Preparing to upload the site

Before you upload your pages to the Web, use the Site Editor to do a final check on all the files in your site. To prepare for uploading your site, you can use the Site Editor to:

To use the Site Editor:

  1. Choose Open Folder as Site from the File menu.

    The Browse for Folder dialog box (Windows) or the Select a Folder dialog box (Macintosh) appears.
  2. In the dialog box, navigate to your site folder.
  3. Click OK (Windows) or Select "folder name" (Macintosh).

    All the files in your site folder appear in the Site Editor. The Site Editor also displays the name of your site and the total number and size of your Web pages.

    Note When you open your site in the Site Editor, Claris Home Page creates a site definition file in your site folder called "site_definition.wst." (The .wst extension stands for "Web site.") Claris Home Page uses this file to store your site settings.

Checking the document statistics

You can use the Site Editor to check the document statistics for your entire site. Claris Home Page gives an approximate estimate of the downloading time for individual pages in your Web site or for your entire site.

To check the statistics for pages in your site:

  1. In the Site Editor, select the files you wish to check, or if you want to check the entire site, select nothing.
  2. Click the Statistics button on the toolbar.

    The Statistics dialog box appears.

     

  3. Click the Selection tab to view the statistics for the selection.
  4. Click Done to close the Statistics window.

Consolidating media files

You can use Claris Home Page to consolidate all the media files, including images, sounds, movies, etc., referenced by your Web pages within your site, so they will be uploaded when you upload your site to a Web server. You can consolidate them in your site folder or in a folder that's separate from the pages and other associated files in your site. If you have a lot of images in your Web pages, this can help you keep them organized and ensure that the reference links to the images won't be broken when you upload your pages to the Web.

When you consolidate your media files, Claris Home Page creates a folder (named "Media" by default) or uses one that you specify to hold the image and media files. Claris Home Page checks all references to the image and media files made by the pages in your site folder. If a file is not in the folder you specified, Claris Home Page makes a copy of the file and places it there. The reference link in the Web page is changed to reflect the new location. When you consolidate again, any new images or media are added to the folder.

Note The media consolidation feature does not detect media files that are referenced within Java source code, as may be the case with multi- file Java applets. Media files referenced in this manner do not get consolidated.

To consolidate media files in your Web site:

  1. Open the Site Editor by choosing Open Folder as Site from the File menu, selecting your site folder, and clicking OK (Windows) or Select "folder name" (Macintosh).
  2. Select the files you wish to consolidate, or select the site folder to consolidate media for the entire site.
  3. Click the Consolidate button on the Site Editor toolbar.

    If you select items in the Site Editor before clicking the Consolidate button, the Consolidate dialog box appears. Click Selected Files/Folders or Entire Site, and then click OK.
  4. In the Consolidate dialog box, specify where you want to consolidate the media files by choosing an option from the Consolidate media files pop-up menu.

    Choose this option

    To specify this

    At the same level as the HTML file

    Images or media that are featured in a page are copied to the same folder where the page that features them is located.

    In a one media folder for your site

    All images or media that are featured in your Web site are copied to a single folder that you specify in the Media Folder Name text box (see step 4).

    In a separate media folder for every folder in your site

    Images or media that are featured in a page that's in a subfolder to the site folder are copied to a separate media subfolder. Claris Home Page creates a media subfolder for every folder in the site using the same media folder name that you entered in the Media Folder Name text box (see step 4).


  5. If you want your media files consolidated in a separate folder(s) from the rest of your site files, type the name of your media folder in the Media Folder name text box.

    By default, Claris Home Page consolidates media files in a folder called "Images." If the folder doesn't exist, Claris Home Page creates a folder using the name in the Media Folder Name text box.

    Claris Home Page uses this folder whenever you consolidate media for this site until you change it in this dialog box. If later you open an individual page from this site folder and click the Consolidate button on the Basic toolbar (rather than on the Site Editor toolbar), Claris Home Page automatically consolidates all media to this folder.
  6. Click Consolidate.

    Claris Home Page checks the reference links in each page you selected and consolidates all the referenced media files into the folder you specified. If the media file is not already in this folder, Claris Home Page makes a copy of it and places it there.

    Note A warning dialog box may appear if a referenced file in your site cannot be located. You can click OK to locate the file, click Skip file to leave the link unchanged, or click Cancel to end the consolidation process and return to the Site Editor to examine your pages.


To consolidate images in a page you're working on:

Verifying links and references

You can use the Site Editor to check for broken links in your Web pages. Claris Home Page verifies links to pages, anchors on pages, and references to image files or other associated files in your site. Claris Home Page does not verify links to external Web sites or files on a volume of a computer that is not networked to your computer. You can also verify links and references in a page you're working on in Edit Page mode.

For information about creating links to pages or anchors on a page, see Creating links and anchors. References to image files or other media files are automatically created when you insert an image or media file into your Web page. For more information, see Adding images to your Web page and Adding multimedia to your Web page.

To verify links in your Web site:

  1. Open the Site Editor by choosing Open Folder As Site from the File menu, selecting your site folder, and clicking OK (Windows) or Select "folder name" (Macintosh).
  2. In the Site Editor, select the pages you want to check. If you want to verify the links of the entire site, select all files.
  3. Click the Verify Links and References button on the Site Editor toolbar.

    If you selected something in the Site Editor before you clicked this button, the Please Select dialog box appears. Click Selected Files/ Folders or Entire Site and click OK.

    Claris Home Page verifies the links and references in your site. If there are any broken links, Claris Home Page displays the Verify dialog box for each broken link it finds.


    This dialog box displays the path for the broken link and also enters it automatically in the Change to text box.

  4. Type the new path for the links destination in the Change to text box or click Browse to locate the missing file.
  5. For each broken link that Claris Home Page finds, do one of the following:

To verify links in an open page you're working on:

  1. In Edit Page mode, click the Verify Links and References button on the Basic toolbar.

    Claris Home Page checks all the links in the page and if it finds a broken link, the Verify dialog box appears.
  2. Type the new path for the link's destination in the Change to text box or click Browse to locate and enter the new path.
  3. For each broken link that Claris Home Page finds, do one of the following:

Specifying the Web server account

You only need to specify the destination of your Web site once in Claris Home Page before you upload your files. You can set specifications for your Web server account and use it when you upload or download a file. Claris Home Page saves the account settings for each individual site. You can set Claris Home Page to upload files to accounts with Netcom, Earthlink, another Internet service provider, America Online, or to a specific intranet account.

The Web server you upload your files to must support passive or active FTP (File Transfer Protocol). Your Internet service provider, Webmaster, or system administrator will give you the server name (your Web site domain), the names of the folder(s) where you can upload your files to, the name of your account, and a password for your account. You will probably also receive guidelines for naming files, such as how to name the home page file of your site (typically named "index.htm").

To specify the Web server account:

  1. Open the Site Editor by choosing Open Folder as Site from the File menu, selecting your site folder, and clicking OK (Windows) or Select "folder name" (Macintosh).
  2. Click the Upload button on the Site Editor toolbar.

    The Upload dialog box appears.
  3. Click Set FTP Options.

    The FTP Options dialog box appears.
  4. Choose your service provider from the Service Provider pop-up menu.
  5. Fill out or customize the FTP server settings, as appropriate.

    Choose this setting

    To specify this

    Server Name

    The domain name of the remote server, for example, any_server.com .

    User Name

    The name of your account.

    Password

    The password for your account. Select the Save Password check box to have Claris Home Page remember it.

    Remote Folder

    The name of the folder on the remote server where your site files reside. If you've specified the account information, and you're connected to the server, you can click Browse to look for the remote folder and enter its name for this setting.

    FTP Mode

    Use Passive or Active mode for transferring files. Claris Home Page uses Passive mode by default. Choose Active from the pop-up menu if you're using a Macintosh Internet Config Setup that's active.

  6. Click OK to close the FTP Options dialog box.

    Claris Home Page saves your account settings for the site in the site definition file.
  7. To close the Upload dialog box without uploading, click Cancel.

Previous topic | Contents | Next topic