OutBox: An Intranet Publishing Tool

OutBox offers Web-based collaboration by integrating Web publishing and serving into the Desktop environment.

When your system is running OutBox, a personalized OutBox page is automatically generated. Use an HTML editor such as CosmoCreate to customize this page. The OutBox page serves as a framework for organizing and presenting information that you want to share with other people on your intranet.

Accessing Your OutBox Page

When you first logged into your system, a personal OutBox page was created for you. You can view your OutBox page with your Netscape browser by selecting Internet > Browse OutBox Page from the Toolchest.

Features
OutBox automatically generates a web page for each user on the system. You can edit these pages as you would any other web pages. OutBox also lets you share files (media files or documents) within a multiplatform organization.

Exploring OutBox

You can quickly modify the look of your OutBox page and publish files if you are viewing your Outbox page from your system and logged in as yourself.

The panel of buttons located in the top left corner of your Outbox page give you easy access to editing and publishing features.


The Edit button allows you to change the color scheme, text and formatting of any page using your favorite HTML editor. The default editor is WebMagic. After editing the page, hit 'Reload' to view the results.


The Publish button allows you to publish files or directories on any OutBox page. After publishing a file, hit 'Reload' to view the results. All files published with OutBox can be viewed or downloaded by anyone connected to your network.


The File button allows you to create new folders, as well as delete and rename folders or files. After modifying a file or folder, hit 'Reload' to view the results.


The Snap button makes it easy to add your picture or any other image to your Outbox page. This button launches Media Recorder which can record a snapshot provided you have a camera attached to the system.


The Machine button allows you to view the system web page, including a list of users with OutBox pages on the machine.


The Help button brings up a detailed Outbox help page.