assistant.


Installation

<BLUEPRINT> installs via a standard SETUP.EXE file that contains all necessary files. You can execute this program using either the Run option from the Windows Start menu or the Add/Remove Programs function in the Control Panel.

By default, the program will install <BLUEPRINT> in a directory called C:\Program Files\Blueprint; you may specify an alternate location.

We recommend answering "Yes" when the program offers to backup any files on your system that it replaces during installation. (The install program always version checks .DLL and .OCX system files and will not replace a newer file with an older one.)

In addition to the C:\Program Files\Blueprint directory, the installation program creates the following subdirectories the first time it is run:

Backup: Contains any files replaced during installation. These files can be optionally restored if you choose to uninstall <BLUEPRINT>.

Contents: The default directory for site map files. Each site's data is stored in a separate subdirectory of the Contents directory when it is mapped.

You can uninstall <BLUEPRINT> using the Add/Remove Programs option in the Windows Control Panel. The uninstall program can restore any system files that were replaced during installation.

Special note to Windows NT 4.0 users

<BLUEPRINT> will not install correctly on a Windows NT 4.0 system unless Service Pack 3 has been installed beforehand. If you are not sure whether this service pack is installed on your system, reboot your system. The startup screen will indicate if the service pack is installed.

If you do not have this service pack on your system, you can download it from Microsoft's Web site at http://support.microsoft.com/support/downloads/.


System requirements

<BLUEPRINT> is a 32-bit application that runs under Microsoft Windows 95/NT 4.0 or higher. We assume that you are familiar with the basic functions of the operating system you are using.

<BLUEPRINT>'s minimum system requirements are a 100 MHz Pentium processor with 32 MB of random-access memory (RAM) for Windows 95; Windows NT may require 64 MB or more. This configuration is adequate for sites up to approximately 500 HTML pages in size; for larger sites, we recommend a minimum 200 MHz processor and a 64 MB of RAM. For very large sites of 20,000 pages or more, we recommend 128 MB of RAM and the fastest processor available to you. With very large sites, Windows NT is generally recommended for more robust and dependable performance.

The program and its supporting files take up approximately 10 MB of hard disk space; data files such as site maps and reports will require significant additional disk space.

<BLUEPRINT> also requires a dialup or network Internet connection to manage remote sites. Although <BLUEPRINT> will work well with a 28.8kbps or faster dialup connection, it will perform optimally, especially when mapping a site, with an ISDN line, a T1 network connection, or better.

To make changes to a Web site via FTP, you must have password access to the host machine, local or remote, where the site resides.


Starting <BLUEPRINT>

Start <BLUEPRINT> from the desktop icon or Start menu. The program's interface includes a main menu bar and a toolbar with icons for key functions at the top, a main screen where site information is displayed, and a status bar at the bottom. Note that when <BLUEPRINT> first loads, some toolbar icons will be unavailable.


Setting Preferences

Click Tools, Preferences from the main menu. The Set Preferences dialog box includes General, Map Spacing, Label Color, Editor Setup, Proxy, HTML Naming, and Browser tabs; you can set these preferences either initially or while working with <BLUEPRINT>. You may want to set General and Editor Setup preferences before starting to use <BLUEPRINT>; these preferences, as well as the others, can also be set or changed at any time.

Related Topics:

General

Icon spacing

Link display colors

Editor setup

Proxy server setup

HTML and file extensions

Browser selection


General

By default, <BLUEPRINT> saves site map information in a subdirectory of C:\Program Files\Blueprint\Contents. To use a different directory, click Browse beside the Specify the directory… text box and select the directory you want.

A second text box in this tab allows you to specify the default HTML filename that <BLUEPRINT> will look for when mapping pages. <BLUEPRINT> defaults to "index.html"; to use a different filename, enter it in this text box. If you are not sure that the default filename is correct, check Verify default page name…; <BLUEPRINT> will check the filename when mapping and prompt you to enter a different filename if the default is not found.

Select the Check External Links option if you want <BLUEPRINT> to verify external links during mapping. This can be a time-consuming process, especially if your site includes many external links, and is unchecked by default. If you leave this option unchecked, you can still verify external links after mapping.

You can also change the time out settings for mapping links if necessary. By default, <BLUEPRINT> retries after 20 seconds and marks a link as broken after 30 seconds. If your site habitually loads very slowly and <BLUEPRINT> inaccurately identifies links as broken, you can increase the time out settings on this menu tab.


Icon spacing

Click and drag the HTML page icons on the Map Spacing tab to change horizontal and vertical icon spacing in Map view. Click Set to Default to use <BLUEPRINT>'s default spacing; click Apply to preview the results of your settings on the Map view display.

You can also change the icon spacing on the Map display itself by holding down the <SHIFT> key and clicking and dragging an HTML page icon.


Link display colors

When <BLUEPRINT> displays a site, by default "good" links verified during mapping appear in black. Other links are displayed as follows:

unverified links: blue
verified links: pink
bad (broken) links: red
mail links: green

To change these colors, on the Label Color tab click the link type you want to change, then double-click the new color in the palette box.


Editor setup

Use the Editor Setup tab to add HTML or text editors to <BLUEPRINT>'s Page menu. In the text boxes, enter the editor's name, browse or enter its path and filename, and click Add. Your specified editors will be added to the Page menu's Explore HTML Code submenu, and can be run from within <BLUEPRINT>.


Proxy server setup

If you access the Internet via a proxy server, check Use Proxy… on the Proxy tab and enter the URL and port (normally 80) for your proxy server in their text boxes (you can get this information from your system administrator). Enter any domains for which you do not want to use the proxy server in the bottom text box; separate multiple entries with semicolons.

Some users may be unable to map proxy servers using these preferences. If this occurs, , open Microsoft Internet Explorer and click View, Options from the main menu. On the Connection tab, check Access the Internet using a proxy server. Click Advanced and enter your proxy server information in the Proxy Settings dialog box. Click OK to exit this dialog box and OK again to exit from the Options menu. Close Internet Explorer; your proxy server information will be saved in the Windows Registry, and <BLUEPRINT> will use this information to access the server.


HTML and file extensions

The HTML Naming tab's text boxes, HTML Extensions and Other File Extensions, let you update the file extensions that <BLUEPRINT> recognizes during mapping. The list boxes show which extensions <BLUEPRINT> currently recognizes; to add a new file extension to either list, enter it in the appropriate text box and click Add; to remove an extension, highlight it in the list box and click Remove.


Browser selection

On the Browser tab, you can choose to view HTML pages and reports with either your Windows default Web browser or <BLUEPRINT>'s built-in browser. The built-in browser loads faster, but lacks support for features such as Java and multimedia objects.

You can change the browser selection at any time to suit the kind of work you are doing. If, for example, you are viewing reports, the built-in browser is the faster choice; if you need to view HTML pages in detail, however, an external browser will provide greater functionality.


Mapping or loading a Web site

Mapping a site from the World Wide Web

Mapping a site from a local disk or network

Loading a saved site map

The mapping and loading processes

Mapping speed and site size


Mapping a site from the World Wide Web

Click File, Open Site from WWW or the [image] toolbar icon. This opens the Map Web Site dialog box shown below.

The main Map Web Site dialog box.

In the Starting URL text box, enter the URL of the site you want to map (in this case, Brooklyn North Software Works' Web site). <BLUEPRINT> automatically enters a default site map name in the Enter the name for your Site Map text box; you can change this entry to whatever you want. <BLUEPRINT> will save the site data in a subdirectory with this name in \Program Files\Blueprint\Contents.

<BLUEPRINT> also automatically copies the starting URL into the third (Website Root) text box. If the actual Web root is different, enter it in this text box. This would be necessary if, for example, you were mapping only a subdirectory of the Web site with a starting URL such as www.brooklynnorth.com/products; in a case like this, <BLUEPRINT> would enter www.brooklynnorth.com/products in the Website Root text box. You would need to enter the true Web root for the site, which would still be www.brooklynnorth.com

Under Site Levels to Map, either set the number of levels you want <BLUEPRINT> to map from the initial page or select Map entire site.

If the site is password protected, click Set Site Password and enter your user name and password in the dialog box shown below.

The Site Password dialog box.

Saving the site's content

By default, <BLUEPRINT> saves only pointers to the Web site's HTML pages and files. If you want <BLUEPRINT> to also save the site's content to your local drive while mapping, check Save site to local disk while mapping.  <BLUEPRINT> will copy the site's directories and files to a subdirectory of the site map directory called WebRoot, creating a locally browsable mirror of the site. If you also check Save images to local disk, <BLUEPRINT> will include the site's graphics files in the WebRoot subdirectory.

To open the mirrored site in <BLUEPRINT>, follow the directions for Mapping a site from a local disk or network below.

Advanced settings for distributed sites and FTP options

Click Advanced to open the secondary dialog box shown below. If you need to map a distributed site—one that resides on more than one server—check Map distributed site and enter the URL of the distributed server (usually something like www2.domain.name).

The secondary Advanced settings dialog box.

In the FTP Options text boxes, enter the FTP information required to allow you to log on and upload changes to the Web site. You can also do this later when fixing links or uploading HTML files.

Click OK to continue.


Mapping a site from a local disk or network

Click File, Open Site from Local Disk or the [image] toolbar icon. This opens the dialog box shown below.

The dialog box for mapping a local site.

Browse your hard drive or LAN for the starting URL or enter it in the Starting URL text box. By default, <BLUEPRINT> copies the name of the root directory into the Enter the name… text box; you can change this entry to whatever you want. <BLUEPRINT> will save the site data in a subdirectory with this name in \ProgramFiles\Blueprint\Contents.

<BLUEPRINT> also automatically copies the starting URL into the third (Website Root) text box. If the actual Web root is different, enter it in this text box.

Under Site Levels to Map, set the number of levels you want <BLUEPRINT> to map from the initial page or select Map entire site.

If you check Save site to local disk while mapping, <BLUEPRINT> will copy the site's directories and files to a subdirectory of the site map directory called WebRoot, creating a locally browsable mirror of the site. If you also check Save images to local disk, <BLUEPRINT> will include the site's graphics files in the WebRoot subdirectory.

During product testing, it was found that <BLUEPRINT> cannot access and map a site via the  Network Neighborhood option. If you need to access a site by this route, open Network Neighborhood from the Windows desktop or Windows Explorer. Browse to the drive where your site is located and right-click the drive icon.

From the right-button menu options, select Map Network Drive. Windows will then map this drive to your local system with a new drive letter. You can  now access and map the Web site from this mapped drive as a local disk.

Click OK to continue.


Loading a saved site map

Click File, Open Saved Site Map or the [image] toolbar icon. This opens the dialog box shown below.

The dialog box for loading a saved site map.

The Site Map Name list shows the names of your existing site maps. Select the site map you want to load and click OK to continue.


The mapping and loading processes

After you click OK, <BLUEPRINT> begins mapping or loading the Web site.

When mapping a site from the Web or locally, <BLUEPRINT> first checks the filename of the home page against the default filename that you entered in General Preferences. If the home page's filename is different from the default, <BLUEPRINT> displays the Select Default Filename dialog box shown below.

The Select Default Filename dialog box.

Select one of the Filename options displayed or enter a filename in the text box and click Check. If your option is correct, <BLUEPRINT> will continue mapping the site; if not, you can try a different option or click Don't Check to bypass this step, although this may cause duplicate entries in the site map or problems with fixing broken links.

During site mapping, <BLUEPRINT> retrieves data on HTML pages, followed by embedded page graphics. A progress screen displays information about the current page or file being mapped, the elapsed time, and the URLs of the pages that have been mapped. Once the data has been retrieved, <BLUEPRINT> consolidates the data and creates the site map and directory view. On-screen progress bars describe the specific data consolidation activity under way.

During mapping, <BLUEPRINT> saves site data in a subdirectory of Program Files/Blueprint/Contents. This subdirectory will have the same name as the site map. The site map is saved in VB/ISAM database format using a main data file with the .ISD extension and index files with extensions of .ISM, .ISL, and .ISF. Do not delete or modify any of these files or you will not be able to retrieve the site map later.

When loading a saved site map, <BLUEPRINT> reads the site map's database file. When either mapping or loading, <BLUEPRINT> displays information about activity under way with progress bars.


Mapping speed and site size

<BLUEPRINT>'s mapping speed depends upon a variety of factors. The most important is network throughput, that is, the speed at which data becomes available to <BLUEPRINT> through the Internet. Network throughput can and does fluctuate enormously depending on how busy the Internet is. Factors that affect this include location of both the <BLUEPRINT> user and the site being mapped, the number of users accessing that site at any time, and the overall user load that the Internet backbone is handling while mapping is going on.

Mapping speed is thus somewhat unpredictable, but will be fastest—four to five HTML pages per second or so—when the Internet is least busy, generally outside working hours during the night and early morning. Conversely, mapping speed will be slowest—around one HTML page every three to five seconds—during times of maximum Internet activity. The Internet also tends to be much busier and therefore much slower in areas of high population with many users on line simultaneously.

Site size does not significantly affect <BLUEPRINT>'s performance, however. All else being equal, <BLUEPRINT> will map a site with 500 pages or 20,000 pages at virtually the same speed. The difference, of course, is that the 20,000-page site is much bigger and will take proportionately longer to map; thus, if <BLUEPRINT> maps the 500-page site in, say, three minutes, it may take two hours or more to map the larger site.

Similarly, generating the Map and Directory views, reports, and so on will inevitably take longer for larger sites—<BLUEPRINT> simply has to process far more data for a large site than for a small one, although the site's size alone does not impose any significant performance penalty.

There are several options for mapping large sites:

You can start the mapping process at the end of the workday, for example, and let <BLUEPRINT> run overnight, so that mapping is complete by the next morning.

Since large sites are rarely managed by a single person or workgroup, you can limit mapping to only the area of the site for which you are responsible. Enter the URL of this area in the Starting URL text box when mapping the site.

Similarly, you can map the entire site to only two or three levels, then use the Map Subtree command to map specific areas of the site in greater depth.

For optimal mapping performance, you can assign the best machine available (e.g., a 400 MHz processor with 128 MB of RAM, running Windows NT) to mapping large sites. If necessary, you can later copy the site map data to other machines for less system-intensive tasks.

These options will help make large site mapping and management somewhat simpler and faster. Be aware, however, that in any case, mapping and managing a large site does take time and requires some planning for maximum efficiency.


Viewing a site

When mapping or loading is complete, <BLUEPRINT> displays the site in the main screen. You have three primary viewing options: Map view, Directory view only, and Directory and Map view, the default. You can change to other views using the View menu or toolbar icons.

Related Topics:

Map view

Directory view

Directory and Map view


Map view

Click View, Map only or the [image] toolbar icon. <BLUEPRINT> will display the site's HTML pages and files in the main screen as icons and links between them as gray lines. The map icons include the following; you can set the map display to use large or small icons as you prefer.

   HTML page
   "Blank" HTML page

[This is a page that in the current view contains no links out. Changing the Map view options as described below (e.g., from Local to All Links or from Hierarchical to Network Links) may change the page's "blank" status.]

   External link
  .GIF image
  .JPG image
  mailto: link
  FTP link

  Gopher link
  Telnet link
  Executable (*.EXE) file
  Text (*.TXT) file
  ZIP compresssed (*.ZIP) file
  Miscellaneous file

You can manage the Map view display using either the Map Options menu or the toolbar icons.

Select Large Icons or click [image] to use large map icons.
Select Small Icons or click [image] to use small map icons.

Select Network Links or click [image] to display all links to and from an HTML page.
Select Hierarchical Links or click [image] to display only links at one level directly to and from an HTML page.

Select Local Links or click [image] to display only internal links between pages in the Web site itself.
Select All Links or click [image] to display both internal and external links.

Select Show Image Links or click [image] to display graphics links.
Select Show Mail Links or click [image] to display mailto: links.
Select Show Communications Links or click [image] to display Communications (FTP, Gopher, and Telnet) links.

Select Show File Links or click [image] to display file (*.EXE, *.TXT, *.ZIP, and Miscellaneous) links.

Use the toolbar list box shown below to display either the URL, filename, or title of HTML pages displayed in Map view. For local pages, <BLUEPRINT> displays the title by default; you can change this option while viewing a site. Note that for external pages, <BLUEPRINT> displays only the URL in any case.


Directory view

Click View, Directory only or the [image] toolbar icon. <BLUEPRINT> will display the site in a two-pane window. To resize the panes, click and drag the vertical split bar.

The smaller (left-side) pane displays the site's directory tree, including HTML pages and different file types, in the standard expandable and collapsible Windows format.

 The directory tree pane uses the following icons:

 Root directory
 Closed subdirectory
 Open subdirectory
 HTML page
 Graphics file
 Executable (*.EXE) file
 Text (*.TXT) file
 ZIP compressed (*.ZIP) file
 Miscellaneous file

The larger pane displays information on each HTML page in a selected directory in tabular format. This information includes the filename, page title, URL, file size, embedded objects, and links into and out of the page.


Directory and Map view

Click View, Directory and Map  or the [image] toolbar icon. <BLUEPRINT> will display the site in a two-pane window. To resize the panes, click and drag the vertical split bar.

The smaller (left-side) pane displays the site's directory tree in the standard expandable and collapsible Windows format using the directory tree icons. The larger pane displays the site in Map view using the map icons.


Navigating in Directory and Map view

In both Directory and Map view and Map only view, <BLUEPRINT> displays site data graphically in the main window; in Directory and Map view, the left-side pane shows the directory structure, as shown below. If you select Map only view, the directory pane is not displayed.

Partial view of the Directory and Map view, showing the directory pane on the left and the site map in the main window with the Brooklyn North Software Works Main Page as the Central Page.

Initially, <BLUEPRINT> displays the site's starting page icon (in this case, from Brooklyn North Software Works' Web site) as the Central Page from which other links are mapped, as above.

Related Topics:

Viewing links out of a page

Changing the Central Page and viewing links into a page

Scrolling in Map view

Printing a site map


Viewing links out of a page

Place the mouse cursor on the page icon to use the Forward (right) and Back (left) arrows. Double-click on the Forward arrow to display links out of the page, as shown below.

<BLUEPRINT> displaying links out of the Central Page in Map view. Note Forward and Back arrows on the Central Page icon.

Click on any page icon to open its directory in the directory pane. Double-click on any page icon to display links out of that page in Map view, as in the example below for the Media Center page.

The <BLUEPRINT> Map view displaying links from the Media Center page icon one level forward from the Central Page.


Changing the Central Page and viewing links into a page

The Page menu, showing the Make Page Central command in Map view.

In the Map view window, click the right mouse button on any page icon and select Make Page Central from the Page menu as shown above, or, in the directory pane, double-click the filename of the page that you want to make central.

The example below shows the "Education" page as the Central Page.

The Education page as Central Page in Map view. Note the www.netday96.com unverified link at the bottom.

Double-click the page icon's Back (left) arrow to display links into the page as shown below. In this case, <BLUEPRINT> is displaying Network Links, and therefore shows every HTML page that links into the Central Page.

Displaying links into the Education Central Page in Map view.

To center the Central Page in Map view, click Map Options, Reset Map on the main menu or press <CTRL>-R. To restore the home page as Central Page, click Map Options, Reset Home Page on the main menu or press <CTRL>-H.

You can adjust the icon spacing or change the link display colors in Map view. To adjust the icon spacing, hold down the <SHIFT> key and click and drag any page icon to the right of the Central Page. Drag the icon up or down to increase or decrease the vertical spacing; drag right or left to increase or decrease the horizontal spacing. Note that you cannot drag one page icon on top of another while making these adjustments.

You can also click Tools, Preferences, Map Spacing from the main menu to adjust the map spacing. To change the default link colors, click Tools, Preferences, Label Color and make the changes you want.


Scrolling in Map view

In addition to the horizontal and vertical scroll bars, you can quick-scroll the Map view display. Place the mouse pointer anywhere on the display except a page icon, hold down the left mouse button and move the mouse in the direction you want to scroll. The Map view display will quick-scroll in the direction of your mouse movement.


Printing a site map

To print a site map, click File, Print or the [image] toolbar icon. In the Print Preview dialog box shown below, select a printer and set the page orientation (portrait or landscape). The right-hand window of the dialog box will display a thumbnail view of the site map as it will be printed.

The Print Preview dialog box.


Navigating in Directory view

In Directory view, <BLUEPRINT> displays the site's directories and HTML page filenames in the left-side pane. Double-click the root directory icon or any directory icon to expand or collapse this display.

Click the plus sign (+) beside a directory icon or double-click the icon itself to display a detailed list of its contents in the right-hand pane, including the filename, title, URL, links in and out, and number of embedded objects for each page.

Partial view of the Directory view screen, showing the directory pane on the left and the tabular file information display in the main window. Clicking the plus sign (+) next to a directory icon or double-clicking the icon itself will open it and display its file information.


The right-button Page menu

Click the right mouse button on an HTML page icon in the Map view window or an HTML page filename in the directory pane to open the Page menu shown below. This menu includes several page viewing and mapping options.

The Page menu accessed from Map view, showing the main options.

Related Topics:

Toggle Links

Show Page Statistics

View in Browser

Explore HTML Code

Check Links

Make Page Central

Map Subtree


Toggle Links

Click Toggle Links to turn the outgoing links display on or off.


Show Page Statistics

Click Show Page Statistics to open the window shown below, which supplies key information about the selected HTML page. Double-click on a graphics filename (.GIF or .JPG) in the Images and Objects list to display it in a viewer window.

The Page Statistics window, showing HTML page information.


View in Browser

Click View in Browser to view the page in the default browser you specified in Preferences. With either <BLUEPRINT>'s internal browser or an external default, you can follow links from the page to other URLs, move forward and back with the arrow controls, and print pages with menu commands or the internal browser's [image] icon.


Explore HTML Code

Click Explore HTML Code and select an option from the submenu shown below.

The Page menu accessed from the directory pane, showing the HTML Code submenu. Note that the Toggle Links option is absent and the Check Links and Map Subtree options are unavailable when using the Page menu from the directory pane.

Copy to Clipboard copies the page's HTML code to the Windows clipboard, from which you can paste it into other applications.

View/Edit displays the page's HTML code in a window. You can edit code, cut, copy, and paste text using the Edit menu, toolbar icons, or standard keyboard shortcuts, and upload changes directly to your Web site from this window.

HTML Asst Pro 97, the third option shown above, is an example of a user-definable text or HTML editor (in this case, HTML Assistant Pro 97™) that has been added as a submenu option.

To add one or more editors to the Explore HTML Code submenu, click Tools, Preferences, Editor Setup from the main menu. In the Editor Setup tab's text boxes, enter the editor's name, browse or enter its path and filename, and click Add. Selecting an editor from the Explore HTML Code submenu will open it and load the HTML page's code.


Check Links

This command works only from the Map view window and is unavailable in the directory pane.

Click Check Links to verify the links out of an individual page. <BLUEPRINT> displays the link being verified in the lower left-hand corner of the status bar. The URLs of unverified links are displayed in blue and their icons are tinted red; as they are checked, the URL color will change to either pink (verified) or red (broken).

After verifying links, you can save the updated site map by clicking File, Save Map or File, Save Map as… from the main menu. Before you exit <BLUEPRINT> or close the map from the File menu, you will be prompted to save the updated site map if you have not already done so.


Make Page Central

Click Make Page Central on a page icon in Map view to display it as the Central Page. If you click Make Page Central on an HTML page filename in Directory only view, <BLUEPRINT> will display that page as central when you switch to Directory and Map or Map only view.


Map Subtree

This command works only from the Map view window and is unavailable in the directory pane.

Click Map Subtree on a page icon to collect content data (page and file names, size, embedded objects, etc.) for the links from that page. You can map a subtree to as many as three levels. Labels for links that have been mapped in this way will be displayed in the "good" link color (black by default).

This command is useful when you only need to map specific parts of a site in depth—you can map the full site to two levels, for example, then map only a few HTML pages to greater depth. Mapping to depth selectively in this way keeps the site map smaller, which reduces demands upon system resources and allows faster loading.

When mapping the subtree from a page, <BLUEPRINT> updates and saves the site map automatically; this may take several minutes, depending on the site map's size and how many levels of a subtree you map.


Full Browser

Click Tools, Full Browser from the main menu to load <BLUEPRINT>'s full-featured internal Web browser or your Windows default browser. You can open an HTML file or enter a URL to view in the default or internal browser, which offers a full set of controls.


Checking links from the Page menu

This command works only in the Map view screen and is unavailable in the directory pane.

Click the right button on the page icon you want to check; select Check Links from the Page menu to check unverified links out of that page (the filenames for these links are displayed in blue by default). <BLUEPRINT> displays the URL of the link being checked in the left-hand corner of the status bar. As the links are checked, their color changes from blue to either pink (verified) or red (broken).


Checking individual pages

If you have only mapped a site to a specific depth (say, three levels) you may reach a point in the Map view display where you find unverified links out of an HTML page; these links appear in blue by default and are identified by their URLs only.

To verify and map an individual unverified link, right-click on its page icon; this will open the Verify/Map Page menu shown below.

The Verify/Map Page menu.

Select Verify Page to verify the link; this command will only either confirm that the link does exist or find that it is broken. If verified, the link will then display in pink by default; if broken, the link will display in red by default.

Select Map Page to verify the link and retrieve data on its contents; once mapped, the link will display in black by default, and its title, filename, or URL will appear in black by default, depending on which display option you selected from the toolbar list box. Again, if the link is broken, it will display in red by default.

Using this submenu allows you to explore selected parts of the site map in greater depth without mapping the entire site to the same depth, which can save considerable time during mapping and when generating reports.


Quick Reports

Click View, Quick Reports from the main menu and select one of the following submenu options:

Partial view of the Broken Links Quick Report window showing Referring Pages (left) and Broken Link URLs( right). Other Quick Reports use the same tabular format.

Unverified Links displays the referring pages and URLs of all unverified links in tabular format, referring pages on the left and links on the right.

To verify an individual link, select its URL, then click Link Verify (or double-click the URL). <BLUEPRINT> will check the link and, depending on the results, will change its display color to either the Verified Link or Broken Link color on all referring pages where the link appears.

To verify all the links for a specific referring page, double-click its URL. <BLUEPRINT> will check and display verified and broken links in the appropriate colors.

To verify all unverified links in the site map, click Global Verify. <BLUEPRINT> will check these links and display verified and broken links in the appropriate colors.

Broken Links displays the referring pages and URLs of all broken links, as well as the reason each link is classified as broken, such as "Object Not Found" or "Access Forbidden". See Fixing individual links for information on fixing broken links from this Quick Report window.

Page Graphics displays the referring pages and URLs of all embedded graphics (usually .GIF and .JPG files).

Double-click on any URL to display the file in a viewing window. To save the image to your local drive or copy its URL to the Windows Clipboard, right-click on the image in the viewing window. From the menu shown below, select Save Image or Copy Page URL.

The Save Image/Copy Page URL menu.

Mail Links displays the referring pages and URLs of all mail links (generally "mailto:" links).

External Links displays the referring pages and URLs of all external links. External links can be verified in the same way as Unverified Links described above.

All Links displays the referring pages and URLs of all links in the site map. <BLUEPRINT> displays the different types of links in their assigned colors.

Click File, Print or the [image] toolbar icon to print any Quick Report.


Link Check

To make a quick check of an individual link, click Tools, Link Check. In the dialog box shown below, enter the URL of the link you want to check.

The Link Check dialog box

<BLUEPRINT> will verify this link and report its status, as shown below.

The Link Check dialog box, showing a verified link.


Scheduler

Scheduler allows you to check your site automatically at preset intervals. It is an entirely separate program from <BLUEPRINT>—if you look in the Program Files/Blueprint directory, you will find an executable file called scheduler.exe—and can be run either from within <BLUEPRINT> or independently.

 Click Tools, Scheduler on the main <BLUEPRINT> menu or from the <BLUEPRINT> Start menu to open the dialog box shown below.

The main Scheduler dialog box.

In the URL text box, enter the URL of the site you want to check and click Add to List. As with site mapping, you can enter the URL of a specific part of the site if you don't need to check the entire site. You can add multiple URLs to this list and set their verification schedules individually as described below.

Highlight a URL and click Set Schedule for Item to open the Set URL Schedule dialog box shown below.

The Set URL Schedule dialog box.

In the Verification Schedule text box, select Weekly or Daily; if you select Weekly, enter the day of the week to run the check in the Day text box. For both Daily and Weekly checks, enter the time of day to run the check in the Time text box. Set the depth of the check in the Check links… box. Click OK to return to the Scheduled Link Verification dialog box; click Start Scheduler to initiate the scheduled check(s); a clock icon will appear in the Windows task bar next to the time of day.

After you start Scheduler, you may minimize the program's window on the Windows Taskbar, but do not close Scheduler with the Close button or it will not run. You must also exit from <BLUEPRINT> before the scheduled check time; Scheduler will not work if <BLUEPRINT> is already running.

When a scheduled check occurs, <BLUEPRINT> starts automatically, checks the site to the depth specified, saves a report  of the results, and closes. To display a report, click Show Verification Report from the Scheduled Site Verification dialog box. The report shows only broken links; a blank report indicates that the scheduled check found no broken links.


Site Report

Click View, Site Report on the main menu or the [image] toolbar icon. <BLUEPRINT> creates and displays a Site Report in HTML format in a browser window.

Partial view of the Site Report browser window showing the Summary Report with Site Statistics.

The Site Report includes a Summary Report with overall Site Statistics, Broken Links, and Summary Information in tabular format for each HTML page. Summary Information includes text size, graphics size, total page size, and number of links in and out for each page. If a page's total size is more than 50 KB, its Total Size cell will be colored red, indicating a possible slow loading problem.

Note that the "Total number of files" in a Site Report may occasionally exceed the sum of the total HTML and image files reported. This indicates that <BLUEPRINT> did not recognize the extensions of some of the files found during mapping. If you are aware of files on the site with extensions that might not normally be recognized as either HTML or graphics files, you can add the file extensions to <BLUEPRINT>'s extension tables using Tools, Preferences, HTML Naming.

The Site Report also includes a Detailed Report with detailed Site Statistics and individual Page Statistics that include page size, embedded objects, and the URLs of all links into and out of each page in the site map.

Partial view of the Site Report browser window showing the Detailed Report with Individual Page Statistics.

To toggle between the Summary Report and the Detailed Report, click on their respective names at the top of the Site Report window.

Double-click on any URL or filename in the Site Report to display that page in the browser.

When displaying either a Site Report or an HTML page in <BLUEPRINT>'s internal browser, you can select data from the browser window for use in other applications. To do this, right-click anywhere on an HTML page or on a link in the Site Report display to open the menu shown below.

The internal browser's data selection menu used here with a Site Report.

The Select All command selects all text on the HTML page or Site Report. You can also select text by holding down the left mouse button and highlighting the text you want to select.

Copy Selection copies selected text to the Windows Clipboard; you can then insert this text into other applications such as NotePad or a HTML editor.

Copy Link copies an "http://" link from a Site Report or HTML page to the Windows Clipboard, from which you can insert it other applications.

Copy Page URL copies the URL of an HTML page or Site Report to the Windows clipboard.

Find… opens the Find submenu shown below. This submenu allows you to search for specific text on an HTML page or in the Site Report.

The Find submenu

Save Image, which becomes available when you place the mouse pointer on an HTML page graphic, allows you to save the graphic to your local drive.

Click the [image] icon in the internal browser window to print the Site Report.


Fixing individual links

You can fix individual broken links from either the Map view window or the Broken Links Quick Report.

Both the Map view window and the Broken Links Quick Report display broken links in red. Double-click on any broken link to open the Fix Link Address dialog box shown below. This dialog box displays the URL of the broken link, a list of all referring pages, and a text box in which you can enter the new URL for this link.

The Fix Link Address dialog box.

Click Recheck Broken URL to confirm that the link is actually broken. Depending on the results, <BLUEPRINT> will pop up either a "URL is OK" or "URL is confirmed as broken" message. To repair a broken link, enter its correct URL in the New URL text box. Click Check New URL to confirm that the new URL is accurate.

Click Repair All Links to insert the new URL on all referring pages. <BLUEPRINT> first tries to verify the new link. If it cannot do so, you have the option to continue or not.

If <BLUEPRINT> verifies the link or you choose to continue, it will then upload the new URL to the Web site. If you did not supply your FTP Options information (user name, password, etc.) before mapping the site, <BLUEPRINT> prompts you to enter the information in the dialog box shown below.

The Fix Link Information dialog box.

Enter the necessary information in the text boxes and click OK to continue.


Editing HTML code

For more complex tasks, you can edit a page's HTML code using either <BLUEPRINT>'s View/Edit window or a text or HTML editor of your choice. You must first add this editor to the Page menu using Tools, Preferences, Editor Setup from the main menu.

When editing HTML pages that you intend to upload to the Web site, it is recommended to select Show URL from the toolbar list box when using Map view. This option will help you keep track of the correct filename and location on the Web site of the page you are working on.

Related Topics:

Using the View/Edit window

Using an external editor


Using the View/Edit window

In either the directory pane or the Map view window, click the right mouse button on the HTML page you want to edit and click Explore HTML Code, View/Edit from the Page menu. <BLUEPRINT> will display the page code in a window. You can edit the code and cut, copy, and paste text using the Edit menu or standard Windows keyboard shortcuts.

The View/Edit window includes the command buttons shown below that allow you to copy selected text to the Windows Clipboard, save a copy, or upload edited page code directly to the Web site.

Partial view of the View/Edit window showing the command buttons.

You can also access these commands by right-clicking anywhere in the window to open the submenu shown below.

The View/Edit submenu.

To upload edited code to the Web site, click Post to Site from either menu. <BLUEPRINT> will upload the edited page code to the site via FTP. If you did not supply your FTP Options information (user name, password, etc.) previously, <BLUEPRINT> will prompt you to enter it in the Fix Link Information dialog box described above.

To review the results of your work, close the Edit/View window; click the right mouse button on the page you have edited, and select Browser View from the Page menu. <BLUEPRINT> will display the updated page in the default Web browser.


Using an external editor

In either the directory pane or the Map view window, click the right mouse button on the HTML page you want to edit and click Explore HTML Code from the Page menu. Select a text or HTML editor from this submenu.

<BLUEPRINT> loads the page's HTML code into the editor using the temporary filename BNTemp.html. This file is created in a subdirectory called Temp within the site map directory—for example, if you were editing a page from the Brooklynnorth site, the BNTemp.html file would be created in a subdirectory called \Contents\Brooklynnorth\Temp.

When you finish editing the code, save the file under the correct HTML page filename. By default, <BLUEPRINT> will save this file in the Temp subdirectory; you may save it elsewhere if you prefer.

The changes you make to HTML page code will initially be saved only on your local hard drive. To upload the changes to the actual Web site, use Upload Assistant.


Upload Assistant

Click Tools, Upload Assistant from the main menu. If you did not supply FTP information before mapping the site, Upload Assistant will prompt you to enter this information in the Site Definition dialog box shown below. You can add and save information for multiple sites by clicking New and entering the information in the text boxes.

The Site Definition dialog box.

After you enter the site definition information if necessary, the main Upload Assistant dialog box shown below will open.

The Upload Assistant dialog box.

The Upload Assistant dialog box includes two directory list windows. The one on the left shows files on your local system; the one on the right shows files on the remote host where the Web site resides.

To transfer a file from your system to the remote host:

Select the remote site from the Site Name list. If the site you want is not on this list, click Define sites and add the site information in the Site Definition dialog box as described above.

Click Connect. Upload Assistant will log onto the remote host.

Select the file you want to transfer in the left-hand window. You can navigate in this window with the scroll bar and Up Dir button. Double-click on a directory icon to open it and display its contents.

After selecting the file you want to transfer, in the right-hand window select the directory on the remote host where you want to upload this file.

Click the arrow between the two windows that points to the right from your local system to the remote host. Upload Assistant will upload the file to the directory you have selected on the remote host.

Other features and commands

Upload Assistant can transfer text (including HTML) or binary files such as graphics to the remote host. Click Text or Binary to ensure that your file is transferred correctly or leave the default Auto box checked and let Upload Assistant recognize the file type. Auto uses text or binary mode depending on the extension of the file being uploaded. Well known extensions such as .HTML or .TXT are assumed to be text files; files with extensions such as .GIF and .JPG are assumed to be binary files.

Strip local Web root on upload is checked by default. The local Web root is the directory on your hard drive that contains the file you want to upload; you will probably not want to include this directory information with the file when transferring it to the remote host.

If you leave this box checked, Upload Assistant will remove local Web root information from the file that it uploads to the remote host. Thus, for example, if you have been editing a file called index.html on a mirrored site saved in the \Program Files\BluePrint\Contents\Brooklynnorth\WebRoot directory, <BLUEPRINT> will remove the extraneous directory information and only upload index.html to the remote host.

Click Local Web root to open a dialog box in which you can select the directory on your hard drive that contains the HTML files you want to upload. The local Web root subdirectory could, for example, be a WebRoot subdirectory that contains a mirrored site such as the one described above. Upload Assistant will display this directory by default in the Local Site window.

Force lower case file names is checked by default. In this mode, Upload Assistant will convert uploaded filenames to lower-case only. This command is useful for servers (e.g., UNIX servers) that require lower-case filenames and will not affect others.

Hide UNIX dot files is checked by default. These are normally hidden files that you can ignore. Uncheck this option to display these files.


Remapping and updating the site map

After uploading fixed links or edited HTML files to the Web site, you will need to remap the site from the Web or LAN to update the site map in your <BLUEPRINT> directory. If you want to keep a copy of the old site map, click File, Save Map As…and save the old site map under a different, clearly identifiable name such as "Old Brooklyn North site map."

You can then remap the site from scratch and save it under the same name as the original site map, overwriting the old map with the updated one. Alternatively, you could remap the site from scratch and save it under a new, clearly identifiable name such as "Brooklyn North 980909."


On-line support

<BLUEPRINT> should work smoothly on most systems that are otherwise trouble-free. Specific users, however, may encounter installation or operation problems. Brooklyn North Software Works provides unlimited on-line support for registered users of <BLUEPRINT>.

To access technical support, go to the Support section of the Brooklyn North Web site, http://www.brooknorth.com/support/. Many common problems and their solutions are posted at this site. We suggest browsing this site before contacting technical support.

If you do not find the information you need, an on-line technical support form is available. When using this form, be prepared to supply the following information:

Your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone/FAX numbers;
The nature of the problem you are having in as much detail as possible;
The Windows platform (95/NT 4.0, etc.) that you are using;
The version number of <BLUEPRINT> that you are using (displayed on the opening screen);
Your hardware configuration (most importantly, processor type and speed and amount of RAM);
Other applications that were running when the problem occurred;
Whether the problem occurs intermittently or consistently when you run <BLUEPRINT>;
Any other information that might help isolate and solve the problem.

Please answer all questions in as much detail as possible. We will respond to your question via email within 24 hours during the work week.


Telephone support

If you have an immediate need for assistance, you can contact Brooklyn North Software Works by telephone at (902) 425-0900 between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM Atlantic time (7:30 AM and 4:00 PM Eastern time). Outside these hours, you may leave a voice mail message. Please provide an email address and telephone number where we can contact you. We will respond to voice mail messages within 24 hours during the work week.


Product updates

Brooklyn North Software Works continually reviews and updates <BLUEPRINT> based on user feedback and changing needs. Maintenance updates are posted periodically to the Brooklyn North Web site at http://www.brooknorth.com; registered users can download the latest update files from the <BLUEPRINT> product page.

Update files are usually .ZIP compressed versions of the Blueprint.exe file that can be downloaded more quickly than the full program installation. These files can then be uncompressed directly into the <BLUEPRINT> program directory and will not affect a user's registration status.

We suggest that you check the Web site periodically for new updates, which are identified by version number. The version number of <BLUEPRINT> that you are currently using appears on the opening product screen, or can be accessed by clicking About <BLUEPRINT> from the Help menu.