Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 1 Office Automation & Intranets BUSS 909 Tutorial 3 NetObjects Team Fusion Overview

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 2 Agenda Connecting to NetObjects logging onto in BUSS909- subject login (Labs 1 and 2 only) gaining access to your NetObjects Team Fusion website(s): aa NetObjects Team Fusion- Overview distinctive features of this application the basic workflow and major subsystems

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 3 Connecting to NetObjects

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 4 Connecting to NetObjects (1) perform a subject login- you will see the Novell Applications Launcher left hand side of the screen shows an application tree, where each branch contains a set of related applications or tools right hand side of the screen shows the actual applications available from the currently selection

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 5 Connecting to NetObjects (2) select the BUSS909 branch by double clicking the branch this shows the applications currently available to you: the left-hand icon is NetObjects Version 3 (Client) the right-hand icon is NetObjects Team Fusion Setup double click the left hand icon to load NetObjects Client to your machine

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 6 Connecting to NetObjects (3) so far you have: successfully logged into the Microcomputer Laboratories (BUSS909) loaded a copy of NetObjects client to your workstation but in order to use NetObjects TeamFusion you must now connect to the NetObjects Authoring Server located on a different LAN Microcomputer Laboratories MicroLab 2

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 7 Connecting to NetObjects (4) Client-server system Request Reply Department of Information Systems Zathros Microcomputer Laboratories MicroLab 2 NetObjects Team Fusion is a client-server system the server resides in the Dept. Info. Sys and is called zathros after a mad alien wizard in the science fiction TV series Babylon 5 we need to be able to log into this server in order to build web sites for BUSS909...

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 8 Connecting to NetObjects (5) System Components comprises three systems: the Authoring Server is the central repository for websites created by users the Authoring Server Administrator enables users and privileges to be specified by a system administrator the Content Contributor is a Java application that enables content to be sent from a browser directly to the authoring server for ‘live’ display Authoring Server Authoring Server Administrator Content Contributor

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 9 Connecting to NetObjects (6) Selecting the Site Type NetObjects Client attempts to determine the source of a web new sites can be created from a Blank Site or from an AutoSite where all the formatting and layout (but no content) is already available for use in BUSS909 the site is already created and you are prevented from creating new sites Open an existing Site (default) is the only available option- click OK!

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 10 Connecting to NetObjects (7) Selecting the Server If ‘zathros’ is listed in the Server drop down list - either by itself or with others - then ensure that it is selected…. Click here to continuecontinue Alternatively, if ‘zathros’ ISN’T listed in the server drop down list then use the following procedure for defining a server...

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 11 Defining a New Server... If the required server ISN’T listed in the Server drop down list then: the NetObjects Client has to be told the location of the required authoring server click Other to identify the server you are presented with a Server List Window which shows the full list of known servers click New to define a New Server

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 12 … Defining a New Server zathros zathros.uow.edu.au highlight whatever text may be present in the Server Name edit box enter the name of the new server in the Server Name edit box- eg. zathros highlight whatever text may be present in the Host edit box enter the address identifying this machine in the Host edit box- eg. zthros.uow.edu.au click OK

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 13 Connecting to NetObjects (8) Entering your User Name and Password Having selected the server, all users must identify themselves: enter your User Name for zathros- which is your student identification number, and enter your Password- which is also your student identification number click Connect

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 14 Connecting to NetObjects (9) Selecting a Site having successfully logged into the authoring server, a user is presented with a list of available sites use the scroll bars to move up and down the list of available sites nominate the desired site by highlighting it then click OK

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 15 Connecting to NetObjects (10) NetObjects is available for use

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 16 NetObjects Team Fusion Major Subsystems & Workflow

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Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 20 NetObjects Website Views Style View: allows developers to specify the look (aka ‘skins’) and feel of a website Assets View: allows developers to manage media links and other assets that comprise the basis of the website Publish View: converts the NetObjects internal format for websites (.nob) to HTML and file resources that can be served on the web NetObjects provides five different views of a website Site View: allows developers to see and modify the web site as a set of pages Page View: allows developers to see and modify the navigation and content details of a single web page

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 21 NetObjects Site View (1) View: orientation and background colour of the site display SIte: provides global information and status of the site (site name, Number of pages, Author and Creation Date) Page: provides information about currently selected page (blue outline), name and the ability to provide a custom Name, Type, display Color, Status, Publish or Don’t Publish flag, and an area to provide page Comments this view allows developers to see and modify the web site as a set of pages it is the default view when first loading a site all relevant site view functions are available from the context sensitive Properties window- its functions are grouped into three ‘tabs’...

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Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 25 NetObjects Site View - Workgroup Palette

Clarke, R. J (2001) t909-03: 26 NetObjects Site View Properties Palette