Producing Web Pages 281
Publishing the site to a local folder lets you preview the pages in your own
browser prior to publishing them on the web. You may find it convenient to
keep your browser program open, and go back and forth between PagePlus and
the browser. This way you can make changes to a single page in PagePlus,
publish just the one page, then switch to your browser and preview that page to
make sure everything appears just as you want it.
To publish the site to a local folder:
1. Choose Web Site Properties... from the File menu and double-check
export settings, particularly those on the Graphics tab.
2. Choose Publish Site> from the File menu and select to Disk Folder...
from the submenu.
3. In the dialog, locate the folder where you wish to store the output files
by clicking the Choose Folder... button. You can create a new folder
under any selected folder with the Make New Folder button. Click
OK.
4. Either check the Publish All Pages option, or in the site structure tree,
check which specific page(s) to publish. This can save a lot of time by
skipping the export of pages you haven't changed.
5. Click OK.
After PagePlus has finished exporting the selected pages, you'll be asked if you
want to launch your web browser to view your page. Click Yes to do this.
Previewing your website in a browser
Previewing your site in a web browser is an essential step before publishing it to
the web. It's the only way you can see just how your PagePlus publication will
appear to a visitor.
We'll assume you've already published your website to a local folder.
To preview your website from a local hard disk:
• Choose Preview in Browser> from the File menu, then choose a
Preview Page in <browser name>... or Preview Site in <browser
name>... to use an external browser.
