Suche Home Einstellungen Anmelden Hilfe

2.3.4 The Publish Menu

• 2.3.4.1 Inserting Files
• 2.3.4.2 Inserting Collections
• 2.3.4.3 Inserting a Forum
• 2.3.4.4 Inserting HTML and Text
• 2.3.4.5 Inserting Notes
• 2.3.4.6 Inserting Remote Documents
• 2.3.4.7 Inserting Document Classes

The Publish menu contains the following items:

• File: Files of any type can be uploaded.
• Collection: A collection is a container used for holding other collections and documents.
• Cluster: Clusters allow you to combine multiple documents as desired.
• Sequence: This collection type automatically links the items contained in it sequentially.
• Forum: This item allows you to insert a discussion forum.
• HTML: You can type in and upload an HTML text (to upload an HTML file, use the item File). If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x as your browser, you can use the integrated Hyperwave HTML editor to create HTML documents.
• Text: You can type in and upload a plain text (to upload a text file, use the item File).
• Note: Formerly called Annotation, this item allows you to attach comments to an object on the server.
• Remote Document: A Remote Document is a link to a document on another server.
• CGI: This item allows you to create CGI objects.

DOCUMENT CLASSES: CHANGES TO THE PUBLISH MENU

The Publish menu will also include any document classes types that have been declared for the particular server. These will appear at the end of the menu. Changes to the Publish menu are explained in more detail on page 116.

2.3.4.1 Inserting Files

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Navigate to the collection you want to insert the file into.
4. Select Publish->File. The Upload File dialog box appears (see Figure 24). Keep in mind that you must have the appropriate access to the collection where you want to insert the file.
5. Enter a Title for the document and select a language from the menu. If you leave the Title text box blank and the file you are uploading is of type HTML, the title is parsed from the HTML file. For all other file types, the title is created from the file name without the extension. Note that if there is a space in the file name, it is converted to an underline (_ ) character in the title.
6. Enter a Description if desired.
7. A Name (unique identifier for the object being inserted) is optional. If your browser supports JavaScript and you did not enter a name, a name will automatically appear in the Name text box after you press the Insert file button. This name consists of the name of the parent collection and the file name, separated by a slash (HTML file names appear without the file extension). Thus, if the file hyperwave.gif is inserted into a collection with the name "graphics", the suggested name is "graphics/hyperwave.gif".
8. Click on the More button to enter additional attributes. The MimeType and Base attributes are explained below; all other attribute types are explained on page 116. The Custom Attribute text box allows you to enter an attribute with the name and value of your choice.
9. Enter the full path for the file you want to insert, or use the Browse button to select a file.
10. Click on the OK button.

The Base attribute is necessary for texts and is by default the name of the server you are currently connected to, e.g. http://www.hyperwave.com. The value of Base is used as base for the links in the HTML text, i.e. a link that looks like this

<A HREF="telephone_list.html">Telephone numbers</A>

in your HTML text will, with the above mentioned base attribute, point to

http://www.hyperwave.com/telephone_list.html.

MIMETYPE

MimeType is used to tell Hyperwave Information Server the type of file being uploaded. It is entered by selecting a MIME type from those available in the listbox. In many cases it is possible to take the default "automatic detection" option because the server uses a so-called magic number test to figure out the file type, and, if you use Netscape, many further file types are recognized by their extensions. The following MIME types are recognized by Hyperwave Information Server:

MIME type	File type
text/html	HTML text
application/postscript	PostScript files
image/jpeg	JPEG images
image/gif	GIF images
image/x-png	PNG images
video/mpeg	MPEG videos
video/x-avi	AVI videos
x-world/x-vrml	VRML 3D scenes
audio/x-wav	WAV audio
audio/x-au	AU audio
application/x-java	Java classes

2.3.4.2 Inserting Collections

Collections are inserted as follows:

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Navigate to the collection you want to insert the collection into.
4. Select Publish->Collection. The New Collection dialog box appears (see Figure 25). Keep in mind that you must have the appropriate access to the collection where you want to insert the collection.
5. Enter a Title for the new collection including a language from the listbox.
6. Enter a Description for the collection if desired.
7. Enter a Name for the collection. Names should be given hierarchically, e.g. if you are inserting the collection into the collection "smith", and it is a collection for papers, you should call the new collection "smith/papers".
8. By clicking on the More button, you can add further attributes, including a Custom Attribute with the type and value of your choice. An explanation of available attribute types and their values is found on page 116.
9. Click on the OK button.

The procedure for inserting clusters is the same as that for inserting collections except that you must select Publish->Cluster and the cluster type of your choice in step 3. See page 116 for a description of collection types.

INSERTING SEQUENCES

The procedure for inserting sequences is the same as that for inserting collections except that you must select Publish->Sequence in step 3. See page 116 for a description of collection types.

2.3.4.3 Inserting a Forum

2.3.4.4 Inserting HTML and Text

INSERTING PLAIN TEXT

To insert plain text into Hyperwave Information Server:

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Navigate to the collection you want to insert the text into.
4. Select Publish->Text. The New Text dialog box appears. Keep in mind that you must have the appropriate access to the collection where you want to insert the text.
5. Enter a Title for the new text including a language from the listbox.
6. Enter a Description for the text if desired.
7. Enter the text in the large text box in the dialog box (see Figure 26). The text should be plain ASCII text.
8. Click on the More button to enter additional attributes. All attribute types are explained on page 116. The Custom Attribute text box allows you to enter an attribute with the name and value of your choice.
9. Click on the OK button.

To insert an HTML document:

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Navigate to the collection you want to insert the text into.
4. Select Publish->HTML. The integrated HTML editor appears (see Figure 27). Keep in mind that you must have the appropriate access to the collection where you want to insert the HTML text.
5. Choose a template from the listbox at the top left of the window. You can specify a templates collection under config\htmleditor.js\htmleditor.templatesCol in the PLACE template files. All templates in this collection will then be available in this listbox. You can also work without templates.
6. For more information on PLACE templates and the files that are used for configuring the interface, please consult the Hyperwave Programmer's Guide.
7. Enter the text you wish to publish in the large text box. There is no need to attach HTML tags, as this will be done automatically by the editor. Format the text in whatever way you want. A more detailed description of the toolbar options is included below.
8. Upload the HTML text to the server, by clicking on the Post to Server button ( ). You will be prompted with two dialog boxes and must enter first a Title and then a Name (URL) for the text. See Figure 28 and Figure 29.
9. Click on the OK button.

Editing features of the Hyperwave HTML Editor include:

Text formatting: You can set character formatting, including font style, face, size, and color. Paragraphs can be justified and indented.

Editing: Multi-level Undo and Redo commands are supported. You can also use standard Cut, Copy, and Paste commands. Elements can be moved or resized by dragging. Standard Windows keyboard shortcuts are supported.

Drag-and-drop capability: You can drag any object, text, or element anywhere on the page.

Search: There is a Find dialog box that you can use to search for text.

Hyperlinking: You can define links and bookmarks in the text.

Images: You can insert images into the document.

Table support: You can insert tables and can add and delete columns, rows, and cells

These editing features are supported by standard Windows toolbar buttons.

HTML EDITOR TOOLBAR OPTIONS

Most of the toolbar icons in the Hyperwave HTML Editor are the same as icons used on standard Windows applications. There are, however, several buttons that may need to be explained.

This button is labeled Post to Server, although it retains its standard Windows function of Save. When you click on this button, you will be prompted to enter a Title and then a Name for the HTML document. See Figure 28 and Figure 29.

INSERTING INTERNAL LINKS

1. Mark the word(s) you want to create a link from with your mouse and click on the Internal Link button.
2. In the dialog box that appears you can either type the link URL in the text box, or browse Hyperwave Information Server collections to find the collection you want to create a link to (see Figure 30).
3. Click on the OK button.

INSERTING EXTERNAL LINKS

1. Mark the word(s) you want to create a link from with your mouse, and click on the External Link button.
2. In the dialog box that appears (see Figure 31), choose the protocol of the link (http, ftp etc.) and type a URL for the document.
3. Click on the OK button.

This button is labeled Visible Borders. It shows borders around a table, even if the table has invisible borders (to create a border with invisible tables, set border = 0 in the HTML tags).

This button is labeled Insert Image and is used to insert images into HTML documents. You can insert any images that are stored on the server, when creating or modifying HTML documents using the Hyperwave HTML Editor.

INSERTING IMAGES

1. In the Hyperwave HTML Editor, place your cursor at the point in the HTML document where you want the image to appear.
2. Click on the Insert Image icon on the far right of the toolbar.
3. A dialog box appears (see Figure 32) where you can either enter the path of the picture file into a text box, or navigate to its position on the server.
4. Click on the OK button. The image will appear in the HTML text.

The other two listboxes allow you to set font type and font size.

HTML documents created using the Hyperwave HTML Editor will be uploaded to the specified collection as normal.

2.3.4.5 Inserting Notes

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Select Publish->Note. The New Note dialog box appears.
4. Back in the main browser window, navigate to the collection or document you want to annotate, or select it by clicking in the checkbox to the left of the title. If you want to annotate the entire document, click on the Whole Document button back in the New Note dialog box. If you want to annotate a specific word or phrase in the document, mark that phrase and click on the Current Selection button.
5. Enter the text of the annotation in the large text box. This text can be plain text but HTML markup is allowed. However, the HTML header and footer are automatically added to the text so what you enter in the form should only contain elements that are allowed in the <BODY> section of an HTML text. Note that if you enter plain text, carriage returns will be ignored unless you enter a <P> or <BR> tag. After the annotation is inserted, a link from the annotation to the annotated object is automatically made.
6. Give the note a title and select a language from the list. Default is the title of the object you are annotating, preceded by the text "Comment on".
7. Enter the Name attri bute of the collection you want to insert the annotation into. Default is the collection you were browsing when you opened the New Note dialog box.
8. Enter a Name attribute for the note. Optionally enter a description.
9. Select the access rights for the annotation. Public annotation makes the annotation readable by all users, Private annotation makes it readable by its author only, and Inherit Access Rights causes the annotation to have the same access rights as the collection it is being inserted into.
10. Click on the OK button.

Notes will appear as normal documents in the same collection listing as the document for which you inserted the note. As well as this, when you navigate to the document for which you inserted the note, the HWIS footer will appear at the end of the document like this:

By clicking on the red Show button at the right of the footer, you will display the note that was attached to the document.

VIEWING NOTES BY MENU

It is also possible to view the notes attached to a document without displaying the document itself. This is especially useful for document types that cannot be opened in the browser.

To view the notes attached to a document:

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Select the checkbox next to the document for which you wish to view the existing notes.
4. Select ViewàNotes. A dialog box appears listing all the notes available for this document.
5. Double click on the note you wish to view. This will be displayed in the browser window, and the Notes dialog box will remain open to allow you to choose subsequent notes for viewing.
6. Click on the OK button to close the Notes dialog box, and return to the collection listing by clicking on the Up One Level button, or on the Back button in your browser.

2.3.4.6 Inserting Remote Documents

1. Log in to the server by clicking on Login.
2. Click on Authoring to switch to authoring mode.
3. Navigate to the collection you want to insert the remote document into. Select Publish->Remote Document. The New Remote Document dialog box appears. Keep in mind that you must have appropriate access to the collection where you want to insert the remote document.
4. Give the remote document a title and select a language from the list.
5. Enter the URL of the remote object you want to access with the remote document. See below for details about what types of URLs can be entered.
6. A Name (unique identifier for the object being inserted) and description for the remote document are optional.
7. Click on the More button to enter additional attributes. All attribute types are explained on page 116. The Custom Attribute text box allows you to enter an attribute with the name and value of your choice.
8. Click on the OK button.

It is possible to insert documents of types "http", "https", "ftp", and "telnet". The URL is entered using the protocol type followed by "://", then the address. Some examples are

http://www.icg.tu-graz.ac.at/magellan

for a WWW document, and

ftp://ftp.iicm.edu

for an FTP connection.

For telnet connections, the URL is entered in the following form:

telnet://user@host

This option is only available for system users and is explained in the Hyperwave Administrator's Guide.

2.3.4.7 Inserting Document Classes

Benutzer: Gast • Besitzer: hwsystem • Zuletzt geändert am: