AOLpress Help

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Menus of the MiniWeb Window

The File menu operates on pages or MiniWebs-opening, saving, closing, and printing.
The Edit menu lets you copy and paste, search, and set various MiniWeb behaviors.
The View menu controls the viewing style and options.
The Tools menu has utilities like link and spell checking and AOLserver functions.
The Browse menu opens the history and the Hot List.
The Help menu provides documentation, examples, and more.

File Menu

The File pull-down menu is identical to the File menu in the Page window, except it also contains the New Java and Print Graph items.  

New

New Page

Creates a new, empty page window.

New MiniWeb

Creates a new MiniWeb.

New FrameSet

Creates a new Frameset containing a single frame.

New Java

Opens a window in which you can type the code for a Java applet.

Open...

Displays the Open window that lets you browse (locally or remotely) for files or specify the URL directly. You may also choose how to use the file (for example, you can open an HTML page as a Text page and see the tags).

Open Recent

Displays a list of recent pages from windows you have closed during the current session.

Close

Closes the MiniWeb window. Prompts if you have unsaved changes.

Save

Saves the current MiniWeb.

Save As...

Displays the Save As window, to save the Page either locally or on the Internet. Lets you choose formats and various options.

Import...

Displays the Import window, to import a file as text or HTML into the MiniWeb.

Copy File...

Lets you copy a file from anywhere locally or on the network to anywhere else.

Delete...

Displays the Delete window, to let you browse through the directory system and delete URLs even remotely.

Print (or Page) Setup...

Lets you choose a printer and its settings.

Print...

Prints all the pages in the current MiniWeb.

Print Graph...

Prints the current MiniWeb view to the selected printer.

Upgrade AOLpress...

 Opens a page of information about downloading the latest version of AOLpress.

Exit (or Quit)

Exits. Prompts if you have unsaved changes.

Edit Menu

Cut

Saves the selected Page or other item to the clipboard and then deletes it from the MiniWeb.

Copy

Saves the selected Page or other item to the clipboard.

Paste

Transfers the contents of the clipboard to the current MiniWeb. You can paste from a MiniWeb to a Page window which creates a link to that page in the miniweb, but you can't paste from a Page window to a MiniWeb.

Clear

Removes the selected page from the MiniWeb. Sometimes confusing because if there are still links to that page it is shown in faint gray. It cannot be removed until all links have been broken.

Copy URL of MiniWeb/Page

If nothing is selected, copies the URL of the MiniWeb into the clipboard. Otherwise it copies the URL of the selected page.

Paste URL

Equivalent to Paste.

Find/Replace...

Lets you find text in any page in the MiniWeb.

Find Next

Finds the next occurrence of the text in any MiniWeb page.

Find Page...

Lets you select a page in the MiniWeb by typing its file name.

Set Title...

Lets you set a title to be shown in the status bar when you place the mouse cursor over a file in the MiniWeb..

Set Icon...

Lets you change the MiniWeb icon for the currently selected file.

Make Icon

Uses the actual image as the MiniWeb icon for the currently selected image.

Set Help...

Lets you specify a page that provides help when you double-click on a file in the MiniWeb.

Set Stationery

Sets the currently selected Page as a "stationery" file for this MiniWeb. When a new page is created, the stationery page is used to initialize it.

View Menu

Clean Up

Realigns all items in the view.

Display Control...

Lets you hide various types of files in the MiniWeb.

Web

Displays the MiniWeb as a graphical web.

Tree

Displays the MiniWeb as a graphical tree.

Name

Displays the MiniWeb as list sorted by file name.

Title

Displays the MiniWeb as list sorted by page title.

MIME type

Displays the MiniWeb as list sorted by type of file.

Zoom In

Makes the MiniWeb icons larger and shows a smaller area. (Web or Tree view)

Zoom Out

Makes the icons smaller and shows a larger area. (Web or Tree view)

Normal Size

Goes back to the default icon size. (Web or Tree view)

List Link To

Shows links to other files if checked. (Name, Title, or MIME type view)

List Links From

Shows links from other files if checked. (Name, Title, or MIME type view)

Tools

The Tools menu in the MiniWeb window is similar to the Tools menu in the Page window.  The Tools menu in the MiniWeb window does not contain the Show HTML and Administer Page items from the Page window, but it does have the additional Administer MiniWeb item.

Webize Directory...
     Turns existing directories into MiniWebs.

Check Links...

Runs through the links in all the pages in the entire  MiniWeb and checks to make sure the URLs they reference exist.

Spell Check...

Runs through the words in all the pages in the entire  MiniWeb and checks them against a customizable dictionary.

Search Server...

Opens a page listing all the tables on the server with links for searching each table. (Not supported unless you have Commercial or Dedicated PrimeHost service or an AOLserver of your own.)

Administer Server

Opens a page with links to the server administration functions. (Not supported unless you have Commercial or Dedicated PrimeHost service or an AOLserver of your own.)

Administer MiniWeb

Permissions...

Brings up an HTML page with a form that allows you to control who can access the current page on the current server. You will probably be prompted for a username and password before being allowed to do this. (Not supported unless you have Commercial or Dedicated PrimeHost service or an AOLserver of your own.)

Preferences

Lets you set preferences for a variety of behaviors, such as:

General

Allows you to control various general AOLpress behaviors.

Network

Insert information about your network or firewall for improved performance.

Fonts

Allows you to specify the font type and size AOLpress uses to display pages when browsing.

Extensions/MIME...

This associates a MIME type to a filename extension. These only refer to files read locally from the disk.

MIME / Viewer...

If AOLpress does not know how to display a file type, it will look through this list, which associates MIME types to programs. If it finds an appropriate entry, it will run that program to display the file.

Save As Filters...

You can specify a program to translate from HTML into some other format. These translation types will be displayed along with the default ones (HTML, TEXT) in the Save As window. (Supported on UNIX only).

MiniWeb Icons...

You can associate an icon with a MIME type. The icon will be displayed in the MiniWeb to indicate the file type.

Sites...

The Save command provides a list of servers to publish to. You can customize the list here.

Animation

Choose an animation to play during page download.

Configure Toolbar

Define which icons/commands should be available in the page window toolbar.

Browse Menu

The Browse menu in the MiniWeb window is a subset of the Browse menu in the Page window. It has only the Stop, Global History, and Hot List menu items.

Window

The Window menu in the MiniWeb window is identical to the Window menu in the Page window.

Help

The Help menu in the MiniWeb window is identical to the Help menu in the Page window.

See also: Page window menus, MiniWeb Tool Bar

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