18 Getting Started
To the person using a Web browser to access the site, the information appears
seamlessly linked—navigable with a click of the mouse.
WebPlus takes the pages you've laid out and converts them to HTML.
What will I need to preview or publish my Web site?
You can preview one or more pages at any time, either within WebPlus (using
a special window based on the Internet Explorer browser) or separately using
any browser installed on your system.
Publishing a site with WebPlus is a one-step operation that both: (1) converts
your project to separate files for the Web, and (2) copies the Web files to a
location you specify, either to a local folder or to a Web host.
• To publish to a local folder, you don't even need a connection to the
Internet.
• To publish to the Web, you'll need a host for your Web site—that is, disk
space on a server connected to the Internet—so that others can access
your site. This usually means opening an account with an online service
provider: either a large entity such as America Online or a specialized
Internet service provider (ISP). The big subscription networks typically
allocate to each user several megabytes of server space for a "personal
Web site," and many plans are available from smaller ISPs. Once you've
set up your account and can connect your computer to the host,
publishing to the Web is simply a matter of transferring your files. The
Publish to Web feature included with WebPlus takes care of this.
What about HTML?
One advantage WebPlus has over a dedicated Web-page creation program is
that you can take your newsletter layout, or a print ad with a wild mix of
multicolour graphics and fancy typography, and publish them intact to the
Web. In fact, your page can look as great on the Web as it did on your screen!
While you don't have to know HTML (the description language for Web
pages) to use WebPlus, you should understand that:
