PUB98: What Are Web Site Properties? (178590)
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When you save a publication in the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format,
Microsoft Publisher uses the settings stored in the Web Site Properties
dialog box to configure your Web site and pages. The following article
explains what the different options available in the Web Properties dialog
box are used for.
MORE INFORMATIONHow to Display the Web Properties Dialog Box
Use the following steps to display the Web Properties dialog box:
- Enter Web Publisher Mode. You must be in Web Publishing mode to see and
set options in the Web Properties dialog box. Use the following steps to
enter Web Publishing mode:
- Save a copy of your work as a publication (.pub file).
- On the File menu, click Create Web Site from Current Publication.
You are now in Web Publishing mode.
- To view the Web Properties dialog box, click Web Properties on the File
menu.
NOTE: If you do not see the Create Web Site from Current Publication menu
option, you are already in Web Publishing mode.
The Web Properties Dialog Box
The Web Properties dialog box has two tabs, which are described below.
The Site Tab:
All properties on this tab are applied just to your entire site.
The Web search engine information section is used to create keywords that
Web search engines can use to categorize your page.
Keywords: When saving as HTML, publisher creates the following HTML code
when text has been included in the keyword field (assuming you typed
find me and look as the keywords):
<meta name="keywords" content="find me, look"
NOTE: Make sure you use commas in-between the different words and
phrases.
Description: Similar to the keyword field, however the standard protocol
for description field is to describe your page in one sentence.
Typically, the description text is displayed by a search engine after
finding your site.
<meta name="description" content="My site is about Win32 programming"
The Target audience section is where you specify what type of HTML code you
would like Publisher to generate.
HTML 2.0+ Browsers: When you select this option, Publisher builds your
Web site using HTML tables and is compatible with browsers that support
HTML specification 2.0 and higher (for example Internet Explorer 3.0).
HTML 4.0+ Browsers: When you select this option, Publisher builds your
site using Cascading Style Sheets. Browsers like Internet Explorer 4.0
and Netscape Navigator 4.0 can interpret Cascading Style Sheets.
Language: If you type the text of your Web page using a different
language (especially if it uses a different character set, such as
Cyrillic or Greek), choose the appropriate character set here so that
browsers display the page properly. Here is what the HTML output, for
the language field, would look like:
The number in the charset section is what the language field directly
manipulates.
The Page Tab:
All properties on this tab are applied just to the active page in
Publisher.
Filename: Type the name (without the extension) you want Publisher to
give the first page of your site. "Index" and "Default" are both common
names for a home page.
File Extension: Choose an extension you want to use on every page of
HTML output. Most of the time it is not necessary to change the default
behavior; however, there are cases when you need to change the behavior.
Here are some examples:
- If your Internet Service Provider tells you to, you must change the
default file name and/or file name extension.
- If you copy Web site files to an MS-DOS formatted disk in order to
transfer them to an Apple Macintosh computer, you must change the
file name extension to .htm (instead of .html). The software that
allows a Macintosh computer to read an MS-DOS disk does not read
files with four-letter file name extensions.
Title: Type the text you want to appear in the window title or your
browser. If you have multiple pages in your site, this setting is
applied to the active page in Publisher. Publisher adds HTML code
similar to this to your page:
<title>Page Title</title>
Background Sound: If you want a background sound or MIDI sequence to
play when you open this page in a Web Browser, choose the sound here. If
you have multiple pages in your site, this setting is applied to the
active page in Publisher. When selecting this option, Publisher adds
HTML code similar to this to your page:
<bgsound src="my_sound.mid" loop=1>
Add Hyperlink to Web Navigation Bar: When you select this option,
Publisher builds a navigation bar to your Web site.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 8/6/1999 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo KB178590 |
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