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Advanced Level Course
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Advanced Level Course
Site Extras
Site Extras consist of four categories:
• Stationeries • Site Trash • Designs • Components
Stationeries
The stationery, or template,can contain all the commonElements that are requiredfor every page in the site.
Stationeries are HTML files that are created for use as templates.
Site Trash
Files in GoLive can be deleted usingtwo methods:• Site Trash• System Trash (Recycle Bin)
When using GoLive’s Site Trash folder, the deleted files aremoved to a temporary location in the Extras tab.
Components
A Component is an HTMLdocument that holds objectsand elements, or HTML snippets,that can be used repeatedly
throughout the site.
When a component is modifiedand saved, GoLive automaticallyupdates all pages containing thecomponent.
Custom
The snippets can be imported fromopen site pages, documents in otherapplications, or even from other sites.
The Custom tab is a collectionof reusable "snippets" of HTMLcode.
Designs
Multiple designs of the same site can be stored in the Design tab of the Site window.
Page hierarchy can be builtto show files that are :Parent Sibling Child
GoLive’s Design feature enablesyou to create the structure of yoursite, which can include contentand links.
Sections
Sections can be a sub-sectionof a page.
Sections are a collection of Design pages.
Sections can have their own folder,stationery, and even sub-sections.
Linking in Design View
When each page is selected,a Point-and-Shoot button isdisplayed at the bottom rightof the icon.
This enables thelinking between pages in theDesign window.
Groups and Annotations
A design group is made up of items and pages,Which are enclosed by a rectangle.
Annotations are notesthat are attached to aspecific page.
Staging the Design
Staging the site directs GoLiveto copy the design files to thefolder, or folders, specified.
When staging the sitedesign, a minimum of onepending link must be created.
Design Views
Options for viewing thesite design in theView Controller are setin the Design tab of thepalette.
Plug-ins
Plug-ins enable the browserto play the audio and/or videofiles inserted into a Web page.
The plug-in placeholders are:GenericFlash QuickTimeReal SVG
Audio
Audio files are generallyaiff, wav, or mp3.
The Real audio console isdetermined by the controlsin the Inspector's Real tab
Video
Video files are movie filescreated in such applicationsas Flash, QuickTime, and LiveMotion.
Actions
An action is triggered by aninteractive event made by theuser as the mouse is movedaround the Web page.
• Onload event actions• Link actions• Timeline editor actions
GoLive features three types of actions:
OnLoad Event Actions
The onload event action is triggered when a Web page is loaded.
The actions are executedbefore anything else isactivated in the page.
These actions are insertedinto the <head> section ofthe page.
Link Actions
Go last Page Goto Link Navigate History Open Window
A Link action is applied to an item that is hyper linked.
Link actions are:
Slide Show
A slide show requires all images to bethe exact same pixel dimension.
The images must all be locatedin the same folder as the startingImage.
The image file type must be thesame, that is, all JPG, or all GIF,not a mixture of both.
The Timeline Editor
Timelines control the visibility, movement, speed,and positioning of the floating box.
Keyframes
A keyframe is the marker on the time track that indicates a change to a floating box.
A change can be the positionof the floating box, it's visibility,or it's layer order.
GoLive calculates the floatingbox's position in each framebetween the keyframes. Thisis called "tweening".
Animation and Action Triggers
Actions can be used to trigger an animation, and alsoan animation can be used to trigger an Action.
An animation triggered by an Action
is the result of an action taken by the user
An animation triggering an Actionmakes something happen.
The Action Track in the TimelineEditor is used to control an animationused to trigger an Action
QuickTime Movies
QuickTime sound and movie files can be edited directly in GoLive.
The QuickTime Toolbar
The Movie Track Editor.
Create a Style Sheet
Cascading Style Sheets are made up of tags, which containformatting instructions.
Style Sheets specifies formatting, such as font, size, margins,
color, borders, character and line spacing.
There are two types ofstyle sheets:internal, and external.
Style Elements
The three types of style elements selectors, Class, Tag, and ID.
CSS Properties
Basic Font TextBlock Position Border Background List Others
The CSS Inspector features eight tabsfor configuring the style properties:
Apply Style Sheets
CSS Styles are appliedbased on the particular
selector, classes an ID.
Find and Replace
• Find and Replace• Element• in Site
The Find and Replacefeature in GoLive hasthree tabs to enablesite-wide changes.
Clean Up Site
GoLive’s Clean Up Site is ahandy feature to clean outunused fontsets, colors,
and links.
Import a Site
Sites can be imported intoGoLive from a local folderon your hard drive, or froman FTP server.
Errors and Site Reports
Error, or warning, symbols are:Green bug Stop sign Question Mark Check mark
The Site report searchesthe entire site with resultsbased upon the specifiedcriteria.
Add Dates and Spellcheck
The Date and Time Stampfunction enables users tosee when the page was last modified.
Spellchecking a siteor page is handled ina similar manner tothat used in a wordprocessor.
The FTP Connection
The Web Server information can be entered into the Network Preferences, for easy access when it
is required to make a FTP connection.
Synchronized Files
GoLive features a powerful system of keeping the files stored on the local hard drive synchronized with the files on the Web server.
When a site is loaded for the first time, all files are uploaded. Once the files are on the server, any modified files on the local hard drive can be automatically uploaded to the server without having to be uploaded individually.
