What is Netscape Composer? Netscape Composer lets you create your own web pages and publish them
on the web. You don't have to know HTML to use Composer; it is as easy
to use as a word processor. If you need help using Netscape Composer to create new web pages, open
the Help menu (from the Netscape window) and choose Help
and Support Center, then click on the Contents tab
and select "Creating New Pages". How do I publish my web pages using Netscape Composer 7.x? If your pages exist only on your local hard disk, you can browse your
pages, but no one else can. Composer lets you publish your pages to a
remote computer called a web server. When you publish your pages to a web server, Composer copies (uploads)
your pages to a computer that lets others browse your pages. EIU provides
space on the web servers for web page publishing.
Tip: It's best to first save or publish your page before you insert
links or images into it. This allows Composer to automatically use relative
references for links and images once you insert them.
To publish a document:
- Open the HTML document that you want to publish, or create a new
Composer document.
- When you're ready to publish the document remotely, click the Publish
button.
- If you have published this document before, Composer remembers
the document's publishing settings and starts publishing the document.
While publishing is in progress, Composer displays a publishing status
dialog box.
- If you have never published this document before, Composer displays
the Settings tab in the Publish Page dialog box so you can enter information
about the document's remote publishing location. See Publish
Page - Settings for more information. When you're done
entering information, click Publish.
- If you have never saved the document, Composer displays the Publish
tab in the Publish Page dialog box, so you can enter the document's
filename. See Publish Page - Publish
for more information. After entering the filename, click Publish.
- To browse your published page, click the Browse button. Test the
page's links and make sure there are no missing images.
- Continue editing the page as necessary. When you're ready to update
the remote page with your changes, click the Publish button.
When you publish a document for the first time, Composer changes the
document's file:/// URL to an http:// URL to indicate that you are now
editing the published document. If you want to save the document locally
(on your computer's hard disk), click the Save button. You'll be prompted
to choose a filename and location on your hard disk for the document.
Publish Page - Settings The Publish Page - Settings tab lets you specify your
login information for the remote publishing site, as well as the publishing
settings for the remote site. These settings apply to the current document
and any other files you publish to this location.
If you are not already viewing the Publish
Page - Settings tab, follow these steps:
1. Open the File menu and choose
Publish As.... The Publish Page dialog box appears.
2. Click the Settings tab:
Site Name: Specifies the nickname you want to
use for this publishing site. Enter a short name that will help
you identify this publishing site.
Publishing address: specifies the location where
documents are published (uploaded) at this site. If you are not
sure what to enter, check the table below: |
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| User |
Publishing address |
Where: |
Department/Group: |
ftp://www.eiu.edu/account-location/www/ |
account-location is the account name |
| Faculty/Staff: |
ftp://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfxyz/www/ |
cfxyz is your user name |
| Student: |
ftp://www.pen.eiu.edu/~cgxyz/http/ |
cgxyz is your user name |
| Research: |
ftp://www.research.eiu.edu/account-location/www/ |
account-location is the account name |
HTTP address of your home page: Specifies the complete
address of your publishing home directory. This is the web address of
the home page at your web site. Do not include a filename or subdirectory
as part of the URL.
If you are not sure what to enter, check the table below:
| User: |
HTTP address |
Where: |
Department/Group: |
http://www.eiu.edu/account-location/ |
account-location is the account name |
| Faculty/Staff: |
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfxyz/ |
cfxyz is your user name |
| Student: |
http://www.pen.eiu.edu/~cgxyz/ |
cgxyz is your user name |
| Research: |
http://www.research.eiu.edu/account-location/ |
account-location is the account name |
User name: Specifies the user name you use to log into
the network (e-mail, PAWS ) Password: Specifies the password for your user name. Save Password: Select this to encrypt and save your
password securely using Password Manager so that you don't have to enter
it each time you publish pages at this site. Publish Page - Publish The Publish Page - Publish tab lets you specify where
you want to publish a document. These settings apply to the current document.
If you are not already viewing the Publish
Page - Publish tab, follow these steps:
1. Open the File menu and choose Publish
As.... The Publish Page dialog box appears.
2. Click the Publish tab:
Site Name: Lists all the publishing sites you've
created, so you can choose the site that you want to publish to.
To create a new site, click New Site.
Page Title: Specifies the document's page title
as it appears in the browser window's title bar when you view the
page in the browser. The document's page title also appears in your
list of bookmarks if you bookmark the page. |
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Filename: Specifies the document's filename. Make
sure you include the .html or .htm extension
in the filename.
Warning: If a file on the remote site you're publishing to
has the same filename as one you're uploading, the newly uploaded file
will replace the existing one. You will not be asked to confirm the
action.
Site subdirectory for this page: If you leave this
blank, Composer publishes the page to the main (root) publishing directory
at this site. If you want to publish the page to a remote subdirectory
that resides underneath the main publishing directory at this site, enter
the name of the subdirectory or choose it from the list. Composer keeps
track of the locations you type here, so you can select from a list of
remote locations you've previously used. Keep in mind that subdirectory
names are case-sensitive.
Note: The site subdirectory you choose must already exist
at the remote server.
Include images and other files: If checked, Composer
publishes any images and other files referenced by this page. You can
choose to publish these files to the same location as the page, or else
you can choose to publish these files into a remote subdirectory that
exists underneath the main publishing directory. Publish Settings The Publish Settings dialog box lets you create, edit,
and delete publishing site settings, and also lets you set the default
publishing site. 
If you are not already viewing the Publish Settings dialog box, follow
these steps: 1. Open the Edit menu and choose Publishing
Site Settings. Composer displays the Publish Settings
dialog box. New Site: Lets you specify settings for a new publishing
site. Composer adds the name of the new publishing site to the list of
available publishing sites. Set as Default: Sets the selected publishing site
as the default publishing site. Typically, the default publishing site
is the remote location that you most often use for publishing documents.
All documents you create or edit will be published to the default publishing
site, unless you specifically choose an alternate site in the Publish
Page dialog box.
To publish a document to a different remote location, open the File menu
and choose Publish As to choose a different publishing destination. Remove Site: Removes the selected site and its settings
from Composer. Site Name: Specifies the name by which you want to
refer to this publishing site. Publishing address: specifies the location where documents
are published (uploaded) at this site. If you are not sure what to enter,
check the table below:
| User: |
Publishing address |
Where: |
Department/Group: |
ftp://www.eiu.edu/account-location/www/ |
account-location is the account name |
| Faculty/Staff: |
ftp://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfxyz/www/ |
cfxyz is your user name |
| Student: |
ftp://www.pen.eiu.edu/~cgxyz/http/ |
cgxyz is your user name |
| Research: |
ftp://www.research.eiu.edu/account-location/www/ |
account-location is the account name |
HTTP address of your homepage: Specifies the HTTP
address of your publishing home directory. Do not include a filename or
subdirectory as part of the URL. If you are not sure what to enter, check
the table below:
| User: |
HTTP address |
Where: |
Department/Group: |
http://www.eiu.edu/account-location/ |
account-location is the account name |
| Faculty/Staff: |
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfxyz/ |
cfxyz is your user name |
| Student: |
http://www.pen.eiu.edu/~cgxyz/ |
cgxyz is your user name |
| Research: |
http://www.research.eiu.edu/account-location/ |
account-location is the account name |
- User name: Specifies the user name you use to log
in to the network.
- Password: Specifies the password for your user name.
- Save Password: Select this to save your password
securely using Password Manager so you don't have to enter it each time
you publish pages at this site.
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