Creating a new site in GoLive CS2 (MM1, MM2)
Article Applies To:
MenuMachine 1 & 2
GoLive CS2 only
Mac, Windows
Article ID: 000132
Category: General Issues
Issue
To use MenuMachine with GoLive CS2, you should first create a GoLive Site.
Solution
1. Launch GoLive CS2.
2. If you see the GoLive Welcome Screen, choose Close.
then…
Go to File > New…
Note: The GoLive Welcome Screen should be disabled when you have MenuMachine installed. See Article 000127.
3. The New dialog will open. Here you can create new sites or pages.
Site Creation Wizard Screen 1:
Click on Site in the left column and Create Site in the middle column.
Choose Blank Site and Next >.
Note: If you already have a folder of web pages and images that you have been working with, you can create a GoLive site based on these pages. To do this you would choose Site from Existing Content instead of Blank Site. See Article 000133 to create a new site from existing content.
Site Creation Wizard Screen 2:
Enter a Name for your site.
Browse to locate the folder where you would like to save the site. A folder will be automatically created for this site inside the folder you have chosen. The new folder will have the same name you entered in the Name field.
Click Next >.
Site Creation Wizard Screen 3:
Choose Don't Use Version Control (unless you are using a Version Cue site).
Click Next >.
Site Creation Wizard Screen 4:
If you know the web server settings you are using for this site, you can enter them now or choose Specify Server Later to enter those details later.
4. When you choose Finish, GoLive will open the site and you can see the automatically-created home page (index.html).
Site Window:
You can open the index.html page and start working with MenuMachine.
Note that in a new site, you can only see the index.html file and a css folder containing a file called basic.css. GoLive has actually created more files and folders in the site which you cannot see in the site window.
Files created by GoLive:
If you look at the folders created on your hard drive, you can see the Web Site folder created around the web-content folder. The web-content folder contains the index.html file (home page) and is where you should store all the files that need to be uploaded to your web server. When you look in the left pane of the site window, you are looking at the contents of the web-content folder.
Next to the Web Site folder are two folders called web-data and web-settings. There is also a file called Web Site.site and a backup of the .site file.
Do not change this hierarchy. If you delete, rename or move these folders or the .site file, the site will not open.
Do not change the folder structure or move files around inside your web-content folder UNLESS you are doing so in GoLive with the site window open.
Opening a .site file in GoLive opens the site window. If you want to edit your pages, first launch GoLive and allow MenuMachine to finish initializing. Then use File > Open to locate the .site file for the site you wish to edit.
The .site file is a kind of database which keeps track of changes within the site and can only be updated when the changes (adding/deleting/editing files) are made inside the GoLive site window. Changes made outside the site window may cause links to break and other serious problems.
Successful use of MenuMachine requires that the site window be open in GoLive and up-to-date. If you do need to make any changes outside of GoLive, such as adding files to the web-content folder, make sure when you next look at the site in GoLive, click in the left pane of the site window and use the Refresh View button in the GoLive toolbar to update the site window.
You can use MenuMachine 1 without the site window open but the menus on those pages will not work when uploaded. See Article 000020 if you have used MenuMachine 1 without the site window open and you can't see your menus once the page is uploaded. MenuMachine 2 can not be used unless a site window is open.
Last updated: September 25, 2006
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