Operation Manual

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3. Click the RSS Reader Tool button on the Web Objects toolbar's
RSS flyout.
4. In the dialog, paste the Feed URL into the RSS Feed URL field.
5. (Optional) Select a different color, font, font size, or font style for the
feed's Title, Headline, or Summary Color.
6. (Optional) Set the local time zone for your site in the Time Zone
drop-down list.
7. (Optional) Change the Date Format (MM/DD or DD/MM) for the
article's published date that shows in the article's header.
8. Click OK.
9. A
cursor is displayed. To insert the feed in a window of default
size, simply click the mouse.
- or -
More typically, to set the size of the feed window, drag out a region
and release the mouse button.
The feed window will be filled with a peach color with the URL shown—you'll
need to publish the page to view the current new feed. Remember that the
content will update automatically as the feed is updated on the original website.
For Podcasts, when the web visitor views the feed each episode can be played by
clicking on the audio link, typically pointing to an MP3 file. Once downloaded
and saved, the file can be played on a currently set default player (e.g., Windows
Media Player).
Understanding e-commerce
E-commerce entails the buying and selling of goods on the Internet. It's difficult
to escape online retailing in any Internet session these days—you've more than
likely used some form of Internet shopping at some point, when buying online
CDs, books, holidays, etc. Any site that supports this kind of e-commerce
activity will typically make use of a shopping cart system and a payment
processing system. A shopping cart is a virtual basket (think of a supermarket
basket) which stores your chosen items and is used in conjunction with a
payment processing system (taking the place of the supermarket's checkout).