WebCD Tutorial: Lesson 2: Changing URL Retrieval Properties

Lesson 2: Changing URL Retrieval Properties

Once you have performed retrieval on a specific URL, a graphical inventory of the Web content is created in the Retrieval View. Each document in the Retrieval View has a retrieval property of either "Retrieve" or "Do Not Retrieve." You may wish to change the retrieval properties of some of the documents to customize your WebCD. This lesson helps you to identify what the various Retrieval View icons mean, and shows you how to change the properties of an URL in the Retrieval View.
If you . . . To do this lesson . . .

did Lesson 1 and have not closed the WebCDTutorial project go directly to number one (1) below.

did Lesson 1, but have closed the WebCDTutorial project open the WebCDTutorial.wcd project.

did not do Lesson 1 open the Lesson2.wcd project.

To open a project that is not listed on the Startup dialog, double-click More Files. Then open the appropriate directory and double-click the .wcd file to open the project. If you are already in the WebCD Packager application, select Open Project from the File menu. Note: The tutorial lessons projects are not available with demo versions of the WebCD Packager.

One Examine the contents of the Retrieval View. Right-click an item to display the URL shortcut menu and select Properties. Look at the retrieval options and properties of various items.

Two Notice icons which are grayed versus icons which are not grayed. Grayed icons indicate documents or folders not marked for retrieval. Any item which does not fall under the starting URL path is not marked for retrieval.

Three Finally, note that some documents have checked icons, while others do not. Icons with checks indicate the document has been retrieved. Non-grayed icons without checks indicate the document is marked for retrieval, but has not yet been retrieved. This is because we stopped the retrieval process before completion.

Four WebCD Packager's discovery process has created a hierarchical layout of the Web site that can be used to pick and choose the items to be retrieved. In the following steps we will use the graphical layout in the Retrieval View to change the retrieval property of one of the Tutorial lessons:

(a) Find the Tutorial folder under WebCDTutorial in the Retrieval View. Double-click on Tutorial or click on the plus sign to the left of the folder icon to open the folder.

(b) Find the Lesson6.htm file inside the Tutorial folder.

(c) Right click on the Lesson6.htm file. The URL shortcut menu is displayed. Select Do Not Retrieve from the menu. The document icon changes automatically to reflect the new property. When we re-start retrieval at the end of Lesson 3, this document will not be retrieved and any links to it will go "live" (automatically jump to the live Web site to display the file.)
Note: If the Lesson6.htm file was already retrieved, the result of changing the retrieval properties is the same--any links to this document will be "live".

If you . . .	To do this lesson . . .
did Lesson 1 and have not closed the WebCDTutorial project	go directly to number one (1) below.
did Lesson 1, but have closed the WebCDTutorial project	open the WebCDTutorial.wcd project.
did not do Lesson 1	open the Lesson2.wcd project.

	Notice icons which are grayed versus icons which are not grayed. Grayed icons indicate documents or folders not marked for retrieval. Any item which does not fall under the starting URL path is not marked for retrieval.
	Finally, note that some documents have checked icons, while others do not. Icons with checks indicate the document has been retrieved. Non-grayed icons without checks indicate the document is marked for retrieval, but has not yet been retrieved. This is because we stopped the retrieval process before completion.

	(a)	Find the Tutorial folder under WebCDTutorial in the Retrieval View. Double-click on Tutorial or click on the plus sign to the left of the folder icon to open the folder.
	(b)	Find the Lesson6.htm file inside the Tutorial folder.
	(c)	Right click on the Lesson6.htm file. The URL shortcut menu is displayed. Select Do Not Retrieve from the menu. The document icon changes automatically to reflect the new property. When we re-start retrieval at the end of Lesson 3, this document will not be retrieved and any links to it will go "live" (automatically jump to the live Web site to display the file.) Note: If the Lesson6.htm file was already retrieved, the result of changing the retrieval properties is the same--any links to this document will be "live".