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Opening a site and a Web page
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You can open a site and Web page you have already created. First, open the site, and then open the target page. (You can open the target page without opening the site.)

This section contains the following topics:

Tip Tips



Opening a site

  1. Select Open Site from the Site menu to display the following dialog box:

    Open Site dialog

    Tip Tip The names of all sites you have created are displayed in the Open Site dialog box. For example, if you have created a site named 'site 1', the dialog box looks like the preceding figure.

  2. Select the target site, and then click the OK button.

    The site opens. (The following figure shows an example of the left side of the main window when a site opens.)

    open site
    Link tab
    Enables you to view the link hierarchy from the top page.

    File tab
    Enables you to view the subfolders and files stored in the site folder.

    Contents tab
    Enables you to insert materials.

Tip Tip To open another site, select Close Site from the Site menu to close the currently opened site, and then select Open Site from the Site menu to open another site.



Opening a Web page

You can open an HTML file stored on your computer as follows. (There are several other methods for opening a Web page. See the Tip on the end of this section.)

  1. Click the Open icon icon to display the following dialog box:

    Open dialog box

  2. Specify a Look in and File name, and then click the Open button. Then the page opens.

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    Normal tab
    The Normal pane, displayed when you click the Normal tab, is the normal editor of TopPage.

    HTML Source tab
    You should edit Web pages on the HTML Source pane, displayed when you click the HTML Source tab, only when edit HTML source directly.

    Preview tab
    The Preview pane, displayed when you click the Preview tab, enables you to check how a Web page you are currently editing looks on a Web browser.

    Note Note The Preview tab is displayed only if you installed Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher.

    You can open not only a single Web page but also multiple Web pages.

    Opening multiple pages

    Tip Tip .htm and .html

    Both ".htm" and ".html" are extensions affixed to HTML files. ".html" is used in the UNIX operating system that most Web servers install, whereas ".htm" is often used in the Windows world to reduce file name extensions to three letters. Both have the same meaning, but note that some servers permit only ".html."

    Tip Tip Automatic correction of syntax errors

    Normally there are no syntax errors (HTML mistakes) in Web pages edited in TopPage. However, if you edit an HTML source directly, there might be syntax errors due to entry mistakes. TopPage is designed to correct syntax errors automatically when a Web page is opened.

    Tip Tip Other methods for opening a Web page.

    Here are some other methods for opening a Web page. They will help you open the target Web pages quickly.

    • Drag and drop an HTML file from Windows Explorer onto the right side of the TopPage main window.

    • To open recently edited pages (up to 7 pages), select the File menu, and then select the target file name on the pull-down menu.

    • If you have opened a site, you can use the right mouse button to click the target HTML file (*.htm or *.html) in the Link or File pane, and then select the Edit menu. Or drag and drop the target HTML file onto the right side of the main window.