Website Properties - Overview

 

Introduction

Each website contains its own unique properties. These properties describe the server address (i.e., where you want to upload your work to) and where your document directory resides.

To access these properties:

  1. On the View menu, select the Resource Manager submenu.

  2. Under the Resource Manager submenu, select Websites.

  3. In the Websites Manager resource panel, make sure that the Websites tab is selected.

  4. All websites are displayed with the following website file icon: . Right-click over a website name and select Properties.

The properties of each HotDog Website are divided into the following groups (or windows):

General Properties

This window describes the name of the website and how long you have been working on it.

Directories

The directories window contains the default location of documents that form part of your website. The Document Directory is very important as it defines the directory structure that your Website will use on your server. This whole concept is greatly expanded upon in the tutorial described in the Websites Tutorial.

File Types

The File Types define which files in your website will be treated as HTML files by HotDog Pro. This is iso that HotDog can check these files for such things as broken links.

Web Server

The web server window contains the address of the web server used for your Website. For more details on what a web server is, and how to find out what address you should be uploading to, have a look at the Beginners Guide to Publishing.

Upload Options

The upload options let you determine which files associated with your webpages are uploaded.

Publishing

When you go to upload your files, you can automatically change the format of your documents. Publishing usually involves making the occasional word substitution, or converting extended characters to their HTML equivalents.