Microsoft KB Archive/178590

= PUB98: What Are Web Site Properties? =

Article ID: 178590

Article Last Modified on 8/6/1999

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 * Microsoft Publisher 98 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
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.



How 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:

charset=windows-1252

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: Page 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:  Add Hyperlink to Web Navigation Bar: When you select this option, Publisher builds a navigation bar to your Web site.

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