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Starting and ending Homepage Builder
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When installation is complete, you can strat each component of Homepage Builder by issuing the hpbuilder command, as follows.

Note Notes The hpbuilder command can be found in the /bin directory under the installation directory
(for example, /opt/hpbuilder4/bin ).


This section contains the following topics:


Starting and ending Homepage Builder

To start the HTML editor of Homepage Builder, type the following command and press Enter:

$ hpbuilder -e

To end the program, click File -> Exit on the menu.

Note Notes If any process fails while running Homepage Builder, type the following command and
press Enter to clean up the failed process:

$ hpbclean

Starting and ending WebArt Designer

To start WebArt Designer, type the following command and press Enter:

$ hpbuilder -c

To end the program, click File -> Exit on the menu.


Starting and ending Web Animator

To start Web Animator, the animated GIF tool, type the following command and press Enter:

$ hpbuilder -a

To end the program, click File -> Exit on the menu.


Starting and ending File Transfer

To start File Transfer, type the following command and press Enter:

$ hpbuilder -f

To end the program, click the exit icon icon.


Starting and ending the online tutorial

To start the online tutorial, type the following command and press Enter:

$ hpbuilder -t

To end the program, click File -> Exit on the menu.


About the Homepage Builder main window

You can manage Web sites and Web pages on the left side of the window, and you can open and edit pages on the right side of it.

main window
Menu bar
You can call all the Homepage Builder functions from the menu items on the menu bar.

Tool bar
You can call frequently used functions from the buttons on the tool bar.

Link tab
The Link pane, displayed when you click the Link tab, enables you to view the link hierarchy from the top page of a site.

File tab
The File pane, displayed when you click the File tab, shows a list of folders and files within a site folder. In this view, files are divided into those to be transferred and those still unused.

Contents tab
The Contents pane, displayed when you click the Contents tab, enables you to select and insert materials into a Web page that is opened on the right side of the window.

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

HTML Source tab
Edit Web pages on the HTML Source pane, displayed when you click the HTML Source tab, only when you want to 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 Notes
  • If a site is not yet opened, the contents of the Link and File tabs are not displayed.

  • If you have not installed Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher into your computer, the Preview tab is not displayed.

  • When you open a page that includes frames, the Frame HTML Source and No Frame tabs are displayed.