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Generating Web output from Workflow
1. Open a template with a Web context.
2. Send it to Workflow using the Package Files dialog; see "Sending files to Workflow" on
page 425.
3. Create a process in Workflow containing at least the following steps:
l Any input that will capture a job file that is compatible with the Data Mapping
Configuration that is used. To capture incoming web requests, such as from a
personalized URL (see "Personalized URL" on page 350), use a HTTP Server
Input task.
l An Execute Data Mapping task to generate a valid record set.
l A Create Web Content task with the appropriate settings, to generate the HTML
output.
Web output settings in the Web context and sections
There are a few settings for the Web context and Web sections that have an impact on the
actual web page that is generated.
These settings are:
l Which Web section is the 'default'; see "Setting a default Web page for output" on page
448. When generating Web output, if there are multiple Web sections, only one of them
can be merged with each record.
l The title, shortcut icon and meta tags appearing in the web page's header. See "Setting
the title, meta data and a shortcut icon" on page 449
Personalizing Content
Variable-data printing is a form of digital printing in which elements such as text and graphics
may be changed using information from a database or data file. It prints unique documents with
customized messages for each customer. This is exactly what you can do with Connect: using
variable data you can personalize your company's communications.
Before you can start personalizing the content of a template, you must open a Data Mapping
Configuration, data file or database; see: "Loading data" on page 327.
The most common ways to personalize templates are listed below.
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