Operation Manual

Previewing, Publishing, and Maintaining the Site 71
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
(images) so that a Web browser can display them. You can publish
either to a local folder or to an Internet-based Web host. 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.)
 Click the
Preview Site in Browser button on the top toolbar.
 In the dialog, check “All” as the page range, and click OK.