PUB98: What Are Web Site Properties?

Keywords: When saving as HTML, publisher creates the following HTML code when text has been included in the keyword field (assuming you typed find me and look as the keywords):

      <meta name="keywords" content="find me, look"
					

NOTE: Make sure you use commas in-between the different words and phrases.

Description: Similar to the keyword field, however the standard protocol for description field is to describe your page in one sentence. Typically, the description text is displayed by a search engine after finding your site.

      <meta name="description" content="My site is about Win32 programming"
					

HTML 2.0+ Browsers: When you select this option, Publisher builds your Web site using HTML tables and is compatible with browsers that support HTML specification 2.0 and higher (for example Internet Explorer 3.0).

HTML 4.0+ Browsers: When you select this option, Publisher builds your site using Cascading Style Sheets. Browsers like Internet Explorer 4.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.0 can interpret Cascading Style Sheets.

Language: If you type the text of your Web page using a different language (especially if it uses a different character set, such as Cyrillic or Greek), choose the appropriate character set here so that browsers display the page properly. Here is what the HTML output, for the language field, would look like:

The number in the charset section is what the language field directly manipulates.

Filename: Type the name (without the extension) you want Publisher to give the first page of your site. "Index" and "Default" are both common names for a home page.

File Extension: Choose an extension you want to use on every page of HTML output. Most of the time it is not necessary to change the default behavior; however, there are cases when you need to change the behavior. Here are some examples:

Title: Type the text you want to appear in the window title or your browser. If you have multiple pages in your site, this setting is applied to the active page in Publisher. Publisher adds HTML code similar to this to your page:

      <title>Page Title</title>
					

Background Sound: If you want a background sound or MIDI sequence to play when you open this page in a Web Browser, choose the sound here. If you have multiple pages in your site, this setting is applied to the active page in Publisher. When selecting this option, Publisher adds HTML code similar to this to your page:

      <bgsound src="my_sound.mid" loop=1>
					

Add Hyperlink to Web Navigation Bar: When you select this option, Publisher builds a navigation bar to your Web site.