| Web Page |
Displays an empty "preview" window, which allows you to type the text of your Web page and insert elements such as hypertext links, images, and so forth.
The preview window is what we call "WYSIWYG" or What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get. That is, what you see as you create a Web page in Web Factory is what you will get when the page is actually displayed in a Web browser--with no HTML tags to be seen. Web Factory will preview the page according to how Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer will display the page. Web Factory defaults to the Netscape Navigator preview, but you can change the default. |
| Frame Page |
Displays the New Frame Page box, which allows you to select an initial frame layout from the two frames or three frames designs provided.
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| Image | Displays the New Image Resolution box, which allows you to determine the size and background color of the new image. Web Factory defaults to a 640 x 480 size window (that is, 640 pixels across by 480 pixels down) with a background color of black. You can change the size by typing in new dimensions in the Width and Height boxes. You can change the color by clicking in the color box and selecting a different color from the Color Picker box that appears. After you have selected the size and background color of the new image and clicked OK, an empty window of the selected size and background color appears on the screen, and all of the image-editing menus and tools become available. You can now draw on the new image, load objects into the new image window, or cut and paste parts of another image into the window. |
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| *.htm, *.html | Plain text files saved to these file formats are considered "Web pages". They can be viewed in any Web browser and edited in Web Factory. Files of these types will open into a preview window, displaying the Web page as it will appear in either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft's Internet Explorer. |
| *.bmp, *.pcd, *.pcx, *.tga, *.tiff, *.wmf | Images in any of these file formats can be opened in Web Factory for editing and for converting to file formats accepted by Web browsers. Files of these types will open into Web Factory's image editor. |
| *.gif, *.jpg | Images in either of these file formats are accepted by image-capable Web browsers, and can be edited in Web Factory. Web Factory also accepts variations of these file types, including transparent and interlaced gifs. Files of these types will open into Web Factory's image editor. |
| File Format | Description |
|---|---|
| *.htm, *.html | Plain text files saved to these file formats are considered "Web pages". They can be viewed in any Web browser and edited and saved in Web Factory. |
| *.bmp, *.eps, *.pcx, *.tga, *.tiff | Web Factory allows you to edit and save image files to any of these formats. However, Web browsers do not support these file formats. |
| *.gif, interlaced *.gif, *.jpg | Image files in these formats are accepted by most image-capable Web browsers. Web Factory allows you to save image files to these formats. The *.jpg format allows you to select the level at which to compress the file. This reduces the file size (number of kilobytes), but can also reduce quality. Interlaced .gif files load more gradually on the Web page than standard gif files, increasing the level of detail with each pass. |
Saves an image from a Web page when viewing a file while connected to an http server.
Saves a Web page which was opened while connected to an http server.
The following preferences are available when the current file is in a preview window. They are not available when previewing frames.
| Preference | Description |
|---|---|
| Cursor color if a background image is used | When an image is tiled across the Web page background, the effect can be beautiful, but it can be difficult to see the standard black text cursor. Web Factory allows you to choose the color of the cursor to improve its visibility. This setting is applied during the current work session only. |
| Default Preview Browser | As you work in Web Factory, you preview your Web page as it will look in the Netscape Navigator browser or Microsoft Internet Explorer browser. In this preference, you can choose which browser your files will automatically open into to preview them. It also allows you to let Web Factory decide which browser preview is best for each file, based on any browser-specific tags (that is, tags supported by only one browser or the other) it finds when validating your files upon opening. |
| On inserting HTML elements | A number of HTML elements (such as lists, horizontal rules, and more) provide options for customizing their look. In this preference, you can choose whether you want Web Factory to display the Properties box for these elements each time you insert them, so you can customize their look; or whether you want Web Factory to automatically insert the element using the default settings. (If you choose to insert with default settings, you can always edit the Properties later by right-clicking on the element and selecting properties from the pop up menu, or by selecting the element and choosing Properties from the Edit menu.) |
| Validate files on opening | This option tells Web Factory to automatically validate the HTML of any *.htm or *.html file when it is opened in Web Factory. Web Factory will inform you if any errors or unrecognized tags are found. For more information on this process, see Edit menu, Validate HTML. |
This Web page created in Web Factory.