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Frontier Web Tutorial

About This Tutorial

About Web Site Management

Why Frontier?

Starting Up

Getting Comfortable With Tables

Exploring the Examples

Your First Web Site

Frontier HTML Basics

Getting Comfortable With Outlines

Templates

Outline Formatting

Includes and Macros

Handling Images

Glossaries and Filters

Defines and Custom Directives

Publishing

Site Outline and NextPrev

Relative References

Leveraging Your Work

Narrative of a Rendering

Where To Go From Here

Terms, Tips and Examples

Topic HTML page Section
TERMS    
{bodytext} Templates Special tags
{clockNow ()} Includes and Macros Facts about macros
{imageRef ()} Handling Images The imageref macro
Imageref options
{outlineSite ()} Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
{pagefooter ( )} Templates What to do with a template
{pageheader (title)} Templates What to do with a template
{title} Templates Special tags
# symbol Your First Web Site Creating a new site
#addLineFeeds Your First Web Site Your first page, at last
#alink, #bgcolor, #link, #vlink Your First Web Site Changing all pages at once
#autoparagraphs Your First Web Site Your first page, at last
Frontier HTML Basics Frontier-generated HTML
  Minding your <p>s and <b>s
#clayCompatibility Your First Web Site Your first page, at last
Frontier HTML Basics Frontier-generated HTML
  Minding your <p>s and <b>s
#DefaultFileName Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
#define Defines and Custom Directives The #define directive
#directivesOnlyAtBeginning Frontier HTML Basics All in your <head>
#expandGlossaryItems Glossaries and Filters Stock phrases
#filters.pagefilter Exploring the Examples A quick tour
#ftpSite Your First Web Site Creating a new site
Publishing Going live
Where to build your site
Relative References Final points
#ftpSite.folder Publishing Where to build your site
#ftpSite.url Publishing Where to build your site
#glossary (special glossary) Glossaries and Filters Where are the glossaries?
#includeMetaCharset Frontier HTML Basics All in your <head>
#indirectTemplate Templates Remote Templates
#javascript Frontier HTML Basics All in your <head>
#meta Frontier HTML Basics All in your <head>
#renderOutlineWith Outline Formatting Web pages as outlines
#siteDefaultName Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
#siteOutlineHeadFont Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
#siteOutlineSubtextFont Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
#subtext directive Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
#template Exploring the Examples A quick tour
#title Exploring the Examples A quick tour
Frontier HTML Basics The title directive
Relative References Final points
#tools Publishing Hiding things
#useGlossPatcher Site Outline and NextPrev Previous and Next links
Relative References GlossPatch
argument (directives) Frontier HTML Basics Directives
color name Frontier HTML Basics Directives
Directives Frontier HTML Basics Directives
dropNonAlphas Leveraging Your Work Name conversions
fileExtension Leveraging Your Work Name conversions
file.getFolderDialog Publishing Where to build your site
FTP Publishing Publishing via FTP
glossary Exploring the Examples A quick tour
Glossaries and Filters Stock phrases
glossPatch Relative References GlossPatch
Anatomy of a glossPatch reference
glossSub Glossaries and Filters Using glossaries the way you want
glossSub macro Relative References Customizing glossPatch references
html.data.adrPageTable Defines and Custom Directives Custom directives
html.data.standardMacros Includes and Macros Facts about macros
include Includes and Macros Pages within pages
Kind Getting Comfortable With Tables Selecting and Editing
lowerCaseFileNames Leveraging Your Work Name conversions
macro Exploring the Examples A quick tour
Includes and Macros Macro syntax
maxFileNameLength Leveraging Your Work Name conversions
OSAMenu Publishing Viewing source
Outline Table Getting Comfortable With Outlines Hierarchical text
Path Starting Up The database
scalar Getting Comfortable With Tables Selecting and Editing
String Getting Comfortable With Tables Selecting and Editing
system.verbs.colors Your First Web Site Changing all pages at once
user.html.glossary Exploring the Examples A quick tour
Glossaries and Filters Creating glossary entries
user.html.images Handling Images Loading an image
Includes and Macros Facts about macros
user.html.prefs Frontier HTML Basics Directives
user.html.prefs.defaultFileName Site Outline and NextPrev Site outline
user.html.renders Outline Formatting Where renders live
user.prefs.intials Getting Comfortable With Tables Selecting and Editing
user.prefs.name Exploring the Examples A quick tour
websites.tableOutline Getting Comfortable With Outlines Hierarchical text
wp text Getting Comfortable With Tables Table manners
TIPS and EXAMPLES    
\ in macros Includes and Macros Facts about macros
255 character limit to lines in outlines Getting Comfortable With Outlines Hierarchical text
About Window Starting Up The Main Window
Custom directives Defines and Custom Directives Tricky stuff
#define can only appear in an outline Defines and Custom Directives Passing information up and down the hierarchy
Enter key - Mac & PC Getting Comfortable With Outlines Working with outlines
Entry of string values Your First Web Site Changing all pages at once
Large 1st character on page
(pageFilter)
Glossaries and Filters Another filters thing
"Hey, NO TITLE!!!" Frontier HTML Basics The title directive
Menu: Add to Glossary Glossaries and Filters Creating glossary entries
Menu: Add Bookmark Glossaries and Filters Creating glossary entries
Menu: Build Glossary Relative References Mind your glossary
Menu: Import Website Leveraging Your Work Converting an exsisting site
Menu: New Text Your First Web Site Your first page, at last
Menu: New Website Your First Web Site Creating a new site
Menu: Preview Page Your First Web Site Your first page, at last
Publishing Going live
Menu: Preview Table Publishing Going live
Menu: Publish Page Publishing Going live
Menu: Quick Script Publishing Where to build your site
  The Main Window
Menu: Table menu Your First Web Site Your first page, at last
Outline shortcuts Getting Comfortable With Outlines Working with outlines
Path notation
eg:websites.["#data"]
Defines and Custom Directives Custom directives
Renderer-writing tips Outline Formatting Renderer-writing tips

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This tutorial was adapted for Frontier 5 by Brent Simmons, from the Frontier 4 web tutorial written by Matt Neuburg.