Saving your Web page

As in any application, it is important to save your files frequently to avoid the possibility of losing data. In addition, within Claris Home Page certain functions will only work after you have saved your Web page, for example switching to Preview Page mode or Preview in Browser mode. You can set Claris Home Page to automatically save a new page and give it a temporary filename whenever you switch modes.

Claris Home Page save your Web page as an HTML file with the default extension of .htm. You can also save your page as a template file to reuse for creating other Web pages.

To save a Web page:

  1. Choose Save from the File menu.

    The Enter Title dialog box appears the first time you save a new page. Enter a title and click OK. You can change the title later if you want. (For more information, see Changing the title of your Web page next.)

    The Save dialog box appears.
  2. Choose HTML File from the Save as type or File type pop-up menu.
  3. In the File name or Save file as text box, type the filename for your Web page followed by the extension .htm for a Windows file or .html for a Macintosh file.

    In order for your files to be seen as Web pages in Claris Home Page and in Web browsers, they must have the .htm or .html extension. The text box provides a default name as "title" with the proper extension.
  4. Click Save.

To change the filename extension that appears by default in the Save dialog box:

  1. Choose Application Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or Preferences from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
  2. Click the HTML Source tab.
  3. Type the extension in the Default HTML File Extension text box (Windows) or Default HTML File Suffix text box (Macintosh).

Changing the title of your Web page

Claris Home Page prompts you to give your Web page a title the first time you save the document. Later you may wish to change it. The title of a Web page appears in the title bar at the top of most browser windows. This title can be different than the filename and does not need an HTML extension. You can see what the title is for your Web page in Preview Page mode.

The words that appear in a Web page title are also used in searches by many Internet search engines. If it is important that viewers are able to find your Web page via keyword searches, make sure that the title includes words your viewers are most likely to use when doing the keyword search.

To change the title of your Web page:

  1. Choose Document Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
  2. Click the Parameters tab.
  3. Enter the title in the Document Title text box.
  4. Click OK.

    The new title appears in the title bar in Preview Page mode.

Saving a page as a template

You can save your Web page as a Claris Home Page template and use it for creating other Web pages.

To save a Web page as a template:

  1. Choose Save As from the File menu.

    If you haven't saved your Web page yet, the Enter Title dialog box appears. Enter a title and click OK. (For more information, see Changing the title of your Web page.)

    The Save dialog box appears.
  2. Select the Page Template folder located in the Claris Home Page folder. The file must be saved in this folder.
  3. Choose HTML Template from the Save as type or File type pop-up menu.
  4. In the File name or Save file as text box, type the filename for your template followed by the extension .htm.
  5. Click Save.

    A dialog box opens asking you to type a short description of the template.
  6. Type a descriptive name for the template and click OK.

    The name you type appears in a list of templates in the New dialog box the next time you start Claris Home Page.

To use the template:

  1. Choose New from the file menu.
  2. Click Use Template and select the template in the list.

    A sample picture of the page appears on the left.

    Note If your template doesn't appear in the list, exit Claris Home Page and then start the application again.

  3. Click OK to close the New dialog box.

    The template opens as a new untitled page.

Auto-saving your files

You can set Claris Home Page to automatically save a new page and give it a temporary filename whenever you switch to a preview mode. Claris Home Page will continue to save the file at the regular intervals you specified.

To set the auto-save option:

  1. Choose Application Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or Preferences from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Specify how often (in minutes) you want Claris Home Page to save your files by selecting the Auto-save document every "#" minutes check box and typing a number in the text box.

Time stamping your saved file

When you save your Web page, Claris Home Page adds a header comment by default to the HTML source to indicate the date and time that you saved it and to identify it as a Claris Home Page file. This comment is only visible when viewing the HTML source.

You can change the default setting to remove the date and time stamp and just identify your pages as Claris Home Page files or to save all files without the header comment.

To change the header comment setting:

  1. Choose Application Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or Preferences from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
  2. Click the HTML Source tab.
  3. Choose a header type from the Header Comment pop-up menu.

    See Changing HTML output settings for information about the other options in this dialog box.

You can also place a comment of your choice that is only visible to you and not by browsers. Choose Comment from the Insert menu. Type your comment in the Comment dialog box your comment usually appears at the top of the page in Edit HTML Source mode.


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