Operation Manual

Adding Dynamic Web Objects 167

Using Smart objects

For modern interactive web features (counters, forums, blogs, resource booking,

and more), WebPlus uses server-sided Smart objects placed on the page. Smart

objects store gathered web visitor data on Serif's own secure server space. These

objects are available from Serif Web Resources, a secure online service for not

just creating and inserting smart objects, but for storing and managing object

data once your site is published and live.

Let's look at each Smart object you'll find in Web Resources and what you can

do with them.

Name Use

Active Viewers

Use to show how many people are currently viewing

the web page.

Blog

A blog acts as a personal journal on your web page

which hosts your own published articles in an easy-to-

use text editor. Articles can be commented on by

visitors to the web page. With blogs you can:

• Add your own personal profile.

• Add social bookmarking links.

• Use article trackbacks for inter-blog cross-

referencing; use receive trackbacks.

• Use tagging to categorize articles for easier

user access.

• Enable users to subscribe to articles (most