12 Previewing and Publishing

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Previewing and Publishing

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Tasks

Previewing your site

Publishing to the web using WebPlus.net

Publishing to the web using a thirdparty host

Quick Publish

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Tasks  <TOP>

The Task Monitor tab is used to report errors, problems, and reminders relating to your website prior to publishing. The task entries in the tab are interactive and let you resolve tasks automatically or manually.

At any time you publish, the tasks are displayed again in the publishing dialog—you can decide to proceed with publishing or be taken back to the Task Monitor tab to resolve tasks.

The tab is displayed at the bottom of the WebPlus workspace.

If tasks are found, the tab reports each task in a task list (showing Description, Due Date, Action, Object and Urgency) along with options to fix automatically or manually; you can also choose to leave some tasks as is. Each task has supporting help to aid you in resolving it.

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On publishing, you'll be presented with any outstanding tasks in the

publishing dialog.

You can choose whether or not to take action at this stage by

pressing the Go to Task Monitor Tab button. See Publishing to

the web.

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Creating your own reminders

The Task Monitor tab allows you to create your own reminders that need to be addressed before project completion. You can add reminder text as well as set an urgency and a due date (e.g. a website go-live date).

Previewing your site  <TOP>

Previewing your site in a web browser is an essential step before publishing it to the web. It's the only way you can see just how your site will appear to a visitor. You can preview a page or site at any time, either within WebPlus (using an internal window based on the Internet Explorer browser) or separately using any browser installed on your system.

To preview your site:

1. Click the down arrow on the Preview site button on the Standard toolbar.

2. Select an option from the submenu:

• Preview in Window (shortcut Alt+P) opens the site in a new internal WebPlus window with its own tab for convenient switching.

• Choose Preview in to use an external browser. The names will reflect which browsers are currently installed, e.g. the entry may read "Preview in Internet Explorer." The current page appears in the specified browser; use your page's navigation bars to navigate to other site pages.

WebPlus allows you to view estimated download time for each page of your site, and provides information such as the number of files on each page and the total size of the files. This is carried out via the Standard toolbar's Preview site flyout.

Publishing to the web using WebPlus.net  <TOP>

You can upload your site to WebPlus.net (Serif Web Hosting) so it's viewable by the whole world! You can specify that all web pages are published or, if updating your site, only pages changed since the last "publish."

To publish your site to WebPlus.net:

1.  Click the down arrow on the Publish site button on the Standard toolbar and click Publish to Web.

2. From the Publish To Web: Get Hosting dialog, click Activate Now.

3. Follow the set up procedure on serif.com within your Internet browser. You’ll be provided with a hosting page which contains FTP details you’ll need to manually transfer to WebPlus.

4. In WebPlus’s Account Details dialog, which popped up when you clicked Activate Now, transfer hosting details from your hosting setup page and paste them into the equivalent fields, e.g.

5. Click OK to close Account Details.

6. In the Upload to server dialog, click the Test button to test your FTP Account. If the test is successful, a dialog will display statingthat a connection has been established.

7. Click Update Account.

The Publish To Web dialog can then be used to upload your website.

Publishing to the web using a thirdparty host   <TOP>

Publishing to the web using a third-party host involves uploading your site to a web host provider you’ve arranged independently of Serif.

To publish your site to the web:

1. Click the down arrow on the Publish site button on the Standard toolbar and click Publish to Web.

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If you haven’t set up FTP account information, you'll be prompted to

add FTP details via a pop-up dialog.'

If you've set up at least one account, the Publish to Web dialog

appears with the last used account name shown in the drop-down

list and its settings in subsequent boxes.

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2. From the Publish To Web: Get Hosting dialog, click Add Details. See screenshot.

3. In the Account Details dialog, enter:

• Check Use SFTP if your web host offers secure FTP connection. This protocol ensures data is securely transferred to your host using a private and safe data stream. Check your hosting package details to see if SFTP is included in your package.

• The Account name. This can be any name of your choice. You'll use it to uniquely identify this account in WebPlus.

• The FTP address of your web space—this is a specific URL that will be provided by your web host.

• Port number: Unless directed by your provider, you can leave this set at "21."

• Leave the Folder box blank unless directed by your provider, or if you want to publish to a subfolder of your root directory.

• You'll also need a Username and Password as pre-assigned by the provider.

• Check Save password to record the password on your computer, if you don't want to re-enter it with each upload.

• Passive mode: Leave checked unless you are experiencing FTP connection problems. If you are certain that the FTP details are correct, unchecking Passive mode might fix the problem. ISPs and web hosts can operate passive or active FTP modes of operation, so it is worth checking this with them.

• Web site URL: Set your site's URL. This allows you to view the

web site from a dialog after FTP upload.

• Click OK to close Account Details.

4. Back in the Upload to server dialog, click the Test button to test

your FTP Account.

5. Click Update Account.

The Publish To Web dialog can then be used to upload your website.

Quick Publish  <TOP>

Quick Publish allows you to quickly upload and view the currently displayed page—useful for live verification of individual pages.

To configure Quick Publish:

1. Click the Publish site flyout on the Standard toolbar and then click Quick Publish Configuration.

2. In the dialog:

• Enter the details of, or select from the drop-down list, the URL of the site you want to publish to.

• Select the browser to view your page once it has been published.

• Select the FTP account you want to use from the drop-down list. To update account settings, or add a new account, click Manage Accounts.

3. Click OK.

To Quick Publish to Web:

• Click the Publish site flyout on the Standard toolbar and then click Quick Publish to Web.

The Uploading files dialog briefly appears before your page is displayed in your chosen browser)

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