Serif WebPlus 6.0 Companion

For Windows

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Welcome

Table Editor and Calendar Wizard Use TablePlus to create colorful, sophisticated cell-based publication elements. Include formatted text and spreadsheet formulas; vary color and table style with a few mouse clicks! To create a calendar, choose from a wide variety of sizes and design options, then just click and drag to fit your calendar to a column or a whole page. 20,000 WebArt Collection Browse a bonus assortment of Web-ready graphics, including animations, pictures, and page elements!
.and a legacy of powerful features:
Page Wizards for Instant Web Sites Choose from professionally designed site schemes, provide some basic information, then customize to suit your needs. The Layout Checker helps you fine-tune your design for most efficient Web use. Then preview your site in your own Web browser and publish it to the Web. Easy Editing and Special Effects With WebPlus 6.0, its a snap to import your own text and graphics to replace the Wizard samples. Youll find built-in modules like WritePlus, for integrated word processing, plus tools for creating text hyperlinks and hotspot graphics. Choose the color scheme that looks best. The Snapping feature and Dot Grid help you achieve a crisp layout. Everythings wrapped into a friendly DTP environment with onscreen tooltips, HintLine, and contextsensitive help! Free Web Space on VisualCities VisualCities is your one-stop Web source for clipart, photos, community chat, FREE Web space, FREE E-mail accounts, and tips on using visual communications products. With the click of a button, you can publish your site to the VisualCities Web host for free! Simply choose )UHH:HE6SDFH from the Help menu to set up your VisualCities account. That way youll have your user name and password available when youre ready to publish your Web site. Amazing Logo/Graphic Module Produce attention-grabbing headlines, unique text effects, and powerful logos instantly using our exclusive LogoPlus creation tool.
Welcome Animated GIF Wizard and Animation Library Add life to your Web pages! Choose from over 600 animated Animals, Cartoons, Dingbats, Logos, Objects, and more. Animated Marquee Wizard Custom-design your own varied and colorful multi-line text messages that scroll across the screen. Spell-Checking and Thesaurus Enhance your proofreading potential and ensure your sites readability with these built-in support tools.

Registration and support

If you see the Registration Wizard when you launch WebPlus, please take a moment to complete the registration process. Just call Serif tollfree and provide the installation number and code shown. Well give you a personalized registration number in return. Remember, if you need technical support please contact us. We aim to provide fast, friendly service and knowledgeable help.

System requirements

To run WebPlus 6.0, youll need a system including: 486 IBM-compatible PC (Pentium recommended) with CD-ROM drive and mouse (or other Microsoft-compatible pointing device) Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000 or Windows NT operating system 16MB (Windows 95, 98) or 32MB (Windows NT) RAM 30MB (minimum install) free hard disk space SVGA (256-color display, 800x600 resolution) monitor; High Color (16-bit) or True Color (24-bit) display recommended Internet account and connection required for use with Web Publishing features and Online Resources
If you need help installing Windows or setting up your printer, refer to Windows documentation and help.

Installing WebPlus 6.0

To install the program, simply insert the WebPlus 6.0 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The AutoRun feature automatically starts the Setup process. (If AutoRun does not start the install, use the Control Panel method as described for reinstallation below.)
Answer the on-screen questions to install the program. Youll have the option of choosing a Recommended install (which optimizes performance by loading speed-critical files to your hard drive for best performance) or a Custom install (which lets you specify which components to copy to your hard drive). To reinstall the software or change the installation at a later date, select 6HWWLQJV&RQWURO3DQHO from the Windows Start menu and then double-click the $GG5HPRYH3URJUDPV icon. To install, make sure the WebPlus 6.0 CD-ROM is inserted into your CD-ROM drive, then click the ,QVWDOOe button and follow the on-screen instructions. To install just one component, choose the Custom option and check only that component. To uninstall, select :HE3OXV in the scrolling list, then click the $GG5HPRYH button.

Overview

What is a Web site?
A Web site is a collection of files stored on a computer where users with special programs called Web browsers can view the files as pages. Browsers can read the common file format known as HTML that describes how the various elements of text, pictures, hyperlinks, and other elements are arranged on each Web page. Each Web site has a single Home Pagethe first page a visitor seesusually containing hyperlinks to other pages on the site, which in turn have links to others. To the person using a browser to access the Web site, the content appears seamlessly linked. You just click on a link to display related information. The World Wide Web was conceived as a way of using the Internet the global network that interconnects computers around the worldto share information stored as Web pages. But Web sites dont depend on the Internetthey can be (and often are) accessed just as well over a local area network or private intranet. Remember, a Web site is just a collection of files.

How should I get started?
Youve already begun! Now, step through the chapters to learn how to create and then customize a basic Web site. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully. For support as you work, choose +HOS&RQWHQWV from the Help menu, then click +HOSRQ+HOS. There, youll learn about the HintLine, the Visual Reference, and other built-in learning aids.

Getting Started

Once WebPlus has been installed, youll be ready to start. Setup adds a 6HULI:HE3OXV item to the 3URJUDPV submenu of the Windows 6WDUW menu. Y Use the Windows 6WDUW button to start WebPlus (or if WebPlus is already running, choose 1HZfrom the )LOH menu) to display the Startup Wizard (menu screen). WebPlus launches, and youll see the Startup Wizard.

WebPlus Startup Wizard

Now you can see the normal starting screen. The Startup Wizard presents five choices: 8VHD3DJH:L]DUG, to create an instant publication 6WDUWIURP6FUDWFK, to get a blank page to work on 2SHQD3XEOLFDWLRQ, to edit your own WebPlus files 9LHZD4XLFN7RXU, to see the menu of introductory tutorials 2QOLQH5HVRXUFHV, to access the Serif and VisualCities Web sites
Whether youre an old hand, or just getting started with WebPlus 6.0, heres a recommended sequence: Y From the Startup Wizard, choose 9LHZD4XLFN7RXU. Youll see the menu of QuickTours (a screen from the online help system). The list also includes links from each QuickTour to closely related help topics.
Getting Started Y Before proceeding with a QuickTour, take a moment to see what else is available in online help. Click the &RQWHQWV button at the upper left. The menu points you to the extensive Visual Reference and How To sections, as well as to other more specialized pages. Y Click +HOSRQ+HOS for some tips on how to proceed, tailored to individual levels of expertise and experience. When youre done, you may want to branch out on your ownor you can tag along as the rest of us continue this tour. Y Click the %DFN button to retrace your steps to the QuickTours menu.

The Studios Colors, Text, and Lines panels
1H[W3DJH button several times to view the Y Click the following pages. You can use the scrollbar at the right to view more of a page. Note that the Wizard has inserted the information you provided, and the rest of the text serves as a placeholder, awaiting further changes. Y Double-click the &XUUHQW3DJH box at the lower left. Up pops the Pages dialog, with several more basic controlsfor adding one or more blank pages, adding a copy of the current page, deleting one or more pages, or displaying a particular page in the publication. Tip: You can double-click the 3UHYLRXV3DJH button to display your first (Home) page, or the 1H[W3DJH button to display the last page. When the time comes to build your actual Web site, you can use these controls if you want more (or fewer) pages than the Wizard provided. For now, leave the page count at six. However, if you want to experiment with the Pages dialogor if you accidentally make any changes that you dont want to keephere are some emergency options: Y To revert to the previously saved copy of your publication, choose 5HYHUW from the File menu. Its a good idea to save your work often!
Y You can also reload any saved WebPlus publication by choosing 1HZ from the File menu and selecting the 2SHQ6DYHG:RUN option. You can work on any one publication at a time. To undo the most recent change, press &WUO=. (But you cant undo a page addition or deletion, so use 5HYHUW to do that.)
Customizing Wizard elements
If youre following along, youll have the Studios :L]DUG panel displayed at this point. (Otherwise, click :L]DUG on the right.) Now well see how easy it is to experiment with and modify a Page Wizard publication. The Wizard Questions group at the top of the :L]DUG panel lists the categories of information that you can customize. Notice that each category corresponds to one of the original Page Wizard steps. Intially, the Company Details item is selected. Click :HE'HWDLOV. Y The lower portion of the panel provides boxes where you can review and/or re-enter the answer text corresponding to the Wizard questions. Try typing Welcome for your opening page title, then click anywhere else onscreen to update the publication. Y Now click &RORU6FKHPH in the upper group. This presents you with a list of named schemes (the same list youll find on the regular &RORUV6FKHPHVpanel). Each publication has one color scheme assigned to it. Color schemes are great time-savers and help to ensure consistent, coordinated results. They work like a paint-by-numbers system using five numbers. Instead of assigning a specific color to an element, you can mark it with a scheme color number.

Getting Started Y Click the Meadow color scheme sample and notice that the newsletters body text turns purple. Now click the Mint scheme and the text turns black. Y As you switch back and forth, look closely at the top portion of the scheme samples, and youll see a group of five colors to the right of the scheme name. Note that that in each case its the first of the five scheme colors thats being applied to the text. In Page Wizard publications, body text has been marked with Scheme Color 1. That means it takes on whichever color has been defined as Scheme Color 1 in the current scheme. Y Keep clicking different color schemes. Which element(s) have been marked with Scheme Color 2? Scheme Color 3? If you need a hintlook closely at the cube patterns. The bottom portion of each color scheme sample includes the so-called Web colors, which well discuss in the next chapter. You can customize any or all of the colors within a scheme using the Color Manager. (Display the Studios &RORU6FKHPHV panel, right-click a sample, and choose&RORU0DQDJHU.)
For more information and full-color examples, take a moment to view QuickTour 11, &RORUVDQG&RORU6FKHPHV. Now that youve successfully created and customized a Page Wizard publication, youre ready to proceed to the kinds of projects you have in mind.
For more help on the basics.
Youve seen how easy it is to create the basic structure of a Web site using a WebPlus Wizard. And you know how to find your way around the workspace. When youre ready to construct your actual Web site, youll no doubt want to learn about other options. By now you should have viewed QuickTours 1 and 2. See online help for additional details.
For help on. Starting, saving, closing publications Overview of Web
Choose from the Help menu. Contents / How To Index
Then. See topics in section Work with WebPlus Publications Select Web sites, getting
site concepts WebPlus menus and toolbars Setting up pages Setting view options Using layout tools Contents / Visual Reference Contents / How To started Click a menu or toolbar name See topics in section Work with Pages

Working with Text

Now that youve reviewed the pages the Page Wizard provided, and had a chance to revise Wizard answer text using the Studio, its time to look at how to add standard text and change the layout of text on the page. Its really not complicated at all.

Two kinds of text

Text in WebPlus is always contained in a box called a text object, and you can drag these boxes (and their text) around to position them anywhere on the page. The two kinds of text object are frame text and free text. A free text object is always one box, standing alone. Its ideal for captions, labels, buttons, or short paragraphs. Frame text goes in a special box called a frame. Two or more frames can be linked together so the enclosed text flows from the first frame to the second, and so onlike a newspaper article with multiple columns. Whether theres a single frame or more than one, the enclosed frame text is called a story. As a rule, choose frames for body text with longer paragraphs.

Y Now hold down the &WUO key and select the block youve just dropped into the frame. This time the COPY cursor appears, and you can drag the block copy out onto the pasteboard, and drop it note that it becomes free text again!
At this point, you might take some time to experiment with creating more free and frame text objects. Dont worry if you start to clutter up the workspace. You can delete any object simply by selecting it and pressing 'HOHWH. Remember that to select, move, or resize a text object, you should use the Pointer tool. The Text tool is reserved for editing the text contained in the boxnot the box itself.

Editing text

Web Plus lets you edit text directly on the page, or with WritePlus, the built-in text editor. Y Click the button to select the 7H[WWRRO.
The Text tool displays an I-beam cursor that lets you click in any freeor frame-text paragraph for an insertion point. You can type into the paragraph, drag to select characters, and use the formatting controls on the top toolbar. Use the Pointer tool to select an individual paragraph (as a separate text block) and carry out operations on the whole paragraph. Y Click in a sample block of free text, then try changing the font and pointsize of its text using the controls on the top toolbar.
Y If you like, try clicking the Studios 7H[W panel and using it to alter the font by dragging a font name onto a block of text. Y Now double-click the Heres the place frame on the page. Double-clicking on text launches WritePlus, with the text displayed. You can move the mouse pointer around the window to view tooltips and hint text for the various buttons. Writing and proofing aids include Find and Replace, Spelling Checker, AutoSpell, Thesaurus, and AutoCorrect. Editing text with WritePlus is just like using a word processor. Note that the text in this frame is simply a placeholder for the text youll be adding. You can type over the sample text, or select it all, delete, and begin with an empty frame, as you wish.
Working with Text Y To update WebPlus with your changes, click the button. To abandon changes, click &DQFHO. $FFHSW
Note: While editing on the page you cannot select text in more than one text block at a time. To edit the whole story, use WritePlus.
For an illustrated overview of WritePlus, see QuickTour 3, 8VLQJ :ULWH3OXV. By the way, you may be wondering about the difference between editing standard text and Page Wizard answer text. The key point is that if you want to preserve answer fields, you should use the :L]DUG panel to edit their text. Y With the Text tool, click the first line in the name/address block at the lower right, and drag down. Note that the whole line highlights. Answer text is stored in fields, and when you select one of them the whole field highlightsa sure sign that you're not dealing with standard text! You cannot select only part of an answer text field. However, you can use the Text tool (or WritePlus) to change the fields character or paragraph properties, or cut/copy/paste answer text fields within the document if necessary. Keep in mind that if you retype over answer text, you'll effectively destroy the field. The new text you enter at that location will be ordinary text and can no longer be updated via the :L]DUG panel.

Changing the Web colors

When you stepped through the Wizard to create the site weve been working with, you chose one of several alternate color schemes. In the previous chapter, we used the paint-by-numbers analogy to explain about the five numbers you can use to mark elements in WebPlus, and how each scheme includes five colors, which get applied to elements with the corresponding number. By convention, body text in Page Wizard publications is marked with Scheme Color 1. That means it takes on whichever color has been defined as Scheme Color 1 in the current scheme (the first of the five colors shown at the top of the sample). In addition, each publications color scheme also includes these special Web color settings:

Working with Text

The Hyperlink color applies to hyperlinked text before it's been clicked on, while the same text after a Web visitor has clicked to follow the link takes on the Followed Hyperlink color. (The WebPlus sample displays these colors, but youll need to view the published site in a browser to preview the actual effect.) A Web site's Background, which is applied to every page, can be either a solid color or a tiled (repeated) picture, usually a bitmap pattern. The tiled picture option works just like desktop wallpaperso a small bitmap can go a long way. The color scheme sample shows if the scheme uses a tiled bitmap.
You can modify the Web colors within a scheme, or set a different background bitmap, using the Color Manager's Color Schemes tab, in the same way that you'd modify the scheme's five basic colors. Display the Color Manager, select the scheme name in the list, and click the 0RGLI\ 6FKHPH button.

Importing text

Besides typing text on the page as free text or creating a story using WritePlus, you can use your current word processor (such as Microsoft Word) to create source files for your publication. Then you can cutand-paste using the Windows Clipboard or import the text directly. Earlier, we saw that the Frame Wizard provides the option of importing from a word processor file when you create a new frame. Its also a snap to import text into an existing frame. Lets try it! Y Using the pointer tool, select the Heres the place frame (youll see it outlined in blue when selected).
Working with Text Y Now right-click the frame and choose ,QVHUWWH[WILOH. When the dialog reminds you that theres already text in the frame, click 5HSODFH. Using the file selection dialog, open SAMPLE.DOC in the SERIF/WP60/SAMPLES/ folder, either in your main Program Files folder or on your WebPlus CD. WebPlus imports the file and places it in the frame. (For now, decline the AutoFit option, which would adjust the text size to fit the story precisely in the visible frame area.) Y If you wish, double-click the frame to launch WritePlus and briefly inspect the new sample text at a glance. Items in red are unfamiliar words identified by the AutoCorrect function.) You might try applying some font, size, or style changes. Y Before continuing to the next chapter, you may wish to save your work.

Importing a picture or animation
Youll have no difficulty importing such items as metafile clipart, bitmap photos, or animated GIFs. WebPlus can handle all the standard formats. After being imported, each image is stored in the WebPlus publication until you publish the site, at which time its exported using one of the standard bitmap formats (GIF or JPG) that Web browsers recognize. Lets try importing. Y Click the ,PSRUW3LFWXUH button on the left toolbar. The Import Picture Wizard appears. Select the From File option and click 1H[W, then )LQLVK. Y Using the file selection dialog, open PHOTO1.BMP in the SERIF/WP60/SAMPLES/ folder. Y Now you have two choices. You can either drag out a box region on the page to set the size of the imported picture, or simply click to insert the picture at a default size. Pick either one. The sample picture (of a lion) will appear, and you can always resize it later by dragging its handles.
WebPlus 6.0 includes a bonus collection of 20,000 WebArt images, including arrows, bullets/buttons, icons, lines, and animations as well as pictorial Web graphics. You can peruse the collection using your Web browser, then drag and drop images directly into WebPlus. To choose animations, use the Animated GIF Wizard. For details, search for WebArt in the online help index.
Note that the time it takes a visitor to load one of your Web pages is directly related to the size of the pages HTML file plus any accompanying graphic files. Graphics require larger file sizes, and hence slow down loading time. And even in compressed form, bitmap files like the photo weve just imported tend to be much larger than simple line or shape graphics (see below)so use them sparingly! Keep picture dimensions to the minimum needed to convey your point. Its always wise to plan your layouts so as to avoid large graphic areas.
Drawing basic lines and shapes
WebPlus provides three easy-to-use drawing tools. Youll find them on the left toolbar: Line Box Shape (flyout)
With them, you can add both functional and decorative layout elementsfor example, clickable buttons or page dividers. Y Click the %R[button, then click and drag out a small box on the screen. Initially, the box will be simply an empty rectangle with a black line border and a clear fill. The tool has reverted to the Pointer, and you can use it to move or resize the box. The easiest way to change the objects line and fill properties is to use the Studio. Y Display the Studios /LQHV panel. Try clicking samples in the Weights group or the Types group to change the thickness or line type of the box border. (You can drag and drop from a sample onto any shape.) Y Now display the Studios &RORUV panel. You can easily change the box's line or fill color and/or shade by first right-clicking a color sample, then choosing either $SSO\WR/LQH or $SSO\WR)LOO. (Leftclicking a sample applies the color or shade to the selected object's fill.). For each base color you select, you can pick from 10 shades of that color displayed in the Shades group. Y In passing, right-click on the box itself and note that you have /LQH and )LOO options that let you adjust all Line or Fill properties, including color. Youll see a dialog with an array of choices for setting the properties of the objects line border.

Working with Graphics and Animation The /LQH button lets you draw lines, while the 6KDSH button offers a whole flyout of possibilities, including ovals, polygons, arrows, stars, callouts, and so on. To create a button, try overlaying an unfilled shape on a text block, then hyperlink the graphic (see next chapter).
Other tools and techniques
You already know how to select, move, and resize objects. Here are several additional tricks you can carry out on selected objects. Try them out on your sample photo and box graphics!
Y Use the 5RWDWH tool to rotate an object around its top left handle. Select the object, then drag one of its handles. For details, see QuickTour 9, 5RWDWLQJDQG)OLSSLQJ2EMHFWV. &URS tool to crop (or trim) objects. Select the object, Y Use the then drag one of its handles inward. Y To draw a shape with constrained dimensionsfor example, a square or circlehold down the 6KLIW key while drawing or resizing it. Y To add more than one object to a selection, hold down the 6KLIW key while selecting additional objects. This is handy for moving a cluster of objects while keeping them aligned with each other.
*URXS button that appears next to a Y You can click the multiple selection to lock the objects together temporarily. This saves you the trouble of having to select them all individually the next time you want to do something to the whole group. To separate (ungroup) the objects, click the button again. For details, see QuickTour 6, *URXSLQJ2EMHFWV. Y To duplicate an object, select it, then press and hold the &WUO key and drag out a copy.
Y To constrain the movement of an object to horizontal or vertical, use the keyboard arrow keys to nudge the selection up, down, left, or right. Alternatively, hold down the 6KLIW key after you begin dragging the object. For details, see QuickTour 8, 3RVLWLRQLQJ 2EMHFWV Y Use the WebPlus layout toolsincluding rulers, guides, the dot grid, and the Snapping buttonto position and align items with precision for a professional appearance. For details, see QuickTour 10, 3UHFLVLRQ/D\RXW.

Adding animations

WebPlus lets you add two varieties of eye-catching animation effects to any Web page: animated marquees (scrolling text banners) and GIF animations. Using Wizards, you can preview the animation and/or customize the effect. Once placed into your Web publication, the animations appear static, but they will spring to life once the site has been exported and a visitor views your page in a Web browser. Lets see how easy it is to create an animated GIF. ,QVHUW$QLPDWHG*,) button on the left toolbar. The Y Click the Animated GIF Wizard appears. Y Click 1H[W and select an animation category. Well leave you on your own to browse through the collection. Just click a title on the list, and watch the animation in the Wizards preview window.

For more help on previewing and publishing.
Before publishing your actual Web site, youll probably want to review the WebPlus proofing options mentioned above, and learn about adding search engine descriptors. Or you may want details on publishing to an alternate Web server.
For help on. Printing, previewing, and publishing the Web site Using proofing tools Adding search engine descriptors Publishing to an alternate server Choose from the Help menu. Contents / How To Index Index Index Then. See topics in section Print, Preview, and Publish to the Web Select from proofing tools Select search engines Select publishing Web sites, to World Wide Web and consult note on Gathering server information

Starting from Scratch

By now, well assume youve worked through the Wizard-based examples in the preceding chapters and have a preliminary knowledge of WebPlus tools and techniquesalthough probably not too much hands-on experience. Youve seen that there are lots of ways to customize the Wizard-based publications, and that approach may suit your needs perfectly. But dont forget that besides offering a variety of Page Wizards, WebPlus gives you the option of starting from scratch and composing each page just as you want it. You may decide to take a hybrid approach: study the Wizard layouts, learn from them, and then apply what youve learned to a brand-new site of your own design. If youd like to start from scratch, here are the steps: Y From the Startup Wizard, select the 6WDUWIURP6FUDWFK option. From within the program, choose 1HZ from the File menu or 1HZ button on the top toolbar. The new publication click the will open with a blank page, and youll see the Page Setup dialog. Y Select a page size (either Standard or Wide), or define a custom size by entering new values for Width and/or Height. Then click 2. Obviously, theres no single formula for coming up with a successful Web site. It may help to have a plan of attack, however, so the following sections provide a brief outline of the process, along with some suggestions to guide your efforts.

Step 1: Design

It probably goes without saying (but well say it anyway) that before starting a site from scratch, you should have mapped out on paper exactly how many pages youll need, what the basic composition will look like, and how the pages will be linked together. Unlike a magazine or newsletter, a Web site doesnt depend on a linear page sequence. It makes more sense to think of your site in spatial terms, like a house that people will explore. You can generally assume that visitors will come in through the front door (the Home page)but where they go after that depends on the links youve provided. These are the corridors that connect the various rooms (sections) of the site. Each room might have a few side doors, but dont let the visitors get lost! Graphic aids like a navigation bar, or clear labeling and/or colorcoding for the various sections of the site, can help immeasurably, but only if you include them in your design scheme.

Design tips and rules of thumb
You may want to consider setting your monitor to use 256 colors (rather than thousands or millions). This is because the GIF image format, the standard for Web graphics, supports a maximum of 256 colors, as do many of the monitors in current use. By working at this setting youll be able to preview how your page will look in most users Web browsers. For predictable results, choose colors from the built-in WebPlus palette (on the Studios &RORUV panel) rather than inventing your own.

Starting from Scratch

The performance of your page is how long it takes for the whole page, including text and graphics, to display completely in a Web browser. Basically, its proportional to the total file size of its graphics. As a rule of thumb, use 60K bytes per page as a maximum. You can determine the actual size of your files by publishing one page at a time to a local folder (using the 3XEOLVK6LWHWR)ROGHU button), then using Windows Explorer to examine the contents of the folder. View the files by date and 6KLIW-select the most recent batch, then right-click and choose 3URSHUWLHV to see the aggregate byte count. Obviously, the lower the better. To reduce the total size of your graphics, aside from using fewer graphics, make them no larger than they need to be to get your point across. Since file size increases as the square of each dimension, shrinking both height and width by 50% reduces the file size by 75%. Reduce the number of colors in each image, and (except for photos) save as GIF files using the lowest acceptable bit depth your paint program will allow. Use a Web-safe palette when possible; youll find one in the WebPlus Samples folder. You may wish to explore the Web for details on this and other Web design strategies. Youll need to maintain the pages on your Web site, which isnt difficult with WebPlusall the originals are right there in your publication! As a reference, keep a list showing the page numbers and the contents of each page. You can store the list on the Pasteboard, or (for printing out) on the last page of your publication, which is easy to access by double-clicking the 1H[W (right-arrow) button. (You can still publish the whole site; users wont be able to access the last page as long as there are no links to it.)