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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Welcome to Adobe GoLive

How to Navigate Through This Manual ......................................................................................................... 3

Symbols ........................................................................................................................................................... 5

System Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 5

Upgrading Information................................................................................................................................... 5

Installation ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Maintaining Your Application ........................................................................................................................ 6

What Goes Where When Installing Adobe GoLive?...................................................................................6

Using the Modules Manager..................................................................................................................... 8

Optimizing Program Performance ............................................................................................................... 11

Registration ................................................................................................................................................... 12

About Adobe Products and Services............................................................................................................. 12

Chapter 2 Adobe GoLive QuickStart Guide

Part 1—A Brief Introduction to HTML

General .......................................................................................................................................................... 15

Getting Started: Create a File to Hold Your HTML ....................................................................................... 16

Step One: Formatting Text............................................................................................................................ 16

HTML Tags Used for Formatting Text ..................................................................................................... 17

Step Two: Inserting Images........................................................................................................................... 19

Step Three: Creating Links ............................................................................................................................ 19

Where to Go from Here................................................................................................................................. 20

Part 2—Making First Steps with Adobe GoLive

What You Need to Get Going ........................................................................................................................ 20

Installing Adobe GoLive ................................................................................................................................ 21

How to Work in QuickStart ........................................................................................................................... 21

Creating Individual Pages: Working Bottom-Up.......................................................................................... 21

The Main Window ......................................................................................................................................... 22

Your First Page .............................................................................................................................................. 23

The Palette .................................................................................................................................................... 23

The Layout Grid............................................................................................................................................. 24

The Color Palette........................................................................................................................................... 27

The Inspector ................................................................................................................................................ 28

Inserting Graphics ......................................................................................................................................... 30

Adjusting Your Graphic................................................................................................................................. 31

Other Objects You Can Use........................................................................................................................... 31

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Saving Your Work .......................................................................................................................................... 31

The Site Window: Gathering and Storing Resources.................................................................................... 32

Creating a Site by Importing a Folder .................................................................................................... 32

Managing Web Pages and Media in the Site Window............................................................................ 34

Creating Links................................................................................................................................................ 36

Inserting Text to Link From .................................................................................................................... 36

Linking with the Site Window................................................................................................................. 37

Linking from a Graphic........................................................................................................................... 37

Adding Other Media to the Site Window...................................................................................................... 38

Previewing Your Work................................................................................................................................... 39

Part 3—Using Advanced Features

Multiple Ways to Insert Graphics.................................................................................................................. 41

Multiple Ways to Create Links....................................................................................................................... 41

Linking Directly from Selected Text........................................................................................................ 41

Linking from Inspectors.......................................................................................................................... 41

Linking via Drag & Drop ......................................................................................................................... 42

Create a Whole Site: Working Top-Down ..................................................................................................... 42

Building Your Site with Site View ................................................................................................................. 43

Using FTP to Upload Your Site...................................................................................................................... 46

Summing Up ................................................................................................................................................. 49

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Chapter 3 Adobe GoLive Basics

General .......................................................................................................................................................... 53

Part 4—Adobe GoLive Feature Overview

Creating Web Pages with Adobe GoLive....................................................................................................... 54

The Palette .................................................................................................................................................... 56

Inspectors...................................................................................................................................................... 57

The Color Palette........................................................................................................................................... 58

Point & Shoot................................................................................................................................................ 59

Multiple Document Views ............................................................................................................................ 60

Choosing an Editing Environment.......................................................................................................... 60

Previewing..................................................................................................................................................... 61

Layout............................................................................................................................................................ 62

Frames........................................................................................................................................................... 63

Outline........................................................................................................................................................... 64

Source............................................................................................................................................................ 65

Creating Animations ..................................................................................................................................... 66

Cascading Style Sheets .................................................................................................................................. 68

The Site Window ..................................................................................................................................... 69

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Site Management Tools................................................................................................................................. 70

The Site View ................................................................................................................................................. 71

Macintosh Technology Support .................................................................................................................... 72

Part 5—New Features in Adobe GoLive 4

User Interface Enhancements....................................................................................................................... 74

Multiple Cell Selection and Text Formatting................................................................................................ 75

Improved Web Technology Support ............................................................................................................. 75

New Site Management Capabilities.............................................................................................................. 75

Link Maintenance for QuickTime™ Movies and Shockwave or Flash Files ........................................... 75

Subfolder Rescan Capability ................................................................................................................... 76

Contextual Menu Support for Troubleshooting Missing File Problems................................................. 76

Absolute Paths in URLs ........................................................................................................................... 76

URL Mappings.......................................................................................................................................... 76

New CyberObjects ......................................................................................................................................... 76

QuickTime Authoring.................................................................................................................................... 78

Part 6—Common Controls in Adobe GoLive

List Window Controls..................................................................................................................................... 78

General Window Controls ............................................................................................................................. 79

Contextual Menus ......................................................................................................................................... 80

Controls in the Document Window .............................................................................................................. 81

Inspector Features and Controls................................................................................................................... 81

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Chapter 4 Building Web Pages

General ..........................................................................................................................................................85

Web Page Design Tools ................................................................................................................................. 86

The Toolbar .............................................................................................................................................86

The Palette .............................................................................................................................................. 86

The Inspector........................................................................................................................................... 89

The Color Palette..................................................................................................................................... 90

Other Tools .............................................................................................................................................. 90

Chapter Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 92

Part 7—Basic Steps

Useful Tips..................................................................................................................................................... 93

Creating a New Page ..................................................................................................................................... 94

Working with Foreign Languages ................................................................................................................. 94

Things to Remember When Writing Foreign-Language Text in Adobe GoLive ..................................... 95

Things to Remember When Importing Foreign-Language Text Files from Other Sources ...................95

Things to Know About Foreign-Language Text Shown in Source Mode................................................ 97

Selecting a Language............................................................................................................................... 97

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Language and Font Preferences ................................................................................................................... 97

Setting General Preferences........................................................................................................................ 101

Making Basic Page Settings......................................................................................................................... 102

Saving Your Page......................................................................................................................................... 108

Part 8—Basic HTML Tags

Layout Grid.................................................................................................................................................. 111

Inserting a Layout Grid ......................................................................................................................... 111

Layout Grid Resizing Options................................................................................................................ 112

Setting Layout Grid Properties.............................................................................................................. 113

Adding Content ..................................................................................................................................... 114

Manipulating Objects on the Layout Grid............................................................................................ 114

Inserting Text .............................................................................................................................................. 120

Formatting Text........................................................................................................................................... 123

Font Sets ................................................................................................................................................ 128

Tables .......................................................................................................................................................... 137

Inserting a Table ................................................................................................................................... 138

Resizing a Table .................................................................................................................................... 138

Making Selections Within a Table ........................................................................................................ 139

Customizing a Table with the Table Inspector..................................................................................... 141

Adding and Manipulating Text............................................................................................................. 149

Selecting in Nested Tables .................................................................................................................... 149

Images ......................................................................................................................................................... 149

Inserting an Image................................................................................................................................ 151

Setting Up an Image ............................................................................................................................. 152

Low-Resolution Images......................................................................................................................... 153

Opening Images in Their Native Application....................................................................................... 158

Alternative Ways of Handling Images................................................................................................... 158

Image Preferences ................................................................................................................................ 160

Clickable Image Maps ................................................................................................................................. 162

Inserting a Clickable Map ..................................................................................................................... 162

Editing a Clickable Map ........................................................................................................................ 163

Linking a Clickable Map with a Page.................................................................................................... 164

Using Actions with Images Maps .......................................................................................................... 165

Color Sync™ 2.5 ..................................................................................................................................... 165

Horizontal Lines.......................................................................................................................................... 167

Inserting Lines....................................................................................................................................... 168

Resizing Lines ........................................................................................................................................ 168

Editing Line Attributes .......................................................................................................................... 169

Horizontal, Vertical, and Block Spacers ..................................................................................................... 170

Inserting Spacers ................................................................................................................................... 171

Toggling Spacer Style ............................................................................................................................ 171

Resizing Spacers .................................................................................................................................... 171

Editing Spacer Attributes ...................................................................................................................... 172

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Unknown Start and End Tags ..................................................................................................................... 173

Inserting an Unknown Tag.................................................................................................................... 174

Specifying a New Tag ............................................................................................................................ 175

Links and Anchors....................................................................................................................................... 175

Point & Shoot Insertion of Links and Anchors ..................................................................................... 176

Things to Know About Anchors ............................................................................................................ 177

Inserting an Anchor from the Palette................................................................................................... 177

Inspecting and Creating Hyperlinks with the Text Inspector............................................................... 179

Link Warnings........................................................................................................................................180

Customizing Resize Handles .................................................................................................................181

Comments ...................................................................................................................................................182

Line Breaks .................................................................................................................................................. 183

Part 9—Advanced Tags

JavaScript..................................................................................................................................................... 185

JavaScript Versus Java ........................................................................................................................... 186

JavaScript Information Resources......................................................................................................... 186

Inserting JavaScript Placeholders ......................................................................................................... 186

Inserting a JavaScript into the Head Section........................................................................................ 187

Setting Up a JavaScript.......................................................................................................................... 187

The JavaScript Editor ............................................................................................................................. 188

The JavaScript Inspector........................................................................................................................ 189

Adding Code to a JavaScript.................................................................................................................. 191

Basic JavaScript Examples..................................................................................................................... 192

Using Text Macros ................................................................................................................................. 192

JavaScript Preferences........................................................................................................................... 193

Java Applets................................................................................................................................................. 196

Inserting a Java Applet Placeholder ..................................................................................................... 196

Selecting a Java Applet.......................................................................................................................... 196

Setting Up a Java Applet ....................................................................................................................... 197

Inserting Java Applets via Point & Shoot............................................................................................ 200

Using Java Applets as HTML Containers ...............................................................................................201

Plugins ......................................................................................................................................................... 202

Inserting a Plugin Placeholder ............................................................................................................. 202

Selecting a Media File ........................................................................................................................... 203

Setting Up a Plugin................................................................................................................................ 203

Plugin Preferences ................................................................................................................................ 209

Custom Interfaces for Unknown Plugins.............................................................................................. 210

Floating Boxes ............................................................................................................................................. 212

Stacking-Related Issues ......................................................................................................................... 213

Inserting a Floating Box ........................................................................................................................ 214

Setting Up the Floating Box .................................................................................................................. 214

Filling a Floating Box with Content ......................................................................................................216

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Part 10—Internet Explorer-Specific Tags

Internet Explorer Objects in the Palette..................................................................................................... 217

ActiveX Controls .......................................................................................................................................... 218

Scrolling Marquee ....................................................................................................................................... 224

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Chapter 5 Dynamic HTML

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 229

Basic Animation.......................................................................................................................................... 229

Advanced Animation .................................................................................................................................. 231

Part 11—Using Basic DHTML Objects

Date and Time Stamps ............................................................................................................................... 235

Button Images............................................................................................................................................. 236

Components................................................................................................................................................ 241

URL Popup .................................................................................................................................................. 245

Action Item.................................................................................................................................................. 246

Inline Action Item ....................................................................................................................................... 248

Browser Switch Item ................................................................................................................................... 249

Part 12—Creating Advanced Animations

Creating an Object to Be Animated............................................................................................................ 251

Animating a Floating Box ........................................................................................................................... 254

Working with Multiple Floating Boxes ....................................................................................................... 259

Inserting Actions in Your Animation .......................................................................................................... 266

Using Multiple Scenes................................................................................................................................. 267

Part 13—Using Actions

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 271

Get Form Value ........................................................................................................................................... 275

Get Floating Box Position ........................................................................................................................... 276

Preload Image............................................................................................................................................. 277

Random Image ........................................................................................................................................... 278

Set Image URL ............................................................................................................................................. 280

Go Last Page ................................................................................................................................................ 281

Goto Link ..................................................................................................................................................... 282

Navigate History.......................................................................................................................................... 283

Open Window.............................................................................................................................................. 284

Document Write.......................................................................................................................................... 285

Open Alert Window..................................................................................................................................... 286

Set Status ..................................................................................................................................................... 287

Drag Floating Box ....................................................................................................................................... 288

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Flip Move ..................................................................................................................................................... 289

Move By ....................................................................................................................................................... 290

Move To ....................................................................................................................................................... 292

Play Scene & Stop Scene ............................................................................................................................. 293

Play Sound & Stop Sound ........................................................................................................................... 294

Show Hide ................................................................................................................................................... 296

Stop Complete ............................................................................................................................................. 297

Wipe Transition ........................................................................................................................................... 297

Netscape CSS Fix .......................................................................................................................................... 299

Resize Window............................................................................................................................................. 300

Scroll Down, Left, Right, Up........................................................................................................................ 300

Set Back Color.............................................................................................................................................. 301

Condition..................................................................................................................................................... 302

Action Group ............................................................................................................................................... 303

Call Action.................................................................................................................................................... 304

Call Function ............................................................................................................................................... 305

Idle, Intersection, and Timeout.................................................................................................................. 305

Key Compare ............................................................................................................................................... 308

Variables......................................................................................................................................................309

Declaring a Variable.............................................................................................................................. 310

Initializing a Variable............................................................................................................................ 311

Reading a Cookie................................................................................................................................... 312

Testing a Variable at Runtime ..............................................................................................................313

Setting a Variable’s Value at Runtime .................................................................................................. 314

Writing a Cookie .................................................................................................................................... 315

Part 14—Shifting Code to an External Library

General ........................................................................................................................................................316

Benefits of Using External JavaScript Libraries........................................................................................... 317

Using the JavaScript Library at Page Level .................................................................................................317

Using the JavaScript Library by Default...................................................................................................... 318

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Chapter 6 Cascading Style Sheets

General ........................................................................................................................................................323

Controlling Typography with Cascading Style Sheets........................................................................... 323

Controlling Positioning with Cascading Style Sheets............................................................................ 324

CSS1 Support in Adobe GoLive.................................................................................................................... 325

Chapter Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 325

Part 15—A Short Primer on Cascading Style Sheets

History ......................................................................................................................................................... 327

Basic Style Sheet Syntax ..............................................................................................................................327

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Selectors ...................................................................................................................................................... 328

Inheritance.................................................................................................................................................. 329

How Style Sheets Are Embedded in HTML ................................................................................................. 329

External Style Sheets ............................................................................................................................. 330

Internal Style Sheets.............................................................................................................................. 331

How Style Sheets Cascade ........................................................................................................................... 333

The CSS1 Formatting Model........................................................................................................................ 334

About Units in Style Sheets......................................................................................................................... 335

Part 16—CSS1 Tools in Adobe GoLive

Style Sheet Creation and Editing Tools....................................................................................................... 337

The Stylesheet Window............................................................................................................................... 337

The Stylesheet Toolbar ............................................................................................................................... 338

The CSS Selector Inspector.......................................................................................................................... 339

Part 17—Creating and Applying Styles

Creating a Style Sheet ................................................................................................................................. 340

Creating Tag Selectors................................................................................................................................. 341

Creating Classes........................................................................................................................................... 343

Creating IDs................................................................................................................................................. 344

Managing Styles .......................................................................................................................................... 346

Naming Styles and Viewing Properties ...................................................................................................... 346

Applying Styles from Internal Style Sheets................................................................................................. 347

Referencing External Style Sheets............................................................................................................... 349

Previewing with Cascading Style Sheets..................................................................................................... 350

Part 18—CSS1 Style Property Reference

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 352

Font Properties............................................................................................................................................ 353

Text Properties ............................................................................................................................................ 355

Box Properties............................................................................................................................................. 356

Positioning Properties ................................................................................................................................ 359

Border Properties........................................................................................................................................ 361

Background Properties ............................................................................................................................... 362

List Properties ............................................................................................................................................. 363

Specifying Unsupported Properties............................................................................................................ 364

Part 19—Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial

Cascading StyleSheets Example .................................................................................................................. 365

Tips and Tricks ...................................................................................................................................... 371

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Chapter 7 QuickTime Authoring

General ........................................................................................................................................................377

Chapter Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 378

QuickTime™ Editing Tools........................................................................................................................... 379

The

Track Editor

The QuickTime™ Tab of the Palette .....................................................................................................381

The QuickTime™ Movie Viewer............................................................................................................. 381

The QuickTime™ Inspector ...................................................................................................................382

Other Inspectors for QuickTime™ Movies............................................................................................. 383

Opening and Creating a QuickTime™ Movie..............................................................................................384

Saving a QuickTime™ Movie .......................................................................................................................384

Placing a QuickTime™ Movie on Your Page............................................................................................... 384

Using Video Tracks ...................................................................................................................................... 384

Inserting a Video Track and Importing Media ..................................................................................... 385

Inspecting a Video Track.......................................................................................................................386

Using Effect Tracks ......................................................................................................................................388

Inserting an Effect Track .......................................................................................................................389

Applying a Generic Video Effect............................................................................................................ 390

Applying a Single-Source Video Effect .................................................................................................. 392

Applying a Dual-Source Effect............................................................................................................... 394

Video Effects Available in Adobe GoLive .............................................................................................. 395

Using Sprite Tracks...................................................................................................................................... 401

Inserting a Sprite Track ......................................................................................................................... 402

Preparing the Stage: Setting General Sprite Track Properties ............................................................. 404

Hiring Actors: Importing Graphics........................................................................................................ 405

Conducting Actors: Creating and Editing Sprites.................................................................................. 407

Making Actors Interact with the Audience: Using Wired Sprites .........................................................410

Using Sound and Music Tracks ................................................................................................................... 413

Inserting a Sound or Music Track and Importing Media ..................................................................... 414

Inspecting a Sound or Music Track.......................................................................................................415

Using HREF Tracks....................................................................................................................................... 416

Inserting an HREF Track........................................................................................................................ 416

Specifying Destinations on the Web ..................................................................................................... 418

Using Chapter Tracks................................................................................................................................... 419

Inserting a Chapter Track...................................................................................................................... 420

Creating Chapters .................................................................................................................................. 422

Using Text Tracks......................................................................................................................................... 423

Inserting a Text Track............................................................................................................................424

Creating Text Segments......................................................................................................................... 425

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Chapter 8 Working with Frames

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 429

Chapter Overview........................................................................................................................................ 430

Things to Know About Frames ................................................................................................................... 430

Editing Frames in Adobe GoLive................................................................................................................. 432

Inserting Frames ......................................................................................................................................... 434

Setting Up Frames....................................................................................................................................... 434

Moving Frames............................................................................................................................................ 436

Drag & Drop Editing of Frame Content...................................................................................................... 437

Previewing Frames...................................................................................................................................... 438

Example Frame Sets.................................................................................................................................... 440

Chapter 9 Working with Forms

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 445

Common Gateway Interfaces—The “Non-Visual Component” ................................................................. 446

Building the “Visual Component” of Forms............................................................................................... 446

Using Forms Tags .................................................................................................................................. 446

The Form Element ...................................................................................................................................... 447

Basic Forms Tags......................................................................................................................................... 451

Submit Button....................................................................................................................................... 451

Reset Button.......................................................................................................................................... 452

Radio Button ......................................................................................................................................... 454

Check Box .............................................................................................................................................. 455

Text Field............................................................................................................................................... 456

Password Field ...................................................................................................................................... 458

Text Area................................................................................................................................................ 459

Hidden................................................................................................................................................... 461

List Box .................................................................................................................................................. 462

Popup Menu.......................................................................................................................................... 463

Input Image........................................................................................................................................... 465

Key Generator ....................................................................................................................................... 467

File Browser........................................................................................................................................... 468

HTML 4.0 Forms Tags and Features ........................................................................................................... 469

Form Navigation Support ..................................................................................................................... 470

Read-Only Forms Elements................................................................................................................... 473

Disabled Form’s Elements .................................................................................................................... 473

Button ................................................................................................................................................... 474

Label...................................................................................................................................................... 475

Field Set & Legend ................................................................................................................................ 477

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Chapter 10 Working with Head Tags

General ........................................................................................................................................................483

Opening the Head Tab.......................................................................................................................... 483

Inserting Head Tags..................................................................................................................................... 483

IsIndex ...................................................................................................................................................484

Base ....................................................................................................................................................... 485

Keywords ...............................................................................................................................................487

Link ........................................................................................................................................................ 488

Meta.......................................................................................................................................................489

Refresh...................................................................................................................................................491

Unknown Tag ........................................................................................................................................492

Comment............................................................................................................................................... 494

Script......................................................................................................................................................495

Chapter 11 The Color Palette

General ........................................................................................................................................................499

Opening the Color Palette........................................................................................................................... 499

Collapsing the Color Palette........................................................................................................................ 499

Coloring Text and Objects ........................................................................................................................... 500

Extracting Text and Object Color ................................................................................................................500

Color Spaces................................................................................................................................................. 501

The RGB Tab .......................................................................................................................................... 501

The CMYK Tab........................................................................................................................................ 501

The Grayscale Tab ................................................................................................................................. 502

The Indexed Colors Tab......................................................................................................................... 503

The Apple Colors Tab ............................................................................................................................503

The Real Web Colors Tab....................................................................................................................... 504

The Web Named Colors Tab.................................................................................................................. 505

The Site Colors Tab................................................................................................................................ 506

Chapter 12 Using the Outline Editor

Outline Editor Features............................................................................................................................... 509

The Outline Toolbar .............................................................................................................................. 510

Outline Editor Commands in Your Adobe GoLive Menus .................................................................... 511

User Profiles .......................................................................................................................................... 511

Launching the Outline Editor ...............................................................................................................512

Creating a New Web Page ..................................................................................................................... 512

Opening an Existing Web Page .............................................................................................................513

Finding Your Way Through the Outline View............................................................................................. 514

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Using the Palette with the Outline Editor.................................................................................................. 517

Editing HTML Code in the Outline View............................................................................................... 518

Inserting New HTML Tags ..................................................................................................................... 518

Inserting Text ........................................................................................................................................ 520

Inserting Comments.............................................................................................................................. 521

Inserting Attributes ............................................................................................................................... 523

Toggling the Binary Format.................................................................................................................. 525

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Chapter 13 Using the Source Editor

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 529

User Profiles ................................................................................................................................................ 530

Basic Features ............................................................................................................................................. 530

Text Formatting........................................................................................................................................... 531

Syntax Highlighting..................................................................................................................................... 532

Syntax Checking .......................................................................................................................................... 533

Drag & Drop Support .................................................................................................................................. 534

Using Text Macros with Source Code Editors ............................................................................................. 535

Source Editor Preferences........................................................................................................................... 540

General Settings .................................................................................................................................... 540

Browser Sets .......................................................................................................................................... 542

Font Preferences ................................................................................................................................... 543

Syntax Highlighting Preferences........................................................................................................... 544

Printing Preferences.............................................................................................................................. 545

Automating Operations Using AppleScript ................................................................................................ 546

Containers ............................................................................................................................................. 546

Lines, Characters, and Selections ......................................................................................................... 547

Cursor Positioning................................................................................................................................. 548

Core Elements ....................................................................................................................................... 548

General Text Handling Elements .......................................................................................................... 549

HTML Extensions ................................................................................................................................... 553

Chapter 14 Previewing Your Work

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 561

Standard Previewing............................................................................................................................. 562

Using the Built-In Preview Module ............................................................................................................ 562

Using Browsers for Previewing ................................................................................................................... 563

Using the Browser Launcher................................................................................................................. 563

Customizing the Browser Launcher ..................................................................................................... 564

Viewing Document Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 567

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Chapter 15 Find & Replace

General ........................................................................................................................................................571

Chapter Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 572

Local Search................................................................................................................................................. 573

Find Next ...............................................................................................................................................574

Searching Selected Text......................................................................................................................... 575

Drag & Drop Searching .........................................................................................................................575

Global Search............................................................................................................................................... 576

Local Find & Replace................................................................................................................................... 578

Global Find & Replace................................................................................................................................. 580

The Replace Menu Command............................................................................................................... 581

The Replace & Find Next Menu Command .......................................................................................... 582

The Replace All Menu Command .........................................................................................................582

Wildcard Search........................................................................................................................................... 583

Examples................................................................................................................................................ 584

Using Wildcard Search........................................................................................................................... 584

Wildcard Character Reference............................................................................................................... 585

Wildcard Searching Rules...................................................................................................................... 586

Using Back-References .......................................................................................................................... 586

Index Search ................................................................................................................................................ 587

Search Engine Basics ............................................................................................................................. 587

General ..................................................................................................................................................588

Using Index Search................................................................................................................................ 589

Find File.......................................................................................................................................................592

Find Preferences.......................................................................................................................................... 593

The Preferences - Find Dialog Box........................................................................................................ 593

The Preferences - Regular Expr. Dialog Box ......................................................................................... 595

Chapter 16 Spellchecking Your Work

General ........................................................................................................................................................599

Using the Spellchecking Tool......................................................................................................................600

Personal Dictionary.....................................................................................................................................601

Additional Languages.................................................................................................................................. 601

Chapter 17 Managing Web Sites with Adobe GoLive

General ........................................................................................................................................................605

Why Manage Web Sites in the Site Window?.............................................................................................. 606

Basic Concepts.............................................................................................................................................607

Chapter Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 608

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The Site Window ......................................................................................................................................... 609

Tabs in the Site Window ....................................................................................................................... 610

Site Window Controls ............................................................................................................................ 613

Site-Specific Inspectors ............................................................................................................................... 615

The Site Toolbar .......................................................................................................................................... 615

Menu Commands........................................................................................................................................ 617

The Site Tab of the Palette ......................................................................................................................... 620

Part 21—Creating a Site and Importing Resources

Creating a Site ............................................................................................................................................. 622

Creating a Site from Scratch ................................................................................................................. 623

Creating a Site by Importing Pages and Resources.............................................................................. 624

Importing Selected Resources .................................................................................................................... 629

Importing from the Finder ................................................................................................................... 629

Importing URLs and E-Mail Addresses ................................................................................................. 630

Part 22—Managing Resources

Finder-Style File Management.................................................................................................................... 633

Opening Files ........................................................................................................................................ 634

Creating Folders and Groups ................................................................................................................ 637

Moving Files via Drag & Drop............................................................................................................... 638

Duplicating Files ................................................................................................................................... 639

Deleting Files......................................................................................................................................... 639

Recovering Deleted and Removed Files............................................................................................... 640

Clearing the Site Folder .............................................................................................................................. 641

Managing Files Using the File Inspector .................................................................................................... 644

Inspecting Pages ................................................................................................................................... 644

Inspecting Images and Media Files ...................................................................................................... 647

Renaming Files...................................................................................................................................... 649

Managing Stationery in the Site Window................................................................................................... 650

Managing URLs and E-Mail Addresses in the Site Window........................................................................ 651

Managing Colors in the Site Window.......................................................................................................... 654

Managing Fontsets in the Site Window ...................................................................................................... 657

Changing Hyperlinks and File References.................................................................................................. 660

Toggling Between the Site Window and Document Windows .................................................................. 661

Part 23—Viewing the Structure of a Site

Viewing Your Site in the Site View Tab....................................................................................................... 662

Switching to Link Hierarchy Mode ............................................................................................................. 663

Cleaning Up the Site View........................................................................................................................... 663

Navigating the Site View............................................................................................................................. 663

The Site Navigator................................................................................................................................. 663

Navigation Keys..................................................................................................................................... 664

.................................................................................... 609

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Zooming In and Out.................................................................................................................................... 664

Collapsing and Expanding the Site View .................................................................................................... 665

Customizing the Site View........................................................................................................................... 666

The Site View Controller........................................................................................................................ 667

Inspecting Links in the Site View ................................................................................................................ 671

How Links Are Displayed in the Site View ............................................................................................ 672

Inspecting Links in the Link Inspector.................................................................................................. 672

Part 24—Designing a Site

Designing a Site Using the Site View........................................................................................................... 678

Switching to Navigation Mode.................................................................................................................... 679

Adding New Pages in the Site View ............................................................................................................680

Turning Navigational Links into Hyperlinks............................................................................................... 683

Part 25—Site Maintenance

Maintaining Site Integrity ...........................................................................................................................684

Error Indicators ..................................................................................................................................... 684

Common Sources for Errors .................................................................................................................. 686

Analyzing Missing File Problems .......................................................................................................... 686

Analyzing Error Messages Caused by External References ................................................................... 687

Repairing Broken Links and Invalid File References............................................................................ 687

Troubleshooting Broken Links at Page Level ....................................................................................... 687

Troubleshooting a Renamed File at Site Level.....................................................................................688

Troubleshooting a Moved or Deleted File at Site Level .......................................................................689

Using the Contextual Menu for Troubleshooting Missing File Problems............................................ 689

Part 26—Uploading and Downloading

General ........................................................................................................................................................690

Uploading Your Site Using the Built-In FTP Tool ....................................................................................... 691

Connecting to an FTP Server ................................................................................................................. 692

Setup for FTP Access..............................................................................................................................693

Uploading Your Site ..............................................................................................................................695

Downloading Files................................................................................................................................. 695

Using the Standalone FTP Upload & Download Window.......................................................................... 696

Setting FTP Preferences............................................................................................................................... 697

Exporting Your Site ..................................................................................................................................... 701

Using the Web Download Feature..............................................................................................................704

Part 27—Post-Publishing Tasks

Finding an ISP to Host Your Web Site.........................................................................................................706

Acquiring a Domain Name ......................................................................................................................... 706

Making Your Site Known on the Web.........................................................................................................707

Registering with the Search Engines........................................................................................................... 708

...................................................................................................... 677

.................................................................................................. 684

....................................................................... 690

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The Site Preferences Dialog Box................................................................................................................. 709

Export Preferences ...................................................................................................................................... 711

The Folder Names Dialog Box .................................................................................................................... 712

The Page Status Dialog Box ........................................................................................................................ 713

The Site View Dialog Box ............................................................................................................................ 714

URL Mappings ............................................................................................................................................. 715

Mapping to an External Folder............................................................................................................. 715

Multiserver Support .............................................................................................................................. 718

Setting Up Adobe GoLive to Use Absolute Paths........................................................................................ 719

Part 29—Using Adobe GoLive Project Files

Updating Version 2.0 Project Files ............................................................................................................. 722

Importing Version 2.0 Project Files ............................................................................................................ 724

............................................................ 722

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Chapter 18 The Web Database

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 729

Things to Remember When Editing the Web Database............................................................................. 730

The Global Tab............................................................................................................................................ 730

The HTML Tab ............................................................................................................................................. 733

Looking Up HTML Tags in the Web Database ...................................................................................... 734

Editing HTML Tags in the Web Database ............................................................................................. 736

The Chars Tab.............................................................................................................................................. 744

Viewing Special Characters ................................................................................................................... 745

Adding and Editing Special Characters................................................................................................. 746

The CSS Tab ................................................................................................................................................. 748

Chapter 19 Web Technology Support

General ........................................................................................................................................................ 755

Adobe GoLive and XML ......................................................................................................................... 755

Adobe GoLive and ASP .......................................................................................................................... 757

Visual Indicators for Foreign Code ....................................................................................................... 758

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Creating Actions

Index

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Chapter 1 Welcome to Adobe

GoLive

Welcome to Adobe GoLive, the complete solution for
HTML layout, design, and Web site management. It gives
Macintosh users unprecedented creative control and flex­ibility when designing a Web site. Adobe GoLive lets
graphic designers and publishers visually design and
manage a professional-quality Web site—including the
latest multimedia features—without any HTML pro­gramming. Yet Adobe GoLive includes HTML source-code
and JavaScript tools, which help Web designers and pro­grammers integrate interactivity into their sites. De­signed with the future in mind, Adobe GoLive also
supports Cascading Style Sheets, Dynamic HTML, and
QuickTime™, three proven technologies that give Web
designers a wealth of new creativity tools.

How to Navigate Through This Manual

The nineteen chapters of this manual reflect the major activities Web
publishers and Web masters can cover using Adobe GoLive:

• The present chapter, Welcome to Adobe GoLive, outlines basic
system requirements, tells you where to find installation instruc­tions, and contains registration and support information. This
chapter also includes basic program maintenance instructions.

• The Adobe GoLive QuickStart Guide chapter outlines the basic
steps for using Adobe GoLive.

• The Adobe GoLive Basics chapter contains briefly describes the
most important features built into Adobe GoLive.

• Building Web Pages provides step-by-step instructions for page
design, highlighting Adobe GoLive’s powerful tools in the pro­cess.

• The Dynamic HTML chapter describes Adobe GoLive’s basic and
advanced DHTML tools that let users animate Web pages with
drag & drop ease.

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• The Cascading Style Sheets chapter introduces Web style sheets
and provides instructions for using Adobe GoLive’s user-friendly
implementation of the Cascading Style Sheets technology.

• QuickTime Authoring explains Adobe GoLive’s multimedia
authoring environment for time-based data.

• Working with Frames introduces the user to HTML frames.

• The chapter Working with Forms describes Adobe GoLive’s built­in tools for building fill-in forms.

• Working with Head Tags provides instructions on how to control
browsers and use specific head tags.

• The Color Palette chapter presents Adobe GoLive’s drag & drop
coloring tool.

• The Using the Outline Editor chapter introduces the Outline Edi-
tor, one of Adobe GoLive’s powerful page-editing tools.

• Using the Source Editor tells experienced users how to use the
Source Editor and the extra scripting capabilities available by
using AppleScript®.

• The Previewing Your Work chapter explains how Adobe GoLive
helps you preview your work—with and without a Web browser.

• The Find & Replace chapter presents Adobe GoLive’s powerful
tools for finding and replacing text.

• Spellchecking Your Work covers the use of this tool.

• Managing Web Sites with Adobe GoLive explains how to use the
advanced graphical site management tools built into Adobe
GoLive.

• The Web Database introduces Adobe GoLive’s Web Database.

• The Web Technology Support chapter explains how Adobe GoLive
helps Web authors handle non-HTML code in Web pages.

In addition, three appendixes with reference information follow the
final chapter:

• Shortcuts lists keyboard and mouse shortcuts you may find use­ful when working with Adobe GoLive.

• Visual Index is a visual guide to the objects on Adobe GoLive’s
Palette.

• Creating Actions is a guide to JavaScript developers who wisk to
write their own scripted actions for Adobe GoLive’s DHTML
authoring environment.

5Symbols

A separate manual, Using WebObjects with Adobe GoLive,
included in the standard package, describes Adobe GoLive’s
WebObjects editing tools.

Symbols Throughout this manual, look for these symbols to learn more about

Adobe GoLive:

The Caution symbol alerts you to special background informa­tion that helps you use Adobe GoLive more efficiently.

The How To symbol marks step-by-step instructions on using
Adobe GoLive.

The Multiple Paths symbol indicates alternative ways to achieve
a given goal.

System Requirements Adobe GoLive runs on any Apple Power Macintosh™ or 100% compat-

ible computer with a minimum of 16 Megabytes (MB) of free RAM
(random access memory). As a rule of thumb, we recommend a
memory allocation of at least 24 MB. Adobe GoLive requires approx­imately 26 MB of storage space on your hard disk when installed
with the complete set of standard modules shipped with the soft­ware.

Adobe GoLive requires Mac® OS 8.0 or later installed on your system.
To use all Adobe GoLive features, be sure you have the following sys­tem extensions and control panels installed on your Macintosh and
selected in the Extensions Manager control panel:

• QuickTime™ and QuickTime Power Plug, Version 3.0 or later

• Sound Manager, Version 3.3 or later

• AppleScript system extension

• Text Encoding Converter system extension

• Text Encodings folder (in System folder)

• Apple Guide™ system extension

Upgrading
Information

Note the following information if you are upgrading from an earlier
version or a trial version of Adobe GoLive:

• If you are upgrading from a Trial version of Adobe GoLive to a

Purchased version, please select Register Adobe GoLive from the
Trial menu and enter your activation key. It can be found in the

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email confirming shipment of your order if you ordered the
“Download +” package direct from Adobe GoLive. Otherwise, it
can be found on the Registration card.

• If you are updating from Version 2.x to Version 4, be sure to drag
the following items out of the Adobe GoLive 2.x Modules and
Plug Ins folders before you move the old version to the Trash:

- items you have stored in the Custom tab of the Palette (these

are contained in the Palette file)

- any personal dictionaries you have created

- plugins from the 2.x Plug Ins folder

Note that the HTML tag database from version 2 is not compa­tiable with version 4 and can’t be moved.

• Existing project files from earlier versions must be updated for
use in Adobe GoLive 4. Chapter 17, Managing Web Sites with
Adobe GoLive, presents step-by-step instructions for updating
Adobe GoLive project files (see Part 29 — Using Adobe GoLive
Project Files).

Installation For instructions on how to install Adobe GoLive, please refer to the

Read Me First! file on the CD-ROM.

Maintaining Your Application

What Goes Where When Installing Adobe GoLive?

When installing Adobe GoLive, the installer program copies either of
two default sets of program files to your hard disk, according to the
preferences you select in the installer window. The following section
briefly describes the application files and folders and their respective
locations on your hard disk, letting you keep track of what goes
where when you install the program.

This section also describes the Modules Manager, which lets you
customize the application by disabling or enabling individual
program modules from within the Preferences dialog box.

The Adobe GoLive installer program copies all files to the Adobe
GoLive program folder.

The Adobe GoLive Program Folder after
Installation

Items in the Adobe GoLive Program Folder

The following screenshot shows the contents of the Adobe GoLive
program folder after installation.

Here is a brief explanation of the program components and their
respective functions:

Component Function

Adobe GoLive 4

Adobe GoLive Cache Adobe GoLive uses this folder for intermediate storage of image files at runtime.

Modules Adobe GoLive uses this folder to store its active program modules. Program

Modules (disabled) Adobe GoLive uses this folder as a repository for program modules you have dis-

Import Images This folder is created when you specify a folder for imported images in the Gen-

Plugins This folder holds plugin components that let Adobe GoLive behave exactly like

CyberStudio
SupportLib

This is the application program file. Program maintenance may require that you
select this icon in the Finder, open the Information dialog box, and change the
program’s memory allocation. For more information, please refer to the Mac OS
documentation that came with your computer.

modules add extra features to the program’s default functionality (for more in­formation, see the section Using the Modules Manager later in this chapter).

abled in the Modules Manager (see the Using the Modules Manager section in
this chapter). When installing Adobe GoLive, the WebObjects, AIAT, Asia Encod­ings, and Mac OS Encoding modules are automatically disabled and copied to
this folder.

eral - Images Preferences dialog box. It stores images that are automatically cre­ated when you import a PICT, TIFF, or Adobe Photoshop image file via drag &
drop.

a Web browser–for example, play back QuickTime movies in its Layout and Pre-
view modes. Installing plugins is a simple drag & drop procedure. Drag the new
plugin icon from the plugins folder of your Web browser at the Plugins folder in
the program folder, then relaunch Adobe GoLive. The plugin component should
be ready for use now.

CyberStudio SupportLib is a shared library that contains common routines
that are frequently accessed by the program and its modules

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Using the Modules Manager

The Modules Manager

Click the Modules icon to display the Modules
Manager pane in the Preferences dialog box.

Scroll through the Modules list to view the pro­gram modules currently installed.

Check or uncheck these boxes to activate and
deactivate individual program modules, then
relaunch the application.

Click the small triangle to show or hide the Item
Information pane below the Modules list. The
Item Information pane shows background in­formation on the currently selected module.

General

The Modules Manager is a unique feature that makes Adobe GoLive
fully scalable to meet individual needs. Not only does it reproduce
the “look-and-feel” of the MacOS Extension Manager but it also works
much like this useful system utility, giving both experienced and nov­ice users a familiar graphical interface for customizing Adobe GoLive.

The Modules Manager allows you to disable or enable selected
modules to customize Adobe GoLive’s command inventory to meet
your needs. For example, if you don’t create dynamic Web pages
using Apple’s WebObjects development environment, you may
choose to disable the WebObjects module.

Application Memory Considerations

The Modules Manager lets you streamline the application to shorten
its launch time, improve its responsiveness (slightly), and reduce
overall memory requirements. For example, when your computer is
low on RAM and the size of your job allows you to manage your site
in the Finder, you can use the Modules Manager to disable Adobe
GoLive’s WebObjects Module. This lets Adobe GoLive run with less
RAM. By disabling further modules, you can reduce the program’s
memory requirements to the minimum recommended 16 MB, but
be aware that this results in major tradeoffs in functionality.

Adobe GoLive Module Reference

The following brief descriptions of the program modules shipped
with Adobe GoLive are a reference for users who are not sure
whether they should disable or enable a specific module.

Module Function Added

AIAT Module Based on Apple Information Access Technology (AIAT), this component en-

CS Encodings This component adds several application-specific Asian encodings (identi-

Color Palette This component activates the Color Palette, adding the Color Palette com-

CyberFlash Module This module enables support for using Macromedia Flash and Shockwave

CyberMovie Module This component enhances Adobe GoLive by the built-in QuickTime™ author-

CyberObjects Module This component enables support for Dynamic HTML. It adds the CyberObjects

HTML Outline Module This component activates Adobe GoLive’s Outline Editor, adding the Outline

IE Module This component activates support for Microsoft Internet Explorer-specific

Mac OS Encoding This is the key component to Adobe GoLive’s multiple-language support, en-

Modules Manager Enabled by default, this component adds the Modules Manager pane to the

Network Module This component activates Adobe GoLive’s built-in FTP support, adding the

Open Recent Module This component allows Adobe GoLive to record the Web pages and site doc-

PNG Image Format This component enables Adobe GoLive to import PNG (Portable Network

ables Adobe GoLive to search your site like an index-based search engine. It
changes the appearance of the Find dialog box by adding the Use index
checkbox and a dedicated Search in Site Index tab rider.

fied by leading “CS-”) to the Document Encodings submenu (see illustration
on the next page). It also adds the same encoding options to the Font &
Scripts and Encodings panes of the Preferences dialog box, as well as to the
popup menu at the bottom of Open… and Find & Replace dialog boxes.

mand to the Window menu.

animations as plugins.

ing environment, enabling the Open command to open QuickTime movies as
well as the Track Editor, the Movie Viewer, and media-specific Inspectors. It
also adds the QuickTime tab to the Palette and the New QuickTime Movie
command to the New Special submenu of the File menu.

tab to the Palette and enables the Timeline Editor and the associated button
in the document window.

Editor tab to the tab bar at the top of the main document window, a context­sensitive Outline Toolbar, and several editor-specific items to the Special
menu.

features, adding the two ActiveX and Marquee objects to the Basic Tags tab of
the Palette.

abling the program to work with the Mac OS TecEncoder system extension. It
adds multiple standard encodings to the Document Encodings submenu, in­cluding European, Chinese, Japanese, Arab, Greek, Hebrew, Cyrillic, Devana­gari, Thai, Korean, and many others. It also adds the same encoding options
to the Font & Scripts and Encodings panes of the Preferences dialog box, as
well as to the popup menu at the bottom of Open… and Find & Replace di­alog boxes. Do not disable when you are working with foreign-language en-
codings! Disabling the Mac OS Encoding module reduces your options to the
program’s three application-specific Western default encodings (see illustra­tion on the next page).

Preferences dialog box.

FTP vertical tab to the right pane of the Site Window, the FTP Upload & Down-
load command to the File menu, and the Network options to the Preferences

dialog box.

uments recently edited. It adds the Open Recent Files command to the File
menu. In the submenu, the most recent site document and Web page are
listed with keyboard shortcuts.

Graphics) and TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) image files using Point &
Shoot, drag & drop, or any other optional methods supported by the appli­cation. It also adds PNG-specific options to the General Preferences - Image di-
alog box.

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The Document Encodings Menu with the
Mac OS Encodings Enabled and Disabled

Welcome to Adobe GoLive

Module Function Added

Preview Module This component activates Adobe GoLive’s Preview feature, adding the Pre-

Scripting Module This component activates Adobe GoLive’s JavaScript support for body and

Site Module This component activates the Site Window with its management capabilities

Spellchecker Module This component activates Adobe GoLive’s built-in spellchecker, adding the

Web Download Module This component enables Adobe GoLive to download individual Web pages,

WebObjects Module This component activates Adobe GoLive’s WebObjects support, adding the

view and Frames Preview tabs to the tab bar at the top of the main document
window.

head scripts in Web pages. It adds the JavaScript icon to the Basic tab of the
Palette and enables the Body and Head Script Inspectors. Behind the scenes,
this component makes Adobe GoLive scriptable with AppleScript.

for Web pages, media files, URLs and E-mail addresses, colors, and font sets,
as well as its site viewing and design tools. It adds the Site menu to Adobe
GoLive’s menu bar, the New Site and Import Site Folder commands to the File
menu, and the Site group of options to the Preferences dialog box.

Spellchecking… command to the Edit menu and the Spell Checking option to
the Preferences dialog box.

including all links, plugins, and images. It adds the WWW download… com­mand to the File menu. In order for this module to be fully functional, the

Network module must be enabled.

WebObjects submenu to the Special menu, the WebObjects tab to the Palette,

the Declaration Editor tab to the main document window, and several op-
tions to the Preferences dialog box.

An example of how a disabled module impacts Adobe GoLive’s
menus appears below.

Mac OS Encodings enabled Mac OS Encodings disabled

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Optimizing Program Performance

The Preferences - General - Cache
Dialog Box

Click this icon to view Adobe GoLive’s program
cache options.

To optimize the program’s responsiveness, Adobe GoLive uses a ded­icated folder as cache storage for compressed images. The Cache
view of the Preferences dialog box gives you extensive control over
this program cache: For example, you can specify another folder, in­crease cache size to improve overall performance, flush the contents
of the cache to remedy low-memory conditions, and turn the pro­gram cache on and off.

To set up the program cache, proceed as follows:

1 Choose Preferences from the Edit menu
2 Click the small arrow next to the General icon in the scrolling

sidebar to expand the General group of options.

3 If desired, click the Select… button to specify another folder.
4 Place the cursor in the Maximum Size text box to increase the

storage space allocation for Adobe GoLive’s program cache. This
may speed up the program when you are dealing with image­rich pages.

Tip:The size of the program cache defaults to 32 megabytes. Al­though the application works with less cache allocated, you
shouldn’t use less-than-default values. If your hard disk runs out
of storage space, try deleting unused files instead.

5 Clear Cache Now flushes the content of Adobe GoLive’s cache

folder, thus freeing hard disk space. Use this button as a last re­sort when Adobe GoLive’s cache threatens to consume even the
last few megabytes of remaining hard disk space.

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6 The Cache enabled checkbox toggles the program cache on and

off. We recommend that you leave the program cache enabled at
all times.

Registration Adobe is confident you will find that the Adobe GoLive program

greatly increases your productivity. So that Adobe can continue to
provide you with the highest quality software, offer technical
support, and inform you about new software developments, please
register your copy by filling out and returning the warranty registra­tion card included with your software package.

About Adobe Products and Services

If you have an Internet connection and a Web browser installed on
your system, you can access the Adobe Systems Home Page on the
World Wide Web (at http://www.adobe.com) for information on
services, products, and tips pertaining to GoLive.