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:
- 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.
- Choose HTML
File from the Save
as type or File
type pop-up menu.
- 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.
- Click Save.
To change the filename extension that appears by default in the
Save dialog box:
- Choose Application
Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or
Preferences
from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
- Click the HTML
Source tab.
- 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:
- Choose Document
Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or from the Edit
menu (Macintosh).
- Click the Parameters
tab.
- Enter the title in the Document
Title text box.
- 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:
- 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.
- Select the Page Template folder located in the Claris Home
Page folder. The file must be saved in this folder.
- Choose HTML
Template from the Save
as type or File
type pop-up menu.
- In the File
name or Save
file as text box, type the filename for your template
followed by the extension .htm.
- Click Save.
A dialog box opens asking you to type a short description of the
template.
- 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:
- Choose New
from the file menu.
- 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.
- 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:
- Choose Application
Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or
Preferences
from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
- Click the General
tab.
- 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:
- Choose Application
Options from the Tools menu (Windows) or
Preferences
from the Edit menu (Macintosh).
- Click the HTML
Source tab.
- 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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