Operation Manual

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Setting page and site properties
Your WebPlus site has its own general framework, consisting of the site itself;
one or more master pages; and a number of individual pages. Each aspect of
the framework has various property settings that contribute to the look and
behaviour or your site when it’s published. Whether you start with a WebPlus
template or from scratch, you can choose whether to stick with the default
property settings or alter them to suit your needs.
To view or change most property settings:
• (Site properties) Choose Site Properties... from the File menu. The Site
Properties dialog appears.
• (Master page properties) Click the Master Page Manager button
above the Master Pages window on the Site tab (or on the HintLine), or
choose the item from the View menu. The Master Page Manager appears.
• (Page properties) Right-click the page in the workspace and choose Page
Properties.... Alternatively, on the Studio's Site tab, single-click to select
the page in the Site Structure tree, right-click the page entry and choose
Page Properties... (or choose the item from the Edit menu). The Page
Properties dialog appears.
Setting page and file names
Each page has a page name, as shown in its entry in the Site tab’s Site
Structure tree, and a file name. Normally, after you’ve published the page as
HTML, the page name appears as its title in the visitor’s Web browser when
the page is viewed; the file name is used to store the physical page. WebPlus
assigns default names in series ("Page 1," "Page 2," etc.) as new pages are
created.
For various reasons, you might want or need to change these properties for
one or more pages. For example, you might want all the pages in a section (or
even in the whole site) to display the same title. You can use the Page
Properties dialog to change the visible page name, specify a different HTML
title, and/or change the file name. As a site property, you can change the
default file extension.
Leaving the page name or title undefined won't affect the performance
of your site in any way.