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GETTING STARTED WITH QUARKXPRESS SERVER
Use the Add Files command in the Document Pool screen of the QuarkXPress
Server Web interface.
Upload the files using FTP to the document pool directory.
Use Telegraph XTensions® software to upload the files to the document pool
from within QuarkXPress. (For more information about Telegraph XTensions
software, see “Telegraph XTensions software.”)
For more information about the document pool, see “The QuarkXPress Server User
Interface.”
The document pool directory cannot be an encrypted directory.
QuarkXPress Server can also receive templates, projects, and other files as part of a
multipart HTTP request. For more information, see “Using the Streaming Document
Provider.”
In addition, QuarkXPress Server can serve documents from a database, a content
management system, or other sources. Collectively, the document pool and any
other source of files to be served are referred to as document providers.
Projects and layouts
QuarkXPress projects can contain one or more layouts, and only one layout can be
rendered at any given time. If you do not specify a layout when you send a
rendering request, QuarkXPress Server renders the first layout in the project.
Job Jackets and resources
In QuarkXPress, resources are things such as style sheets, colors, H&Js, output styles,
and item styles. Resources are stored in a Job Jackets structure, which can be either
embedded in a project or stored in a separate Job Jackets file.
QuarkXPress Server uses a default Job Jackets file to make a default set of resources
available to all projects handled by QuarkXPress Server, regardless of whether they
are included in the projects and articles you render. You can update this file in two
ways:
Using the QuarkXPress Server Web interface. For more information, see “Job
Jackets dialog box.”
Using request handlers. For more information, see “jobjacket“ and
updateprefsfromjj.”
Once you’ve downloaded the default Job Jackets file, you can update its resources
using QuarkXPress. For more information, see “Job Jackets” in A Guide to
QuarkXPress.
The location of the default Job Jackets file is stored in the QuarkXPress Server
preferences folder. For more information, see “QuarkXPress Server preferences.”
Caching
To maximize efficiency, QuarkXPress Server uses cached versions of all rendered
projects whenever possible. You can configure projects so that they are never
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