Any DoView file can quickly be made into a web page model for putting up on an intranet or the internet. Such web page models contain all of the pages from the model from which they were created, their clickable page-jumps, and a list of pages for navigation (called the Contents list in the web page model). Web page models do not contain information from the details-table, nor do they let those browsing them on an intranet or the internet click on each step to see which steps it is linked to (by revealing the DoView link icons). However, if you select a particular step within a DoView file (making its DoView link icons appear in any step it is linked to) and then immediately create a web page model, the web page model will show all of the DoView link icons for the selected step. If there are any thumbnail pictures included in steps (See Section on Steps) when you click on the thumbnail in the web page version, a large copy of the picture will appear if it is in the DoView file.

 

When you create the web page version of a DoView model, you have the option of including the following: a Title for the web page model; a logo of your own choosing; a hyperlink beneath the logo; a copy of the original DoView file you are creating the web page model from; and a PDF of the original DoView file you are creating the web page model from.

 

Tip: The web page model you create will include all of the pages (pages) within the DoView file you are creating it from. Therefore if you do not want some of the pages to appear in your web page model, save a special copy of your DoView file just for creating the web page model and delete from it all of the pages you do NOT want to appear in your web page model before you create the web page model.

 

To see what a web page version of you model will look like see the Section on: Web page models (using).

 

Create web page model

To create a web page model select File > Create Web Page Model from the main menu at the top of the screen.

 

The following dialog box will open and you can then put in the Title of the web page model which will appear along the top of the web page version of your model.

 

 

 

Including a logo in the web page model

You can include any logo of your choice in a web page model (just locate the file with the logo in it from your computer). It will appear in the top right-hand corner of the web page version of the model  you create. First you need to choose the logo you want by clicking on Choose Logo. This opens the dialog box below:

 

 

Clicking on Browse for Logo opens the dialog box shown below from which you can select the file containing the logo image you want to include in the web page version of your model.

 

 

The selected logo file will be loaded into the DoView file and remain in the file from then on (you can load a new logo at any stage). The dialog box below will open and you have the option of putting in a web address for the logo. This web address is where someone browsing the web page model will go if they click on the logo which will appear in the top right-hand corner of the web page version of the model.

 

 

 

When you click OK you will be returned to the dialog box shown below:

 

 

Including a copy of the original DoView file

If you want to, at this stage you can check the box next to Include a copy of this model's DoView file? This means that in the final web page version of the model, the option shown below will appear on the Options bar at the bottom of the web page version of the model. Someone browsing the web page version of the model will be able to click on this and immediately download a copy of the original DoView file from which you are about to create the web page version of the model.

 

Caution: Before checking this option, you need to make sure that you are happy for anyone to be able to download, use and edit a copy of the original file from which you are creating the web page version of the model. Also you need to realize that this will give anyone access to whatever you have written in the details-table in the original DoView file. While the contents of the details-table do not appear in the actual web page version of the model, if you give those browsing the web page version of the model the option of downloading a copy of the original DoView file they will be able to see the contents of the details-table when they open up the DoView file.

 

 

Including a PDF of the original DoView file

If you want, at this stage you can check the box next to Include a PDF file of this model? This means that in the final web page version of the model, the option shown below will appear on the Options bar at the bottom of the web page version of the model. Someone browsing the web page version of the model will be able to click on this and download a PDF of the DoView model. This PDF will include the pages in the web page model. The option to include the PDF in the web page version of the model is so that someone browsing the web page version can download the PDF if they want to print out all of the pages in the model.

 

 

The options available for the PDF are the same as when using the Print as PDF command. When the option to include the PDF file of the model is checked, the normal PDF options will appear at the bottom of the dialog box as shown below:

 

 

 

Creating and saving a web page model

Once you have finished checking the options you want as outlined above, you click Save as... A normal file dialog box will open up for you to select the sub-directory on your local computer where you want to save all of the files which will make up the web page model (these are the full set of HTML and other files needed for the web page model).

 

Tip: The file name for the web page model should be as short as possible, all in lowercase and without any spaces. This is so that it will be easy for people to type it into a browser when they want to go to it on an intranet or the internet.

 

 

The full set of HTML and other files will appear in the subdirectory you have selected. They consist of a single HTML file with the name you have given it (e.g. webpagemodel in this case) and two subdirectories. The first sub-directory (e.g. webpagemodel-attachments) contains the original DoView file and a PDF file of the web page model if these options were selected when the model was created as outlined above. The second sub-directory (e.g. webpagemodel-pages) contains all of the pages which are included in the web page model. An example of the file and two sub-directories which are created are shown below:

 

 

Publishing a web page model to an intranet or the internet

All that is now needed to publish the web page model onto an intranet or the internet is to transfer the above file and two sub-directories which have just been created to the appropriate sub-directories on the relevant intranet or the internet. You can ask the the Webmaster of the intranet or internet site where you want to put the web page model to do this for you. Usually the Webmaster will want you to zip the sub-directory where you have just saved the files which make up the web page model and email it to the Webmaster so they can unzip it and place it onto the relevant sub-directory on the intranet or at an internet site. Alternatively, if you have access to an intranet or internet sit via FTP, you can just directly copy the file and two sub-directories you have just created which contain the web page model onto the appropriate sub-directory on the intranet or the internet. Using FTP like this can be done directly from within File Explorer on Windows or by using any FTP software (like Cute FTP). You should just ask your Webmaster to set you up in this way to do this very simple operation to publish your web page model. Publishing your web page model in this way should be no more complicated that copying files between subdirectories on your own local computer.

 

For more information on what the final web page version of the model will look like and how to use it, see Web page models (using).