Operation Manual

Contents
1 ♦ Welcome 1
About the Companion .............................................................................. 3
The hands-on sequence .......................................................................... 3
Linking to additional help ......................................................................... 3
What’s new in Serif WebPlus 9................................................................ 4
Registration and support.......................................................................... 9
System requirements ............................................................................... 9
Installing WebPlus 9 .............................................................................. 10
How should I get started? ...................................................................... 10
2 ♦ Getting Started 11
Overview ................................................................................................ 13
What is a Web site? ....................................................................... 13
How does WebPlus work? ............................................................. 13
How do I publish my Web site? ...................................................... 14
WebPlus Startup Wizard........................................................................ 15
Using a Web template… ........................................................................ 16
Take a look around ................................................................................ 18
For more help on the basics................................................................... 23
3 ♦ Web Site Design and Construction 25
Pre-planning........................................................................................... 27
Who’s it for? ................................................................................... 28
What have you got? ....................................................................... 28
Site structure.......................................................................................... 29
Navigation .............................................................................................. 33
Pages and master pages ....................................................................... 35
Manipulating pages................................................................................ 37
Page layout considerations.................................................................... 39
Your Home page ............................................................................ 42
For more help on site construction......................................................... 43
4 ♦ Working with Text 45
About text frames................................................................................... 47
Working with text frames........................................................................ 48
Editing text ............................................................................................. 49
Importing text ......................................................................................... 50
About artistic text ................................................................................... 51