"Item Settings" dialog box

[General] group

[Title] field

Enter a simple explanation of the item that is displayed in the list of channels on the Web browser.

[Abstract] field

Enter a simple explanation of the item. This is used as a tool hint that is displayed when a user positions the mouse pointer to an item.

[Page URL] field

Enter the URL for the page. If the title is omitted, the contents of this field are displayed in the channel list. This entry can not be omitted. If you omit the base URL, specify "http://..." from the protocol.

[Logo] group

[Icon] field

Specify a GIF file of 16 (width) x 16 (depth) or a 16-color ICO file. If you omit the base URL, specify "http://..." from the protocol.

[Image] field

Specify a GIF file of 80 (width) x 32 (depth). If you omit the base URL, specify "http://..." from the protocol.

[Wide Image] field

Specify a GIF file of 194 (width) x 32 (depth). If you omit the base URL, specify "http://..." from the protocol.

[Page Cache] box

Specifies whether to cache the URL indicated by HREF. If you specify [Not Used*], the contents of this field are not cached and are not updated automatically.

[Level] field

Specifies the hierarchical level to which links made from the page URL are to be cached. The default is assumed to be 0 and only the base URL is cached.

[How to Use] group

[Specify] radio button

Select this option when a page is specified with the following items.

[Channel] check box

Select this option when a page is to be used as a channel item. When a user opens the channel with a Web browser, the page is displayed in the list of channel items.

[Notification by E-mail] check box

Select this option when you want to send your subscribers an E-mail notifying them that the page has been updated.

[Screen Saver] check box

Select this option when you want to display a page as a screen saver on the user's computer.

[Desktop Component] check box

Select this option when you want to use this page as a desktop component. In addition, specify the height and width of the component.

[Width] field

Specify the width of the component in units of pixels.

[Height] field

Specify the height of the component in units of pixels.

[Hide] radio button

Select this option when the page is not to be displayed as a channel item, screen saver, or desktop component, but is to be referenced offline after downloading. This option should be specified when a page is not to be displayed as a channel item but when it is to be used as the destination of a hyperlink in another channel item.