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1.0 GENERAL ISSUES
| 1.1 About this FAQ |
| What is this FAQ about? |
| | This FAQ, short for Frequently Asked Questions, is a compilation of the most common questions asked about PageSpinner. You are recommended to read this FAQ before sending in a question, the answer could be found in this document. We are trying to answer as many questions as possible, but regrettable we don't have resources to answer all mail.
PageSpinner is an HTML for Mac OS, that supports both HTML 3.2, HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0. It also supports additional Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer extensions and plug-ins. PageSpinner is useful for both the beginner and the more advanced web author with quick access to often used formatting tools and support for AppleGuide and an HTML Assistant that helps you compose your HTML pages. |
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| 1.2 Navigating the FAQ |
| How do I browse this FAQ? |
| | The following navigation buttons can be used when you view the FAQ in your browser:
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2.0 DOCUMENTATION
| 2.1 Additional documentation |
| Is there any other documentation available? Is there some documentation I can print? |
| | An interactive tutorial on how to work with PageSpinner can be found as an AppleGuide in the Help Menu. It is not possible to print the contents of an AppleGuide but there is an HTML-version of the PageSpinner Guide's "Getting Started" section in the folder named "Documentation" located inside the PageSpinner folder.
Most of the documentation can be viewed and printed using your favorite browser. Select the menu item Documentation in the Help menu to view the index in your browser.
There is also a sub menu in the Web Tools menu called "Documentation", which lets you view almost all of the included documentation in either your browser or in SimpleText. |
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| 2.2 How do I open the PageSpinner Guide? |
| How can access the PageSpinner Guide? I just get an error message when I click on it. |
| | The PageSpinner Guide is an AppleGuide definition file and it needs to be located in the same file as PageSpinner. It is not accessible in the Finder.
The Guide is available in the Help menu when PageSpinner is running. The menu has a ? mark as an icon if you are using System 7. The menu item's title is PageSpinner Guide.
You'll need to have System 7.5 or later to use AppleGuides. |
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3.0 WORKING WITH PAGESPINNER
| 3.2 Creating multiple pages |
| How do I make my web site have multiple page as opposed to one long scrolling page? For instance a home page and then other pages that are linked to it. |
| | Create the new page, add the text you want and save it in the same folder as the home page. The home page should often be called index.html or welcome.html (you will have to check this with the Webmaster at your site). Then do the following:
- Open your home page in PageSpinner.
- Place the cursor where you want the link to be inserted.
- Select HTML Assistant from the Windows menu.
- Select the Link topic.
- Click the open button (in the upper right side of Assistant's window) and select the newly created page you want to link to.
- Type the text that should be used as the link's title in the Title field.
- Click the Apply button at the bottom of the Assistant's window.
You will now have a link to the new page in your home page. |
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| 3.3 Creating clickable Image Maps |
| Can I create a clickable image map with PageSpinner? |
| | PageSpinner has only limited support for creating image map tags. There is an example of making image maps using the shareware application GraphicConverter in the Examples folder.
The following shareware applications are aimed at creating image maps visually: Mapper, MapMaker, ImageMapper. There are shortcuts to these applications available in the sub-menu Graphic Tools available in the Web Tools menu.
Press the option key when selecting the application in the menu to view additional information about an application. |
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| 3.4 How can I go to a specific line in the editor? |
| When using an external HTML Validator or debugging JavaScrips, I need to find a given line number to edit the text. |
| | Use the Goto Line... menu item that is available in the Edit : Find/Replace menu.
The keyboard shortcut is Command and ,
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| 3.5 How can I use PageSpinner to view source from Netscape? |
| How can I use PageSpinner to handle pages downloaded with Netscape's "View: Document Source". The downloaded files contains strange characters and line feeds, and are virtually impossible to read or edit. |
| | Us the menu item Convert From Source... available in the menu Edit : Convert or in the Find button's pop up menu in the toolbar.
PageSpinner will then remove or translate unnecessary line feeds and high ASCII characters and restyle the text automatically.
In Netscape you can specify that PageSpinner should be used as the helper application for viewing downloaded HTML source files. |
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| 3.6 How can I customize the New Empty Page created by PageSpinner? |
| How can I change the contents of the new empty page created at startup and when I use the New Empty Page command in the File menu? |
| | Create a PageSpinner HTML file named "default.html" and place this file inside the PageSpinner folder (the same folder as the application).
The contents of this file will then be used as a template when PageSpinner creates a new page. |
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| 3.7 Why is there no keyboard shortcut for some frequently used tags? |
| I would like to have keyboard shortcuts for the tags I use frequently. |
| | You can add your own keyboard shortcuts for all menu items by doing this:
Press Ctrl+Option+Command when selecting an item from the menu that contains the tag you want a keyboard shortcut to.
PageSpinner will then display a floating menu palette with the menu items available in the menu.
Then press the Ctrl-key when clicking on an item in the palette to define a keyboard shortcut. |
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4.0 FRAMES
| 4.1 Getting into a frame |
| I am using frames on my pages. I have a small frame with a table of contents and another large frame containing the actual contents. How can I make a link in the table of contents to open inside the second, larger, frame? |
| | Add the name of the second larger frame in the field named
"Open the link in a window or frame named:"
in HTML Assistant's Link topic when you create the link.
If you have an existing link you can add the attribute text
TARGET="framename"
inside the <A HREF="link.html" ...> tag of the link that should be displayed in the frame named framename.
There are information on how to create frames in the PageSpinner AppleGuide and the frame examples in the Examples folder. |
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| 4.2 Getting out of a frame |
| I am using frames on my pages. How can I make some links to be displayed in the full window and not in the current frame? |
| | If you have an existing link you can add the attribute text
TARGET="_top"
inside the <A HREF="link.html" ...> tag of the link that should use the full window.
When creating a new link in HTML Assistant, select "_top" from the Target pop-up menu before inserting the link. |
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5.0 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
| 5.1 The text looks strange after a Restyle command |
| When I click the restyle button the contents of the page is displayed in a strange font or doesn't show up at all. |
| | This is most likely caused by a corrupted font or a font conflict ID in your system.
If you don't have a font checking tool you can do the following:
Remove some or all of your third-part fonts from the Font folder inside your System folder. Then add a few at a time, launch PageSpinner and see you can find the "damaged" font. |
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| 5.2 Error Message -2048 |
| When I try to open a PageSpinner document I get the following error message:
"The document cannot be translated because an unexpected problem has occurred (-2048)." |
| | This problem is caused by some setting in Mac Easy Open using QuickTime translations and can also occur in other applications. It appears that Mac Easy Open tries to convert the file using some form of QuickTime translation.
It can easily be fixed by clicking the button that deletes the preferences in Mac OS Easy Open's Control Panel. You can also remove the Mac OS Easy Open Preference file, inside the System's Preference folder or disable Easy Open in the Extension Manager. |
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| 5.3 End of file FTP error |
| When I try to upload files directly from Pagespinner or Site Assistant the error Message "End of file error" is displayed. |
| | This error message is displyed if you forget to insert your username follwed by the @ character at the beginning of the URL to the FTP server.
Make sure that the path to the FTP server is in a format similar to this:
ftp://myloginname@ftp.theserver.com/public_html/ |
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| 5.4 Where is the Notebook stored? |
| I want to backup the contents of the built-in Notebook, where is this data stored? |
| | The pages in the Notebook are stored in the file named PageSpinner Textscrap. This file is located inside the System folder's Preferences folder. |
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| 5.6 Is there a Windows version available? |
| PageSpinner is nice and easy to use, but I also have to work on a PC. Is there a Windows version available? |
| | There is no Windows version available.
Plain HTML-files are cross-platform though, and you can set PageSpinner to use MS-DOS (Windows) line feeds before transferring the page to a PC. |
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| 5.7 Is there some "Made with PageSpinner" graphics available? |
| Is there some "Made with PageSpinner" or "Spun with PageSpinner" graphic I could have on my page? |
| | There is a small collection of images that can be viewed in the file "spun_with_pagespinner.html". The file and the images can be found inside the folder named "Documentation" located inside the PageSpinner folder.
If you are a registered user of PageSpinner you can include these on your home or credits page if you want to. Thank you for supporting PageSpinner! |
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