Getting Started
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WYSIWYG Web Builder is a Web site building tool that helps you design and build full-featured Web sites without the need to learn HTML.
When you preview or publish a page, Web Builder automatically generates the HTML code your browser needs to display pages.
How is WYSIWYG Web Builder different from a regular HTML editor?
The idea behind this application is to hide HTML from the user. Web Builder is not an HTML editor, but an HTML generator. You don't even have to know there is HTML involved. Just drag & drop images, text and other objects on your page and your page is ready to be published!
WYSIWYG Web Builder does not edit the HTML directly, but it uses its own file format (.wbs) to store the information of the website. You can even store your complete website into one single file!
By not using HTML internally, Web Builder can do much more than just generate standard HTML objects: it supports shapes, drawings, navigation bars, rss feeds, blogs, photo galleries, ready to use javascripts and much more advanced objects.
Tip:
To export your pages to HTML you must use the built-in publish tool.
If you like you can insert existing HTML to your page using the HTML tools (Page HTML and the HTML object. You can also insert custom attributes or other code to almost any object.
FrontPage, Dreamweaver etc use a document (word processor) method for layout, where you can not pick up objects and drag it where you want it to go on the web page. In WYSIWYG Web Builder you can drag and drop the objects anywhere you want. Giving you full control over the layout. You can even put objects on top (or below) other objects!
Traditional HTML editors use Dynamic Page Layout, which means that the first object on the page will also determine the position of the second object. Resizing or moving the first object will affect the complete layout of the page. You can't overlap objects when using Dynamic Page Layout.
WYSIWYG Web Builder generates Fixed Page Layout. All objects have a fixed position which is not affected by other objects. This also allows you to overlap objects and give you much more control over the layout of the page.
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For step by step instructions to the basic features of WYSIWYG Web Builder please visit the online tutorials: http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/getting_started.html
Here are a few simple steps to get you started:
Start WYSIWYG Web Builder
When WYSIWYG Web Builder is started, an empty page is displayed.
On the left side you see all the available tools which you can use to build your web site. This part is called the Toolbox.
On the right side there is the so called Site Manager, which can be used to Add, Remove or Edit pages. By default one page is already added; this is the index page usually the first page (also called Home page) of a web site.
The center of the screen is the workspace, where you can drag and drop objects from the toolbox.
Tip:
Every time you insert a new page to your website it will be added to the Site Manager. To edit previously created pages you can double click the page name to open it in the editor.
Set Page Properties
The first thing you probably want to do is set some general page options. Select View->Page Properties from the menu to show the Page Properties window. Here you can specify things like page title, background image/color, text colors and the page dimensions. Click OK to make the changes active.
Adding text to the page
Select Insert->Text from the menu and draw a box to indicate the position of the text. Then double click the box to start editing the text. Type some text and (press Enter to go to the next line).
The box automatically changes its size to fit the text. Next you can change the text attributes by highlighting the text you want to modify with the mouse and then choose the new attributes from the Format Toolbar (see Format Tools for more details). Click anywhere in the page to stop editing.
Although WYSIWYG Web Builder will display all fonts installed on your computer by default we recommend that you only use web safe fonts, so your web pages will look the same on all computers.
Read more about web safe fonts.
Adding an image to the page
Select Insert->Image from the menu and draw a box to indicate the position of the image.
The size of the box doesn’t matter; Web Builder automatically adjusts the box to fit the image after you place it.
The Image File Open dialog appears so you can locate the image you want to place in the image box.
Select the image you want to add and click Open to add it to the page. To resize the image drag the borders of the image object.
Tip:
You can also copy/paste images directly from another application (PhotoShop, PaintShopPro, IE, FireFox etc)!
Adding other objects to the page
There are lots of other objects you can place on the page. Check out Insert Menu for a description of the other objects.
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Another way to add objects to your page is by simply dragging them out of the toolbox onto the workspace.
Selecting multiple objects
Method A
1) Select an item
2) Hold download the SHIFT key on your keyboard
3) Select another item
Now you have selected multiple items. Repeat these steps if you want to select more items.
Method B
Drag a rectangle around the items you want to select. When you release the mouse button, the items within the rectangle will be selected.
Note:
Sometimes the group of items you wish to select is on top of another item (like a shape or layer). In this case if you don't want to select the underlying object, hold down the CTRL key before you click and start dragging.
Creating (hyper)links
Hyperlinks are text or images that can be clicked to bring the user to another web file such as a web page or image. They are the essence of the World Wide Web as they link pages within sites and web sites to other web sites. To create a hyperlink in Web Builder, read this section about links.
Saving your web site
To save your web site (including all pages it contains) Select File->Save Web Site for the menu and enter a name for the project.
Web Builder uses the extension .wbs (Web Builder Site) to save the project files, to save your page as HTML you must Publish your pages.
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When you save your project then it will also create a sub folder with the same name as the project. This folder will contain all assets (images, movies. scripts etc) used by the project. So if you move or copy your project to another computer then you must also include this folder.
Preview a page in your browser
Select File->Preview (F5) to preview the current page in your browser.
Depending on the preview scope (Tools->Options->Misc), you can either preview a single page or the entire web site.
It's also possible to change the browser that is used for previewing. Go to File->Preview in Browser->Edit Browser List to add/edit the list of browsers that can be used to preview the pages you are working on.
Tip:
Holding down the SHIFT key while previewing will 'invert' the current preview scope.
Publishing a page
The final phase of creating a web site is publishing your pages, so that other people can view it on the Internet.
Select File->Publish to publish your page(s) to a local folder or a remote FTP server.
For more details check out: Publish.
What's Next?
This help file has a description of most of Web Builder's features.
Select one of the items for more information:
File Menu
Edit Menu
View Menu
Page Menu
Insert Menu
Format Menu
Table Menu
Layout Menu
Tools Menu
Advanced features:
Forms
Tables
Or go directly to the description of one of the available objects: Toolbox.
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For Frequently Asked Questions or other support please visit: http://www.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/support.html.
Getting Started
Top Previous Next
WYSIWYG Web Builder is a Web site building tool that helps you design and build full-featured Web sites without the need to learn HTML.
When you preview or publish a page, Web Builder automatically generates the HTML code your browser needs to display pages.
How is WYSIWYG Web Builder different from a regular HTML editor?
The idea behind this application is to hide HTML from the user. Web Builder is not an HTML editor, but an HTML generator. You don't even have to know there is HTML involved. Just drag & drop images, text and other objects on your page and your page is ready to be published!
WYSIWYG Web Builder does not edit the HTML directly, but it uses its own file format (.wbs) to store the information of the website. You can even store your complete website into one single file!
By not using HTML internally, Web Builder can do much more than just generate standard HTML objects: it supports shapes, drawings, navigation bars, rss feeds, blogs, photo galleries, ready to use javascripts and much more advanced objects.
Tip:
To export your pages to HTML you must use the built-in publish tool.
If you like you can insert existing HTML to your page using the HTML tools (Page HTML and the HTML object. You can also insert custom attributes or other code to almost any object.
FrontPage, Dreamweaver etc use a document (word processor) method for layout, where you can not pick up objects and drag it where you want it to go on the web page. In WYSIWYG Web Builder you can drag and drop the objects anywhere you want. Giving you full control over the layout. You can even put objects on top (or below) other objects!
Traditional HTML editors use Dynamic Page Layout, which means that the first object on the page will also determine the position of the second object. Resizing or moving the first object will affect the complete layout of the page. You can't overlap objects when using Dynamic Page Layout.
WYSIWYG Web Builder generates Fixed Pa