Using Adobe GoLive CS, Part 3 - InDesign Integration

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New in the Adobe Creative Suite Premium is the integration between InDesign CS and GoLive CS. This innovative feature allows for the intelligent repurposing of elements from print to Web. From InDesign's File menu you choose Package for GoLive, which creates a package (a folder, really) containing all the elements from the print project. When opened in GoLive, those elements appear as draggable objects that can be placed into your HTML pages. Let's take a look at how to view, access, and use those elements.

There is a folder in the Extras tab of the site window called InDesign Packages. Adobe recommends that you save your InDesign package into that folder using InDesign's Package for GoLive command. If you have done so already, you will see the little package icon (see Figure 9.73). To open the package, double-click on the package icon.

Figure 9.73 The package icon looks like, well, a package.

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Note - Although there is an indicator to the left of the package icon that makes it appear as though you can toggle open its contents, you can't. If you want to see the contents of the package, you'll need to (Control-click) [right-click] and select (Open, Reveal in Finder) [Open, Reveal in Explorer].

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If you have created a package for GoLive but it isn't in the correct place, you can import it into GoLive by choosing File, Import, From InDesign. When the Select InDesign Package Folder dialog box appears, navigate to the folder containing the package, select it, and then click Choose. GoLive will ask whether you want to add the package to your site (provided you have a site opened at that time, which you should). Unless you have some compelling reason not to do so, go ahead and let GoLive import the package into the site by clicking Yes (see Figure 9.74).

The package opens into a little window containing two buttons at the top called Page Items and Assets (see Figure 9.75). The Page Items button reveals an exact replica of the InDesign document, which is accomplished via the magic of PDF technology. The Assets button displays an orderly view of the assets contained within the package, separated into four folders—Stories, Images, Movies, and Sounds. If the InDesign file did not contain any movies or sounds, those folders will be empty. Likewise, if the file contained no stories or images, those folders will also be empty, although we can't imagine an InDesign document that doesn't contain at least one of these things.

Figure 9.74 Do the right thing and let GoLive import
the package from InDesign.

Figure 9.75 The Page Items and Assets views of
the Package window.

Click the Page Items view and click through the pages using the navigation buttons at the bottom of the package window. If you'd like, you can zoom up or down to see more or less of the preview. If you run your mouse over the page, various elements will be highlighted. The highlight indicates that your mouse is hovering above an asset that can be reused on your Web site (see Figure 9.76). To use an asset, drag and drop it from the package window onto your GoLive page.

This chapter is from Teach Yourself Adobe Creative Suite, by Mordy Golding (Sams, 2004, ISBN: 067232752X). Check it out at your favorite bookstore today. Buy this book now.

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