Web Page and Site Maintenance Tools
Netscape Composer
Pros:
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Integration with Netscape browser and mailer
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Generates HTML 3.2
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WYSIWYG table editing; allows nested tables.
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Allows creation of image maps
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Allows insertion of special characters
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Integration with Navgator: Click on "edit document" on any Web page to
edit it.
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Super, subscripts possible
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Can use http (not just ftp) to upload page to Web server
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Can spawn editor (e.g., Notepad) to edit HTML directly
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Can set properties for various elements (character, paragraph, document,
...)
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Can add document keywords, classification to aid indexing by search engines
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Spell check
Cons:
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If you open an existing document with HTML that is not understood (e.g.,
with frames), that HTML is deleted from your document!
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No form support
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No global replacement feature
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"Publish" feature only allows ftp'ing one doc (with images) to/from Web
site. Cannot automatically tell which files were locally modified an must
be uploaded.
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Undo button often returns you to the top of the page.
Last modified on 20 June 1997 by abrams@vt.edu.
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