How do I create a link to an external file?
To create a link to an external file, select the text or element to which you want to add an external link. Then select the File Link tab in the link dialog. Click the Browse...button and select the file you are interested in at the Open File dialog.

How do I create relative links to pages outside my publish root directory?
To create a link to pages outside your root directory, you need to use the External Link option in the link dialog. While normally this dialog has you link to pages using absolute paths (i.e.. www.mysite.com/folder/page.html) you can also choose to link using a relative path (i.e.. ../folder/page.html). To do this all you need to do is select the [none] protocol from the drop-down list, and type in your relative link in the URL field. NOTE: When entering relative links always remember where the page you are linking from is to be located in the output directory structure. If that directory structure changes where your linking page is located on the server, you may need to adjust any relative external links you have created.

How do I target links?
You can target your links with the targeting drop-down list available in all link dialogs when using Autoframes. The drop-down lists are only available when the Autoframes option has been selected. For more information on targeting links in Autoframes, see our User Guide, Chapter 24, Working with Autoframes. If you are scripting your own framesets, you will need to make a custom external link to include the target. This procedure is outlined in our User Guide, Chapter 23, Creating Custom HTML Framesets and Frames.

How do I create anchor links?
You can link to an anchor created in any page in your site using the drop-down list available in the Internal Link dialog. This drop-down list is only available for Internal Links. For anchors to appear in this drop down list, the anchor must first be created using the Anchor button on the object property tab. The anchors which appear in the drop-down list are those for whichever page you have selected from the page list. This allows you to link to anchors which are either on the current page, or on other pages in your site. Creating anchor links is covered in our User Guide, Chapter 14, Creating Links and Anchors.

If you wish to link to an external page which contains an anchor, you will need to customize the External link dialog to link to that anchor (check on this for internal?). To learn more about inserting scripting using the HTML dialogs see our User Guide, Chapter 14, page 14-12.

How do I add Javascript to links?
You can add Javascript to any link by using the HTML option in any link dialog box. To learn more about inserting scripting using the HTML dialogs see our User Guide Chapters 14 (for adding scripts to links) and 22 (for all other HTML additions.)

What are frames?
Frames are a way that you can display more than one page of HTML at once. A frameset page defines the number and position of areas in the browsers display window and references the individual content pages which will display in those areas. Each area of the frameset is called a frame and is identified by a unique name so that the browser knows which page to display where. You can apply frames easily in NetObjects Fusion using the Autoframes option available in Masterborders. For more information on how to apply Autoframes to your site, see our User Guide,Chapter 6, Managing Masterborders and Autoframes.

How can I include meta tags on a framed page?
To include meta tags for framed pages, add the meta tags you are interested in to the Master HTML for your page. When Autoframes are applied to your masteborders the Master HTML applies information entered there to the frameset document, instead of the layout document of each page using that masterborder. For more information on using the Master HTML see our User Guide, Chapter 22, Working with HTML Directly.

How can I make images line up across two frames so that the images appear to touch?
NetObjects Fusion currently puts extra space in the dimensions for a frame created with the Autoframes feature. The reason this is done is because all browsers, to a certain degree, crop frames when they are displayed. Unfortunately, most of the time, there is too much padding in the dimensions that NetObjects Fusion uses and images which are meant to be aligned at the borders of frames show a gap between them. As yet, NetObjects Fusion does not have a tool control to adjust the padding which is added to frameset dimensions.

You may store any NetObjects Fusion site files on a server for archive or backup purposes. Assets which are being used by the site may also be accessed from a server.

How can I share my site with another user or another machine?
To transfer files between any two machines, files must be saved as a template, then opened as new sites or inserted into existing sites on the destination machine. Version 3.0 files cannot be read by NetObjects Fusion 2.0x. To implement round-trip transfer of templates between any two machines, templates must be created in the same version of NetObjects Fusion. For more information on templates see the NetObjects Fusion User Guide Chapter 3, Importing and Exporting.

Does NetObjects Fusion support RealAudio, RealVideo and other streaming technologies?
NetObjects Fusion supports all the various RealMedia formats. For general information on how to implement these using our Rich Media tool, see our User Guide, Chapter 15, Placing Media. For specific instructions, search on the keywords RealAudio in our online knowledgebase at:http://www.netobjects.com/support/

Does NetObjects Fusion support ActiveX Controls?
NetObjects Fusion supports placing ActiveX controls within your page. For information on how to set up an ActiveX control, see our User Guide, Chapter 16, Adding Java and ActiveX.

Can I customize the links in the navbar?
You can set Fusion navbars to display the First level of a web site, the level above the current page, the same level as the current page, or the level below the current page. You can also specify whether or not Fusion should include a link to the web site's Home page. To choose the level of your web site which a navbar displays, select the navbar, and click the Options button in the Properties palette. Select First, Parent, Current, or Child, according to the level of your web site for which the navbar should display links. The level shown is always relative to the page on which the navbar is located.

If you want to link to external sites, or mix and match links to pages which are on different levels of your web site, you need to add your own custom navigation aids to the desired pages. To maintain a consistent appearance in your web site, you could insert the same images used by your Fusion navbars, add text to them, and link them to the desired locations.

How can I split up the navbar or make it wrap to another line if it is too long?
Currently you cannot break a navbar into more than one section or cause it to wrap to another line. There are three possibilities: you can make adjustments to the navbar's text or images, so that the single bar will fit into the desired location; you can choose to create your own navigation elements either with linked images or linked text; or you can choose to get the Linkmaster component now available from Coolmaps which allows you to control these type of changes.

To change images, you either need to apply a new image to your currently assigned site style for the navbar buttons, or replace the images in the navbar directly using custom images. For more information on how to do these operations see our User Guide Chapter 12, Editing SiteStyles, and Chapter 13, Creating Navigation Bars and Banners.

To change the text information in a text navbar, you need to change the custom button name for the page. This is accessed by selecting the page for which you need to change the button name in Site view, then choosing the Custom Names button on the Page properties. Fill in the desired name in the Navigation Button field.

How can I change the words on my navbar or banner?
You can use the Custom Names feature to change the text appearing in banners and navbars. In the Site view, select the page for which you need to change the button or banner name, click the Custom Names button in the Properties palette, and enter the desired text into the appropriate text boxes.

For printing the pages, most browsers have the ability to print the currently displayed page. For any other view, you may use a screen capture of the view you wish to print.

What do I check if I print a page from a browser and nothing shows up?
Check to see if the page you are trying to print is a framed page. Browsers only can print one HTML page at a time. Since a framed page references multiple HTML files at once, you must print each individual element of a framed page separately. When the frameset page is selected, since it does not actually contain any content, no data is available for the printer to print.

What do I check if I print a page and it is not WYSIWYG to the browser display?
There are a number of things which could be happening. Here are a few of the most common problems:

1. The content is cut off on the right side of the page.

Browsers are configured to print to a certain page area. The printer can only print as much of the page which fits within this area. If the layout tables which define the page are larger than this area, the content which falls outside that area to the right is not printed. If you wish your page to be printed you might want to consider changing the total width of your page layout so that it can fit within this area.

2. The text overruns tables or does not wrap at the same places.

Printing fonts can be different sizes than display fonts on a computer screen. This is the same problem that you can get when viewing a particular page on a different machine, or if you change the display font in your browser. If the printed output is not acceptable, you can adjust the size or dimensions of your text boxes so that the change between the display and the printer is acceptable. NOTE: Embedding elements inside text boxes can help alleviate problems caused by changing font sizes in relation to images and other page elements.

3. Images are not printing properly.

What is the difference between Preview and Publish?
Preview generates HTML which references your assets where they exist on your computer. All links are created with absolute, local paths prefaced with the file:/// link prefix. In preview, because of his local pathing, components are disabled: the 4.0 browsers prohibit most Java applets from running under local conditions. Preview automatically creates a directory named Preview in the site's directory. The Preview directory contains all the HTML which is generated for the site, as well as a directory containing those images that NetObjects Fusion must generate, such as banners and navbar buttons.

Publish generates HTML which references your assets in the directory structure you specify in the Publish view. All assets are copied to these specified directories. The links to these assets are relative, which means that the directory containing all these assets and HTML files may be moved or copied to any location and all links will still function.

What do I check if I get an error when publishing?
For a local publish, check to make sure you have enough hard drive space, and that your operating system will allow you to write to the directory specified.

For a remote publish, check to make sure your computer is connected to your network and your Base Directory is configured properly. You should also make sure that you have permissions to create directories in the location specified in your Base Directory and copy files to that location. NetObjects Fusion also cannot publish remotely through a firewall or proxy server. If you are having trouble uploading with NetObjects Fusion, first publish locally and try uploading your site using another FTP client such as WS_FTP or CuteFTP. If this upload attempt also fails, contact your server administrator or service provider.

Can I configure my own publish directories?
Yes, NetObjects Fusion 3.0 allows you to completely customize how your non-component-related files get published. You can create new directories, move, rename and delete existing directories, as well as move and rename existing files using the Windows Explorer-like interface of NetObjects Fusion 3.0's Publish view. You can revert to one of three default Publish structures by selecting Setup in your Control bar in Publish view, and clicking on the Clear All Customizations button near the bottom of the Publish Setup dialog box.

In the 3.0 release version there is a bug regarding background images assigned in the SiteStyle: the background image does not show in the publish list and is always published at the root directory. Background images placed using the Picture option in the Layout background properties show up correctly and can be configured to any directory specified.

Can I publish just the pages I've changed?
NetObjects Fusion does not have the ability to publish only changed pages or only specified pages with all links intact. The Don't Publish option in the Site view allows you to specify a page or pages to be excluded from the published site; this eliminates all links to these pages as if they do not exist. NetObjects Fusion does have an option in the Publish dialog which allows you to choose to upload or copy at publish time only those assets which have changed since the last upload. All HTML files are always generated for each publish.

Why does the publish view list elements which aren't in my assets list?
There are several reasons why the assets list is different than the publish list. First, the publish list does not show assets which are not in use. Since only in use assets are published, those which are not in use do not show up in the publish view. Second, the assets list does not show any image which is used by a style. Since these images are managed in the style area they are not managed in the assets list. However, since they are published to your site, they do appear in the publish list. Additionally some component assets must be determined upon publish. After publishing your site, all component assets should be listed in both Assets and Publish view.

When are backups made?
NetObjects Fusion, by default, is configured to automatically backup your site file when the file is closed and saved. If you choose not to save the file when the site is closed, no backup is made at that time. Backups are made after the compaction routine has checked the file for errors.

How can I set my backup information?
You can set your backup information by selecting the Preferences option from the Edit menu. Backup settings are located on the Backup tab. You can configure the number of backups, backup naming convention, and backup directory location in this tab. In addition, you can choose to disable automatic backups and compaction from this dialog box. It is recommended that to ensure that your work is safely backed up, that both the compaction and automatic backup options be left ON at all times. Additionally, it is recommended that, if you have the disk space, you set the total number of backups kept to 5. This provides a larger number of files to choose from in case invalid data is written to a backup due to a crash.

How do I revert from a backup?
You revert from a backup by copying the backup site file up one level from the Backups directory to the directory with your site file. Then, double-click your backup file to start NetObjects Fusion. Because the backup file is named with a fairly long convention, it is often helpful to rename the file to something more manageable before launching NetObjects Fusion.

What other ways can I save or backup my site?
You can manually save/backup your site by switching to Site view and selecting Export Site. This will cause NetObjects Fusion to Export your site into a Template. A Template directory is a modular form of your site. It includes a copy of all your File Assets, as well as a .nft file. The .nft file is a .nod file linked to file assets within the template directory. To restore from a Template, simply create a new site based on that Template. The new site will access all file assets from the Template directory. For more information on working with templates, see our User Guide, Chapter 3, Importing and Exporting.

If you prefer to save an exact copy of your site file, you can select Save Site As... from the File menu in Site view. Unlike Exporting a Template, the site created by a Save Site As... is an exact duplicate of the site file, linking to file assets exactly as does the original .nod file. To restore from a duplicated site file, simply copy/move it back into the directory with your original site file and double-click on it to start NetObjects Fusion. (This restore method is exactly like the method to restore from a backup.) For more information on Save As, see our User Guide Chapter 2, page 2-21.

What do I check if my style isn't showing up in page view?
First check to make sure that you have the correct style assigned in your Style view. Also check to make sure that your style is listed in the Style gallery in Style view. If not, you will need to add your style into the list. Select Add Style from the Style menu while in Style view. Select the *.ssf file of the style which you wish to add and click Open. The style is added to your list. You might encounter this sort of situation if you imported your site into a new site, or if you opened a template on another machine.

What do I do if one of my styles is missing from my list?
NetObjects Fusion saves the list of styles with the particular file you add it to. When you open another site, or create a new site, you only see those styles which were saved with that site. However, once a style is created the style is created in the Styles folder in your NetObjects Fusion directory. All you need to do is add the style to the list which doesn't include it. Select Add Style from the Style menu while in Style view. Select the *.ssf file of the style which you wish to add and click Open. The style is added to your list.

What templates are available from NetObjects?
Three complete web site templates are included with NetObjects Fusion. NetObjects Fusion also ships with nine page and section templates which enable you to quickly create specialized forms, employee directories, or add a guestbook to your web site. All templates included with NetObjects Fusion are located in the NetObjects Fusion 3.0\Templates folder.

Additionally, templates all version 3.0 templates are available in the Download area of our Website under Extras. URL

How can I hide the tools and palettes?
Using the View menu, select either Toolbars or Palettes sub menu. If a check appears next to the toolbar or palette name, that indicates that the toolbar or palette is currently being shown on the Fusion desktop. To hide a toolbar or palette that is currently being shown, select it from the sub menu again. This removes the check mark from next to the name and hide the palette.

You can also click the "x" that appears in the upper right hand corner of the window. This closes the palette or toolbar.

To shrink the properties palette to display just its title bar, click the minimize button; click the button again to restore the full display.

What is the Object Tree?
The Object Tree allows you to locate and rename objects on a page. This is especially helpful when you are working with layered or hidden objects. If you add several of the same type of objects, NetObjects Fusion numbers each object in the order in which the objects are placed.

Can I make the palettes smaller?
The Properties palette is resized through the use of the Small Fonts option in preferences. This option is checked by default in a new NetObjects Fusion site. The Properties palette cannot be made any smaller than when using Small Fonts, but can be minimized or hidden.

The Object Tree and Tools palettes can be resized. To resize these palettes, move your cursor to one of the sides or corners of the dialog box. When your cursor becomes a double-arrow line, click and hold the mouse key down while you resize the palette.

How can I anti-alias my text in an image?
NetObjects Fusion 3.0 antialiases fonts in Navigation bars, Banners and other autogenerated images by relying on system resources. The two technologies that our customers use are Microsoft Font Smoother and Adobe Type Manager (ATM). Font Smoother antialiases True Type fonts on NT 4.0 only. ATM antialiases Postscript (Type 1) fonts under both Win 95 and NT. If you are running under Win 95 and need to have True Type fonts antialiased, you must manually antialias the fonts in an external paint program, then use the custom images option for your navbars or banners to include those custom images. For more information on how to apply custom images, see our User Guide, Chapter 13, Creating Navigation Bars and Banners.

Does NetObjects Fusion support animated GIFs, progressive JPEGs, and other special GIF and JPEG formats?
NetObjects Fusion 3.0 supports animated GIFs, progressive JPEGs and other GIF and JPEG formats such as custom palettes, transparency and interlacing. For non-GIF or -JPEG formatted images, NetObjects Fusion converts these to either the GIF or JPEG format. However, NetObjects Fusion uses a fixed 216-color palette for GIFs and a fixed-quality compression for JPEG. If you wish to control the palette or compression of your images, you should convert them to the GIF or JPEG format prior to importing them into NetObjects Fusion.

How can I bring my 2.0x sites into NetObjects Fusion 3.0?
To upgrade NetObjects Fusion 2.0x files to NetObjects Fusion 3.0 for Windows:

Place the folder containing the Fusion 2.0x web site's style (located in the Fusion 2.0x\Styles folder) into the Fusion 3.0\Styles folder.

What are some known issues migrating 2.0x site files into 3.0?
There are four issues which have come to our attention as things to watch for when you are bringing 2.0x site files forward into version 3.0: