Configuration is controlled through the Options Panel, reached by selecting the Tools>Option menu item. The Options panel is divided into several tabs. Each of these tabs is described in turn.
The Options panel with the Generator tab selected.
This information identifies where to find the files for your website.
Synthesis assumes that you have a copy of your web site on your local disk. This copy is modified, and the changes are uploaded to your web server when you're finished. The Site Directory identifies the root directory of your site's files. (Another way of saying this is that the Site Directory is where your home page is located.)
The root directory for the Template files to use. This should be configured automatically, unless you want to change it to something else.
The root directory for the Library's files. It is important that all of the files in the Library are stored under this directory, otherwise Synthesis may not be able to maintain links with those files correctly.
When Synthesis is unable to resolve a link (typically because the target page has not been published yet) it will replace the link with one to your specified construction page. The construction link will be replaced as soon as the missing content is published.
The Options panel with the Upload tab selected.
This information will be provided by your web host. Here is what you'll need:
The name of the FTP server you're connecting to. A typical value would be: ftp.your-domain.com.
The user name to log into on the FTP server.
If you need to load your site files somewhere other than where you log on to the server, that directory path goes here.
Your password. This won't be shown on the screen other than as ***. You'll need to type this in the first time you do an upload during a session. The value will not be stored between sessions for security reasons.
The Options panel with the Applications tab selected.
This information is used to launch the support applications from Synthesis.
The command line for the Internet Browser you wish to use when web pages are displayed. For Windows platforms this would look something like:
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -nohome
The command line for the HTML Editor you wish to use when you need to edit your web pages by hand. We're big emacs fans here, so ours is set to:
C:\Program Files\Gnu\emacs-21.2\bin\runemacs.exe
The command line for the HTML Editor you wish to use when you need to edit a text file. We use the same editor as for the HTML Editor (above). If you wanted to use Notepad, your setting would be:
notepad
The command line for the Graphics Editor you wish to use when modifying image files. For Adobe Photoshop on Windows platforms this would look something like:
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 6.0\Photoshp.exe"
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Detect the HTML Browser to use. On Windows platforms this tries to obtain this information from the Registry, and may not succeed. |
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Detect the HTML Editor to use. On Windows platforms this tries to obtain this information from the Registry, and may not succeed. |
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Detect the Text Editor to use. On Windows platforms this tries to obtain this information from the Registry, and may not succeed. |
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Detect the Graphics Editor to use. On Windows platforms this tries to obtain this information from the Registry, and may not succeed. |