A web page model of a DoView file is created with the command File > Create Web Page Model. More information here.

 

A web page model contains all of the pages from the model from which it was created, their clickable page-jumps, and the list of pages for navigation. Web page models do not contain information from the details-table, nor do they let those browsing a model on an intranet or the internet to click on each step to see which steps they are linked to (by showing the DoView link icons) as can be done within DoView itself.

 

However, if you select a particular step within a DoView file (making its DoView link icons appear) and then immediately create a web page model, the web page model will have visible all of the DoView link icons in the steps which are linked to the selected step. For more information on DoView links see the Section on Links.

 

When the web page version of a model is created, the user has the option of including the following: a title for the web page model; a logo of their own choosing; a copy of the original DoView file they are creating the web page model from; and a PDF of the original DoView file they are creating the web page model from. If included, a unique feature of DoView is that the original DoView file and the PDF can be downloaded from the web page version of the model.

 

Overall look of a web page model

A web page model looks like the one below. Once it is put up on an intranet or the internet, it can be viewed in any internet browser. If the right-hand side of the web page model is hidden by the Contents list - it can be turned off by clicking Hide Contents. If the bottom of the web page model is hidden by the Options bar - it can be turned off by clicking Hide Options.

 

 

General navigation within a web page model

Someone browsing a web page model on an intranet or the internet can navigate around the webpage model as shown in the screenshot below.

 

 

 

 

 

'Page-jumps' within a web page model and external hyperlinks out to external web addresses

There are two types of hyperlinks which can appear on a DoView page. The first is an external hyperlink out to any web address on the internet. The second is a 'page-jump' which takes the viewer to another page within the same web page model. The icons  for these are shown in the screenshot below.

 

 

Downloading DoView and PDF files from a web page model

A unique aspect of DoView web page models is that the original DoView file which created the web page model can be downloaded from the Options bar at the bottom of the screen when viewing the web page model. In addition, a PDF of the web page model can be downloaded for those who want to print out all of the pages in the web page model. The user who created the web page model has the option of including these two options in the web page model or not including them. For more on creating a web page model see Section: Web page models (creating). The web page model download options are shown in the screenshot below.