Operation Manual
Previewing and Publishing 57
It’s time to rehearse the final phase of preparing your Web site! In this
previewing and publishing phase, as we’ve mentioned, WebPlus takes
the publication’s pages and converts them to HTML and graphics
(pictures) so that a Web browser can display them. You can publish
either to a local folder or to an Internet-based Web host such as
VisualCities. Previewing is similar to publishing locally, except that the
exported files are temporary, intended for immediate viewing in your
own Web browser.
Optimizing the publication
Before you preview or publish, it’s wise to take advantage of built-in
WebPlus tools for checking your publication’s content and structure.
You can run the Spelling Checker
Wizard, Proof Reader Wizard, and
Thesaurus to inspect and improve your
text. The Text Manager displays a list
of all the text stories and free text used in
your publication, and the Layout
Checker Wizard can locate (and often
correct) problems like objects off the
page, empty frames, or overlapping
objects. You’ll find full details on these
features in online help (see the note at
the end of the chapter).
Previewing the site
Previewing the site at least once before actually publishing it is
essential. Only by viewing the pages in a Web browser can you make
sure that headlines and body text appear the way you intended, page
elements fit properly, animations play at the right speed, and links
between pages make sense.
Although your Wizard-based publication probably still has a lot of its
original placeholder text and graphics, let’s try previewing it. (We’ll
assume you have a Web browser installed.)
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