WebPlus X5 User Guide (US edition) - Serif

368 Pages·2011·4.36 MB·English

How to Contact Us
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International
Please contact your local distributor/dealer. For further details, please contact us
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This User Guide, and the software described in it, is furnished under an end user License
Agreement, which is included with the product. The agreement specifies the permitted and
prohibited uses.
Trademarks
Serif is a registered trademark of Serif (Europe) Ltd.
WebPlus is a registered trademark of Serif (Europe) Ltd.
All Serif product names are trademarks of Serif (Europe) Ltd.
Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft
Corporation. All other trademarks acknowledged.
Windows Vista and the Windows Vista Start button are trademarks or registered
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Copyrights
Digital Images ©2008 Hemera Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Digital Images ©2008 Jupiterimages Corporation, All Rights Reserved.
Digital Images ©2008 Jupiterimages France SAS, All Rights Reserved.
Content ©2008 Jupiterimages Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Portions images ©1997-2002 Nova Development Corporation; ©1995 Expressions
Computer Software; ©1996-98 CreatiCom, Inc.; ©1996 Cliptoart; ©1997 Multimedia
Agency Corporation; ©1997-98 Seattle Support Group. Rights of all parties reserved.
Portions graphics import/export technology © AccuSoft Corp. &Eastman Kodak
Company& LEAD Technologies, Inc.
THE PROXIMITY HYPHENATION SYSTEM © 1989 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights
reserved.
THE PROXIMITY/COLLINS DATABASE © 1990 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.; ©
1990 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights reserved.
THE PROXIMITY/MERRIAM-WEBSTER DATABASE © 1990 Merriam-Webster Inc.; ©
1990 Proximity Technology Inc. All rights reserved.
The Sentry Spelling-Checker Engine © 2000 Wintertree Software Inc.
The ThesDB Thesaurus Engine © 1993-97 Wintertree Software Inc.
WGrammar Grammar-Checker Engine © 1998 Wintertree Software Inc.
Andrei Stcherbatchenko, Ferdinand Prantl
eBay © 1995-2008 eBay Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Roman Cart © 2008 Roman Interactive Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mal's © 1998 to 2003 Mal's e-commerce Ltd. All rights reserved.
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YouTube © 2008 YouTube, LLC
phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 phpBB Group
FontForge © 2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 by George Williams.
Portions of this software are copyright © 2008 The FreeType Project (www.freetype.org).
All rights reserved.
ODF Translator © 2006-2008, Clever Age, DIaLOGIKa, Sonata Software Ltd. All rights
reserved.
Office Binary Translator to OpenXML Copyright © 2008-2009, DIaLOGIKa. All rights
reserved.
Anti-Grain Geometry - Version 2.4
Copyright © 2002-2005 Maxim Shemanarev (McSeem)
SlideShowPro © Dominey Design Inc. All rights reserved.
Clipart samples from Serif ArtPacks © Serif (Europe) Ltd. & Paul Harris
TrueType font samples from Serif FontPacks © Serif (Europe) Ltd.
© 2011 Serif (Europe) Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this User Guide may be
reproduced in any form without the express written permission of Serif (Europe) Ltd.
Serif WebPlus X5 © 2011 Serif (Europe) Ltd. All rights reserved.
Companies and names used in samples are fictitious.

Screenshots used in this User Guide were taken from the UK English version
of WebPlus X5.
Contents
Contents
1. Welcome .......................................................... 1
Welcome! .................................................................................. 3
Key features .............................................................................. 4
New features ........................................................................... 12
Installation ............................................................................... 15
2. Getting Started ............................................... 17
Startup Wizard ........................................................................ 19
Creating a site using a design template .................................. 20
Starting a site from scratch ..................................................... 24
Opening an existing site .......................................................... 25
Working with more than one site ............................................. 26
Saving your site ...................................................................... 26
3. Setting up Sites and Pages ............................ 27
Understanding site structure and navigation ........................... 29
Setting site properties ............................................................. 32
Search engine optimization ..................................................... 36
Using Site Manager ................................................................. 42
Understanding pages and master pages ................................ 44
Adding, removing, and rearranging pages .............................. 50
Setting page properties ........................................................... 56
Creating HTML pages ............................................................. 59
Viewing pages ......................................................................... 61
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4. Navigation and Hyperlinks ............................. 65
Adding navigation bars ............................................................ 67
Adding pop-up menus .............................................................. 78
Adding buttons ......................................................................... 81
Adding hyperlinks and anchors ................................................ 85
5. Adding Web Objects ...................................... 89
Adding a site search ................................................................ 91
Using the Gallery ..................................................................... 93
Adding Google Maps ............................................................... 97
Adding advertising ................................................................. 100
Using lightboxes ..................................................................... 103
Inserting panels...................................................................... 106
Adding hotspots ..................................................................... 112
Adding rollovers ..................................................................... 115
Rollover options ..................................................................... 116
Adding pop-up rollovers ......................................................... 118
6. Adding Dynamic Web Objects ..................... 121
Attaching HTML code ............................................................ 123
Adding forms .......................................................................... 128
RSS feeds and podcasts ....................................................... 141
Understanding e-commerce ................................................... 149
Inserting an e-commerce object (PayPal) .............................. 152
Using database merge ........................................................... 156
Using Smart objects ............................................................... 167
Access control........................................................................ 176
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7. Working with Text ......................................... 185
Importing text from a file ........................................................ 187
Understanding text frames .................................................... 188
Using artistic text ................................................................... 193
Putting text on a path ............................................................ 195
Editing text on the page ........................................................ 198
Using Find and Replace ........................................................ 200
8. Formatting Text ............................................ 201
Setting text properties ........................................................... 203
Using fonts ............................................................................ 203
Using text styles .................................................................... 205
Creating a bulleted or numbered list ..................................... 209
Inserting user details ............................................................. 212
Inserting variables ................................................................. 215
9. Working with Tables ..................................... 217
Creating text-based tables .................................................... 219
Inserting a calendar ............................................................... 221
10. Editing Objects ............................................. 225
Selecting an object ................................................................ 227
Selecting multiple objects ...................................................... 230
Copying, pasting, and replicating objects .............................. 231
Moving objects ...................................................................... 233
Resizing objects .................................................................... 234
Rotating an object ................................................................. 235
Cropping and combining objects ........................................... 236
Joining object outlines ........................................................... 239
Updating and saving defaults ................................................ 241
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11. Arranging Objects ........................................ 243
Ordering objects..................................................................... 245
Aligning and distributing objects ............................................ 246
Attaching objects to text ......................................................... 247
Creating groups ..................................................................... 250
12. Images, Animation, and Multimedia ............. 251
Adding picture frames ............................................................ 253
Importing images ................................................................... 256
Using the Media Bar .............................................................. 261
Setting image export options ................................................. 265
Importing TWAIN images ....................................................... 269
Applying PhotoLab filters ....................................................... 270
Using Image Cutout Studio .................................................... 277
Adding animation ................................................................... 281
Adding sound and video ........................................................ 285
Using the Photo Gallery ......................................................... 289
Linking remote images ........................................................... 294
13. Lines, Shapes, and Effects .......................... 295
Drawing and editing lines ....................................................... 297
Setting line properties ............................................................ 300
Drawing and editing shapes ................................................... 303
Using 2D filter effects ............................................................. 306
Using 3D filter effects ............................................................. 310
Using object styles ................................................................. 312
Adding dimensionality (Instant 3D) ........................................ 315
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14. Color, Fills, and Transparency ...................... 317
Applying solid colors ............................................................. 319
Using color schemes ............................................................. 321
Working with gradient and bitmap fills ................................... 328
Setting transparency ............................................................. 331
15. Previewing and Publishing ........................... 335
Previewing your site .............................................................. 337
Publishing to the web ............................................................ 338
16. Index ............................................................. 347
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