Using Adobe GoLive CS, Part 1

Let's begin. Open GoLive, say hello to the Welcome screen, and then dismiss it so that we can find out where those same options are when you are in GoLive proper.

The New Page and New Site commands are conveniently found in the File menu, but look closely at what else is hiding there. Under New Special are a host of additional document types you can create—everything from XHTML pages to plain old text (TXT) files (see Figure 9.2). XML, CSS, SMIL, JavaScript, QuickTime, Perl, PHP, MMS, and other Web-related file formats are documents GoLive CS can handle with ease. In this chapter we'll cover only the basic file types, but be aware that GoLive CS has a depth and breadth beyond what is discussed here.

Figure 9.2 GoLive can create various documents suitable for the Web via the New Special command in the File menu.

Also located in the File menu are the Open and Open Recent commands. The Open Recent submenu is especially helpful because it lists not only recently opened sites, but also individual HTML pages and other types of documents you may have opened recently. At the very bottom of the Open Recent submenu is the option Clear Entries, which will delete everything in the list and begin building the recent files list all over again.

Creating a Site

Before anything can be listed in the Open Recent submenu, though, it must be created. Press (-Option-N) [Ctrl+Alt+N] to invoke the GoLive Site Wizard (see Figure 9.3).

Figure 9.3 The GoLive Site Wizard steps you through the creation or importation of a site.

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Note - Here's a suggestion for proceeding through the Site Wizard successfully: Read the instructions on each screen before clicking any buttons. No one likes to read dialog text, but because you've opted to purchase this hefty tome, we'll assume you are up to the task.

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The first question you need to answer is whether you want a Single User site or a Version Cue Project. Choose Single User and click Next. (For information on creating Version Cue projects, refer to Chapter 11, "Using Version Cue.")

In the next screen you'll have several options. Choose Blank Site if you are starting from scratch. If you need to bring an existing site into GoLive that has been designed by someone else or in another Web authoring application, choose Import from Folder. If the existing site you want to work on is already online, then Import from Server is what you need. Finally, you can create a site from a template if you have previously placed sites into GoLive's Site Templates folder.

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Note - Import from Folder is what you should opt for if you want to import a site that was created in an older version of GoLive. GoLive CS can directly open GoLive 6 site files, but sites created before GoLive 6 should be imported.

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Creating a Blank Site

The simplest of the New Site options is Blank Site. Click the radio button for Blank Site, click Next, and you'll be asked to name your site. Give the site a name and click Next again, and you'll be asked to designate a location for your site. Browse to the location of your choice, click Choose, and click Finish. GoLive creates the site and opens it.