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Zeta Producer 9
Version 1.1
2009-06-12
Zeta Producer.
Powerful & easy Website Creation for Everyone.
zeta software GmbH
Manfred-Wörner-Straße 115
D-73037 Göppingen
Germany
Web: www.zeta-software.de
Email: info@zeta-software.de
© 1999-2009 zeta software GmbH
Phone: +49 (7161) 98897-0
Fax: +49 (7161) 98897-29
2 WELCOME ................................................................................................ 10
2.1 Welcome to Zeta Producer! .......................................................................................10
2.2 Why using a Content Management System? .............................................................10
2.3 Creation of a Website ................................................................................................12
2.4 Differences among the Versions ................................................................................13
2.5 Info about the Zeta Producer Version ........................................................................14
2.6 Terms of License .......................................................................................................14
2.6.1 Professional and Enterprise Version ............................................................................. 14
2.6.2 Freeware and Desktop Version ..................................................................................... 14
2.7 Copyright ...................................................................................................................15
3 INSTALLATION ........................................................................................ 16
3.1 System Requirements................................................................................................16
3.2 Installation .................................................................................................................16
3.2.1 File Installation ............................................................................................................... 16
3.2.2 Client Setup / Installation of the additional Components ............................................... 17
3.3 Uninstall .....................................................................................................................17
4 LICENSING ............................................................................................... 18
4.1 Licensing the Professional/Enterprise Version ...........................................................18
4.2 Licensing the Freeware Version .................................................................................19
4.3 Licensing the Desktop Version...................................................................................19
4.3.1 Licensing of the Main Application .................................................................................. 19
12 TEASER .................................................................................................... 55
12.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................55
12.2 Using Teasers ...........................................................................................................56
12.3 Deleting a Teaser ......................................................................................................56
16 DATABASES ............................................................................................ 66
16.1 Inserting a new Database ..........................................................................................66
16.2 Database Styles.........................................................................................................67
16.3 Field Types in Databases ..........................................................................................67
16.4 Sorting the Records of a Database ............................................................................68
18 ATTRIBUTES ............................................................................................ 73
18.1 Creating Attributes .....................................................................................................73
18.2 Inserting Attributes .....................................................................................................74
18.3 Copying Attributes .....................................................................................................74
21 WORKFLOW ............................................................................................. 84
22 HYPERLINK MANAGEMENT................................................................... 87
22.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................87
22.2 Validating Hyperlinks .................................................................................................87
22.3 Error Page for invalid Hyperlinks................................................................................88
22.4 Defining an Error Page ..............................................................................................88
The Desktop Website Content Management System Zeta Producer is available in the versions Free-
ware, Desktop, Professional and Enterprise. Depending on the version you are working with some
functions are not available.
This manual in PDF format gives you an introduction to Zeta Producer and shows you the most impor-
tant functions of all versions. Behavior that depends on a special version is being marked with a note.
General notes for Zeta Producer are shown in gray.
Please note:
Note text
The specific functions of the Freeware/Desktop version are shown in the chapter “Freeware/Desktop
version”, starting on page 22.
2 WELCOME
Reduce Costs
The fewer the errors, the less time is spent correcting them. The costs of maintaining your
website are reduced, since you don’t depend on External internet agencies for these tasks.
When updating your website you only have to concentrate on the actual content of your web-
site and do not have to bother with updating the navigation nor do you have to deal with real
HTML files. Training costs for you and your staff are reduced considerably.
Teamwork
With Zeta Producer, multiple users can work on the same website simultaneously.
Note for the Freeware/Desktop version:
This feature is not available in the Freeware/Desktop version.
Simple Redesign
If the design of your website changes you simply require a new design template. All contents
automatically appear in the new design.
3. Inserting Content:
The pages created by you can be filled with text and images
Multiuser capable - -
User management - -
RSS function
Release workflow - - -
Please note:
The Desktop Website Content Management System Zeta Producer is available in the versions Free-ware, Desk-
top, Professional and Enterprise. Depending on the version you are working with some functions are not availa-
ble.
More information about the different versions of Zeta Producer is available in the chapter “Differences among
the Versions” on page 13.
The basis for the usage and licensing of Zeta Producer are the following terms::
Buy purchasing a program license, the purchaser is entitled to manage one web project with
Zeta Producer.
At any time only one user can work with Zeta Producer. For every additional user that concur-
rently works with Zeta Producer, an additional user license must be purchased.
To manage multiple web projects with a program license, a web license must be purchased for
each additional web project.
2.7 Copyright
Zeta Producer is a product of
zeta software GmbH
Manfred-Wörner-Straße 115
D-73037 Göppingen
Germany
Web: www.zeta-software.de
E-mail: info@zeta-software.de
© 1999-2009 zeta software GmbH
Phone: +49 (7161) 98897-0
Fax: +49 (7161) 98897-29
3 INSTALLATION
3.2 Installation
Destination folder:
Because of limited write permissions for the standard user under Windows XP and Windows Vista, the following
folders will be created during installation:
Please note:
To successfully install the Client Setup you need administrative permissions.
You also can download the additional components via Windows Update from Microsoft. We recommend that you
use Windows Update to install all important updates, as well as all optional updates.
3.3 Uninstall
In order to uninstall Zeta Producer use the “Add or remove Programs” option in the Windows Con-
trol Panel. Therefore click “Start | Control Panel | Add or remove Programs” on the task bar. Click
the Zeta Producer 9 entry, then click the “Remove” button. Zeta Producer will be removed from your
system.
4 LICENSING
Please note:
In order to successfully license your Zeta Producer version, a Professional or Enterprise license must have been
configured before.
1. In the licensing window, click the “Request license number now” button.
► Your browser start and the Zeta Producer License Management website loads.
2. Log in with your administrator e-mail address.
3. Select either the entry “Zeta Producer 9 Professional” or “Zeta Producer 9 Enterprise”.
4. Your PC ID is automatically being entered.
5. Click the “Send license data per e-mail” button.
► The license data is being sent to the administrator’s e-mail address.
6. Once you receive the e-mail message, enter the license data (license name and license num-
ber) into the licensing window in Zeta Producer.
► The licensed version is being shown and the “OK” button is enabled.
7. Confirm by clicking the “OK” button.
► You Zeta Producer version is now successfully licensed.
Please note:
After successful licensing Zeta Producer, the “Open Web Project” window appears. Please select your web
project and click “OK”. Your project is then being loaded into Zeta Producer.
You can show your license data by using the menu item “? | Licensing”.
1. In the licensing window, click the “Request license number now” button.
► Your browser start and the Zeta Producer License Management website loads. The version
selection will be displayed.
2. Select the Desktop license.
► The customer area page will be loaded.
3. Log in with your customer data (e-mail address and password).
► You are now logged in.
4. Click the hyperlink “Request license data now or show my already requested license da-
ta”.
► The overview page of your bought license(s) is being loaded.
5. Click the “Request new license data” button.
5 NEW IN VERSION 9
Please note:
Some functions are only available in certain versions of Zeta Producer. More information about the different ver-
sions of Zeta Producer is available in the chapter “Differences among the Versions” on page 13.
Multi View
The user interface of version 9 was developed further, editing your website is therefore easier
than ever. The new “Multi View” simplifies the editing of a website because all elements (like
articles and teasers) of a page are now shown on one single screen in parallel. You can imme-
diately start editing your articles with a single click. Further, your screen space is being used
more economically, especially on wide screen displays. More information is available in the
chapter “Structure of the Main Window” on page 28.
RSS function
The new RSS function enables you to publish your articles as an RSS feed. RSS is a standard
format being offered by many websites and weblogs and is compatible with all modern brows-
ers and various so called “RSS reader” applications. More information is available in the chap-
ter “RSS Function” on page 94.
Please note:
In order to enable RSS for your website, the template files of your project need to be adjusted. Please
contact your contact person at zeta software for further information.
Startup Center
The Startup Center enables you to configure the startup behavior of Zeta Producer. More in-
formation is available in the chapter “Startup Center” on page 101.
Support for Microsoft SQL Server
As a high-performance replacement alternative to the standard local Microsoft Access data-
base (MDB), Zeta Producer 9 supports the usage of Microsoft SQL Server (version 2005 or
higher) as the web project backend database. This is especially useful when working on larger
projects to increase performance.
Please note:
Please contact your contact person at zeta software for further information.
Active Objects
The well known Active Objects have been adjusted and enhanced further. Now you can confi-
gure and customize them even more to fit your needs. In addition we added several new Active
Objects. More information is available in the chapter “Active Objects” on page 69.
Improved lists for image management, file management and attributes
The categories for the image and file management dialog windows are now modeled as list
views. Therefore you are able to access the elements easier and faster.
Automatically publish backups to an FTP server
The backup function has been enhanced. You now can specify an FTP server to which your
backup is automatically published after being created. In case of a local data-loss you still have
your backup on your remote server. In addition the selected layout is now also selectable to be
included into the backup process.
Tell-a-friend
By clicking “Extras | Recommend...” in the main menu in Zeta Producer you can recommend
Zeta producer to your friends and colleagues by e-mail.
6 FREEWARE/DESKTOP VERSION
This chapter describes functions and settings that are specific for the Freeware/Desktop version only.
A more general introduction will be presented in the following chapters below.
6.1 Layouts
The layout defines the look-and-feel and the placement of the elements on your website, e.g. the kind
of navigation (menu), the layout of the content area or the colors of the elements on a page.
Please note:
If you have selected a new layout, your website must be rebuilt. To simplify this process select the menu item
“Preview | Build website (simple)” once after changing the layout.
Please note:
You can select the layout options by right-clicking a list item.
Please note:
If you have adjusted you layout, your website must be rebuilt. To simplify this process select the menu item “Pre-
view | Build website (simple)” once after changing the layout.
General
General settings for favicon, background, font, hyperlinks and list styles.
Main menu
Common settings for the main menu and the menu states “inactive”, “mouse over” and “active”.
Sub menu level 1
Common settings for the first sub menu level and the menu states “inactive”, “mouse over” and
“active”.
Sub menu level 2
Common settings for the second sub menu level and the menu states “inactive”, “mouse over”
and “active”.
Extra menu
Common settings for the extra menu and the link state.
Header
Common settings for the header area, the web name and the web slogan.
Logo
Settings for the format of the logo graphic and the Flash logo.
Content area
Settings for background, headline, content text, article area, image title and navigation path.
News area
Background settings, font settings and content text settings.
Search
Settings for the search field and the search button.
Form
Border settings and settings for input fields.
Teaser
Font settings.
Footer
Font settings.
Please note:
In some layouts there are additional categories available that contain special design components that are specific
to the layout.
The categories may vary in some Layouts.
Each category contains design groups and design components. The properties of the design compo-
nents can either be modified directly by entering text or by clicking the selection icon at the end of a
line.
The changes properties are immediately available in the preview area. To view the preview page
completely click the “External preview” button. The preview page will be opened in your standard
web browser.
To reset a layout to its initial state, click the “Reset all values” button.
Please note:
If you click the “Reset all values” button and close the Zeta Producer Desktop Designer by clicking “OK”, all
your changes are permanently overwritten.
6.2 Settings
6.2.1 Text
You can enter the name of your website, a slogan, a description of your website for search engine as
well as keywords for search engines in the further website setting window.
Therefore open the website settings window with the menu item “Website | Settings”. Select the
“Standard” tab. Click the “Further website settings” button and select the “Texts” tab.
The settings you enter here will be stored in the appropriate attributes. Information about attributes is
available in the chapter “Attributes” on page 73.
6.2.2 Search
By default the Zeta Producer layouts show a search field on every page.
Please note:
If you do not want to use the search function, you can hide the search field. The required steps are described in
the chapter “Visibility” on page 25.
More information about Active Objects is available in the chapter “Active Objects” on page Fehler! Textmarke
nicht definiert..
3. Open the website settings with the main menu item “Website | Settings”.
5. Click the “Further website settings” button and select the tab “Search and visibility”.
6. In the field „Search result page“, select your newly created page that contains the Active Object
“Search”.
6.2.3 Visibility
In the “Further website settings” window you configure whether to display the website name, the slo-
gan the breadcrumb navigation or the search field on your website.
Therefore open the website settings window with the menu item “Website | Settings”. Select the
“Standard” tab. Click the “Further website settings” button and select the “Search and visibility”
tab. Activate or deactivate the appropriate check boxes in the “Visibility” area.
To apply these settings to all pages, you must select the main menu item “Preview | Generate web-
site (complete)”.
Please note:
If you want to have only one or two visible extra menu items, simply leave the second or third name field empty.
4. Click the “New” button to add a user-defined color, a web color, a browser-safe color or a color
from another layout to your color scheme.
5. If you have added all desired colors, you can optionally sort them by using the button "Sorting
actions" or Drag & Drop.
Page Structure View Integrated Preview and the Page Area Views
The left part of the main window contains the page structure view. Here, all pages of your
website are listed. Every element in the page structure view corresponds to one HTML page of
your website.
The right part of the main window contains the integrated preview and the area view
(Multi-View).
The integrated preview displays the created page of your project. Before a page will be pub-
lished, you can use the integrated preview to check whether the page looks as expected.
In the area view the areas and articles are displayed. An area corresponds to an optical sepa-
rated part of a web page (e.g. a box with news on the right part of a web page). Areas group
articles. Articles are units (“paragraphs”) containing the actual information (text and images).
Teasers are areas and placeholders in your website that gives you more flexibility in designing
your layout and your contents. You can edit a teaser just as you edit a normal article, by e.g.
inserting images and text. In contrast to normal articles, teasers are outside the normal content
area of your website, e.g. in the header or footer. You usually use teasers to show banner ads
or to highlight important information that you want to be available on every page of your web-
site.
Please note:
You can use teasers only if the corresponding areas were designed for your web project. Customers of
the Professional and Enterprise version usually define these areas together with us during creation of
their project template.
Please note:
The keyboard shortcuts for important commands are shown in the menu bar menus.
Menu File
Menu Edit
Menu Insert
Menu Preview
Menu Publish
Menu Manage
Menu Website
Menu Template
Menu Extras
Menu ?
Function Shortcut
By using the page structure view and the area view you get an overview of the contents of your web-
site in Zeta Producer. To preview the final layout as it would appear on the internet (i.e. your website),
you can use the preview functions of Zeta Producer. These preview functions are displayed on your
local computer in the configured standard web browser. There are three different preview functions:
Please note:
Changes of the page properties usually also affect other dependent pages. If you want the navigation of the
website to function correctly you have to use the command “Website | Open website preview in browser” or
select the integrated preview function. If you only made changes to articles, the quick preview is sufficient.
9.1 Introduction
Websites are managed with Zeta Producer as web projects. The web project contains all texts, images
and files of your website. An unlimited number of pages can be created within a web project (only
Professional/Enterprise version). A navigational link is automatically created for each page to enable
easy access for the site visitor. For more detailed information see the chapter, “Working with Pages”
on page 41.
It is also possible to insert an unlimited number of articles and other objects on each page. More de-
tailed information can be found in the chapter “Working with Articles” on page 48.
Please note:
The Professional version does not support multiple project folders.
9.3.1 Standard
Name
Enter the name of your project folder here.
Description
Here you can enter a short description.
9.3.2 Extended
Object ID Prefix
This text is used as a prefix for all pages of the project folder.
Language
The language code is being used for the spell checking.
Folder
Here you put in the name of the output folder relative to the output base folder of the web
project settings (shouldn’t be changed in the Desktop version).
Complete Path
Automatically displays the complete output path.
Template file
Here you define the template to be used for a page without a specific template. If nothing is en-
tered here, the default template will be used.
9.3.3 Attributes
The attributes of the project folder can be defined here.
9.3.4 Permissions
Workflow Instance
Use this field to specify the customer workflow instance. Further information is available in the
chapter “Workflow” on page 84.
1. Right click the root element (the project name itself) in the page structure view.
► A context menu appears.
To import an existing web project as a new project folder, follow these steps:
1. Right click the root element (the project name itself) in the page structure view.
► A context menu appears.
Please note:
The web project import wizard was design to import web projects that use the same templates as the cur-
rent web project.
10.1 Introduction
With Zeta Producer it is quite easy to insert new pages or to modify the existing page structure. Zeta
Producer automatically creates a navigation menu. The navigation menu allows your visitors to select
different pages without losing their orientation, even on large websites.
1. Main Pages
Main pages are at the first level of the page hierarchy. Together, all main pages form the main
menu of your website.
2. Child Pages
Child pages are subordinate to main pages. You can create as many sub pages as needed.
The navigation structure of your website is similar to the folder structure of the Windows Explor-
er. The number of levels that are actually displayed on your web page depends on the template
used. A plus sign (“ ”) left of a page in the page structure view indicates that a page has child
pages. Just click that plus sign to display the child pages.
1. To insert a new main page select the root (the name of your website in bold) in the page struc-
ture view and then click on the command “Insert | Insert new page”.
2. To insert a new child page select the page you want the inserted page to be assigned to and
then click on the command “Insert | Insert new page”.
3. Enter the name of the page in the field “Name” in the “Insert new page” window and confirm
with the “OK” button.
Please note:
If other pages are affected by this change, they will also be automatically updated.
10.4.1 Standard
Name
Enter the name of a page into this field. The name will be displayed in the menu of your web-
site (as long as the page is not hidden). See also chapter “Visibility and Validity of Pages”
on page 46.
The name of a page also appears in the site map (Active Object) and in the result list of a
search operation (Active Object).
Description
Enter a short description of the page. The description will be shown as a quick info in the menu
system and in the result list of a search operation (Active Object) as a descriptive text.
Visibility
See chapter “Visibility and Validity of Pages” on page 46.
10.4.2 Extended
Title
Enter a title for the page into this field. This can be a more detailed text than the text in the
“Name” field. The title appears inside the title bar of the web browser as the caption and will
also be used when visitors bookmark your pages in their web browser. Last, the title is an im-
portant factor when seeking for high ratings within search engines like Google.
Please note:
You can select an automatically generated title if you open the field.
If no title is given, the name of the page will be used as the title.
Object ID
This field will be filled automatically when creating a new page. You can enter your own object
ID. Valid characters include a to z, A to Z, 0 to 9 and the underscore _.
Validity
See chapter “Visibility and Validity of Pages” on page 46.
10.4.3 Folders
File name
Upon creation of a page, the file name is automatically generated from the page name. You
can change this behavior by entering your own file name or selecting a predefined text from the
list. Select “index” for the very first page of your website.
Please note:
Most web servers nowadays support one or multiple predefined file names as the start page for a web-
site. Usually the start page is named “index.html”. This file is automatically retrieved when the URL is
being entered in a web browser.
File type
Use this field to select or enter a file type. The file type defines the extension of the generated
file name. Leave this field empty to use the file type of the template.
Please note:
The list for this field contains popular suggestions.
Folder
Use this field to enter a folder where the generated HTML page will be stored. If you leave this
field empty, the generated page will be stored in the same folder as the parent page respective-
ly the where project folder points to.
Please note:
The list for this field contains all previously entered folder names.
Complete path
This field displays the complete path where your HTML page will be stored.
URL
Use this field to select or enter an URL that will be used as a hyperlink in the navigation sys-
tem. If you enter a value into this field, the user that clicks on the menu item for the page will be
redirected to the URL you entered, instead of displaying the page content. This option is useful
for redirecting to External resources or to link to internal documents multiple times from within
the navigation system.
10.4.4 Attributes
Use this tab to define attributes that are only valid for this page or child pages. More information is
available in the chapter “Attributes” on page 73.
10.4.5 Template
Template file
Use this field to select an alternative template for the page. If you leave this field empty, the
standard template will be used. See also chapter “Project Folder Settings”, tab “Extended”,
section “Template” on page 38.
Please note:
The list contains only template that are available in all template projects, i.e. only the intersection.
Image
Use this field to define an image for the page navigation system (menu) that will be displayed if
the page is not selected. If you specify no image, no image will be associated with the page.
Use this option to e.g. specify manually rendered texts for the menu items.
Please note:
The specified image will be used only if supported by the template project.
Image (open)
Use this field to define an image for the page navigation system (menu) that will be displayed if
a child page is selected. If you specify no image, no image will be associated with the page.
Use this option to e.g. specify manually rendered texts for the menu items.
Please note:
The specified image will be used only if supported by the template project.
Image (active)
Use this field to define an image for the page navigation system (menu) if the page is selected.
If you specify no image, no image will be associated with the page. Use this option to e.g. spe-
cify manually rendered texts for the menu items.
Please note:
The specified image will be used only if supported by the template project.
Image (hover)
Use this field to define an image for the page navigation system (menu) if the mouse hovers
over the menu item. If you specify no image, no image will be associated with the page. Use
this option to e.g. specify manually rendered texts for the menu items.
Please note:
The specified image will be used only if supported by the template project.
10.4.6 Permissions
Workflow Instance
Use this field to specify the customer workflow instance. Further information is available in the
chapter “Workflow” on page 84.
Please note:
The check box “Always build this page” is useful for pages that contain a page overview or a search function,
to always keep those pages up-to-date.
Please note:
The page will be displayed in red in the page structure view.
Please note:
The page will be displayed in gray in the page structure view.
Please note:
The field “Expiration at” and the “Keywords” field are used only for custom-built templates.
11.1 Introduction
An article is a unit of text(s) together with image(s) and therefore comparable to a newspaper article.
Every page can contain any number of articles. The layout of the article is defined by the article style.
Article styles are defined by zeta software individually for you (or by another person that creates de-
sign templates for your website).
Each article style defines one or more views. Editors can select among these views in the “Edit ar-
ticle” window on the “Extended” tab. Typical views include e.g. “Image left”, “Image right”.
4. Select the desired article style and confirm by clicking the “OK” button.
5. Fill in the required fields of the article.
6. Confirm by clicking the “OK” button.
► The article will be placed bottommost in the list.
Please note:
If you have multiple articles present on a page, it is easy to insert a new article between existing articles. Simply
select an existing article an perform the above steps 3 to 6. The new article will be inserted right above the pre-
viously selected article.
Please note:
If you paste text that you copied from a website it can happen that formatting (HTML, CSS) will be inserted, too,
thus rendering the texts incorrect.
11.7 Hyperlinks
The following types of hyperlinks exist:
Internal hyperlinks
hyperlinks to a page, an article or a database within your Zeta Producer web project.
External hyperlinks
hyperlinks to targets outside your Zeta Producer web project.
Please note:
You can define a target in the field “Hyperlink target” for all types of hyperlinks. This allows you to define wheth-
er to open a link in a new page.
Within the context menu for tables you can add new lines or cells, delete or define their attributes such
as width, height horizontal and vertical alignment.
Please note:
In order to successfully edit an article externally, you must define the external editor with the main menu item
„Extras | Options“.
3. Make your changes and save them with the External HTML editor.
5. Select the Externally edited article(s) and click on the “Read selected elements” button.
1. Click the “ Spell check” icon in the tool bar of the “Edit article” window. If your article con-
tains spelling errors, a separate spell checking window appears. The erroneous word is hig-
hlighted and you can choose to ignore the error or change the word to a suggested correction.
As soon as no more errors are present, the spell checking window closes automatically. Be sure
to close the “Edit article” window by clicking “OK”. If your article contains no spelling errors, a
notice will be shown.
2. You can choose to automatically perform a spell checking, each time you close the “Edit ar-
ticle” dialog box with the “OK” button. Therefore click the “Website | Website settings” main
menu item. Click the “Advanced” tab and activate the “Spell-check articles on close” button.
Please note:
The dictionary file “enu.dic” is stored in the “Applications” folder of your Zeta Producer installation. If you add
your own terms to the dictionary, please back up this file regularly.
12 TEASER
12.1 Introduction
Teasers are areas and placeholders in your website that gives you more flexibility in designing your
layout and your contents.
You can edit a teaser just as you edit a normal article, by e.g. inserting images and text. In contrast to
normal articles, teasers are outside the normal content area of your website, e.g. in the header or foo-
ter. You usually use teasers to show banner ads or to highlight important information that you want to
be available on every page of your website.
Teaser
Please note:
You can use teasers only if the corresponding areas were designed for your web project. Customers of the Pro-
fessional and Enterprise version usually define these areas together with us during creation of their project tem-
plate.
1. Select the project folder or the page where you want to use a teaser.
2. Select into the “Teaser” area.
3. Click the teaser you want to edit.
4. Right click the teaser and click “Properties”.
► The “Edit teaser” window opens.
5. Enter your content.
6. Optionally: Activate the “Show this text on all child pages” check box.
Please note:
If you define a teaser on the topmost hierarchy level (i.e. the project folder) and activate the check box,
the teaser automatically appears on each page of your web project. If you define a new teaser a child
page, this new teaser will overwrite the teaser of the parent page for the child page and in turn all child
pages, too.
13.1 Introduction
You can add images to your website by adding articles with image fields to a page or by directly insert-
ing images into a text field. In addition you can add image albums (Active Object) to pages.
This chapter explains the steps to insert images into an article and provides background information
about image usage on the internet.
2. Click on the image button “ Select Image” to the right side of the “Image” field.
► The “Manage images” window appears.
Please note:
The “Extended” tab in the “Edit article” window is being used to control the view. Typical views contain “Image
left” or “Image right”. See also chapter “Change the View of Articles” on page 52.
You also can add images directly into the “Text” field in the “Edit Article” window by using the “ Insert im-
age” toolbar button.
2. Select the folder from which you want to import the images. Then click “Next”.
3. In the step “Select image files” select the images you want to import.
4. The step “Extended options” allows you to specify the import options for every single image.
These options include the destination file format and the maximum width or height. Set the de-
sired options and then click “Next”. If your images are already in a web-compatible format (.jpg,
.png or .gif), then select “(Keep original)” in the “Destination format” to avoid a renewed
compression. This is also true for animated GIFs.
5. In the step “Select category”, select the album to which the images should be imported or
create a “New album”.
In addition to a fresh import, you can also select to re-import existing images, e.g. if you have edited
this image in an External image manipulation application. Therefore select the image then right-click
and select “Re-import from same location” (if the image still exists in the original location where it
was imported from). Or select “Re-import from other location” to import from another location, even
if the image has another file name.
Please note:
In order to successfully edit an image externally, you must associate an image manipulation tool inside Zeta Pro-
ducer. Therefore select the main menu entry “Extras | Options”.
3. Edit you image externally and save your work when you done.
► Zeta Producer automatically recognizes your changes.
The JPEG format is excellent for images with many color gradients such as photos. The pic-
tures are compressed by replacing color gradients which the human eye can hardly recognize.
The file size is reduced and can therefore be loaded quicker.
The GIF format is best used for images with fewer colors such as illustrations, cliparts, maps
or logos (as long as no color gradients are used). The GIF format can display a maximum of
256 colors; otherwise there is no loss of quality through the compression.
The PNG format supports palette-based (palettes of 24-bit RGB colors), grayscale or RGB im-
ages. The compression ratio is usually better than for the GIF format. Animations are not poss-
ible with the PNG format. Before version 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer displayed PNG files with
an alpha channel incorrectly. The newest versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Fire-
fox, Apple Safari or Opera all display PNG files correctly.
If possible, store the image files in lossless compressed file formats such as TIFF or BMP and
do not store the copy as JPEG before using it on your website. (You could store your images
as TIFF in a separate folder and use the Zeta Producer image import wizard to import and au-
tomatically convert them into the best-suited image file format.)
Gradually test the compression of JPEG images to determine the best results with regards to
file size and image quality.
If possible, never increase the size of an image but rather use a larger original and reduce its
size (rescan the image or download it again from the digital camera)
14.1 Introduction
You can provide download files on your website by importing them into Zeta Producer and then plac-
ing links (inside articles) to the imported files.
Please note:
Folders aid in structuring your files. By using the “ Edit folders” tool bar button, you can create your
own folders.
After importing, you can move files to other folders by using the “ Move” tool bar button.
5. Select the folder that contains the files to import and confirm by clicking the “OK” button.
In addition to a fresh import, you can also select to re-import existing files, e.g. if you have edited this
file in an External application. Therefore select the file then right-click and select “Re-import from
same location” (if the file still exists in the original location where it was imported from). Or select
“Re-import from other location” to import from another location, even if the file has another file
name.
Please note:
You can define a target in the field “Hyperlink target” for all types of hyperlinks. This allows you to define wheth-
er to open a link in a new page.
15 FORMS
15.1 Introduction
With the help of forms you enable the visitors of your website to send information to you. Compared to
a simple e-mail-hyperlink forms offer the following advantages:
The visitor to your website does not need an e-mail client application (like Outlook Express) to
contact you.
You get the requested information in a structured manner.
You can define which information is required.
You can define mandatory fields as well as default values.
Please note:
These values are explained in brief on page 64.
Please note:
These values are explained in brief on page 64.
E-mail
The e-mail address of the receiver that gets an e-mail message when a visitor of your website
submits a form.
Subject
The subject line that will be shown in the e-mail application of the receiver of the generated e-
mail.
Category
The category that the form is contained in.
Success URL
A hyperlink to the page that will be displayed after a form as successfully submitted.
Error URL
A hyperlink to the page that will be displayed after a form submission failed.
Script
The address of a script that receives the form data from a visitor on your website and forwards
these data to you by e-mail. The default entry is “UTF-8 encoded. This is the standard”.
Text box
For entering text. Text boxes can be single line or multi line. By filling the “Default” field you
can enter a default value that can be changed by a visitor of your website. By checking the
“Input required” check box, you ensure that the user must enter a value into this field before
submitting it.
List box
For selecting one value from a list of values.
Radio buttons
For selecting one value from a list of values by clicking a radio button. Only one value can be
active at a time.
Check boxes
For selecting one or multiple values from a list of values by clicking a check box. Multiple val-
ues can be active at the same time.
Description text
An descriptive text that is only visible on the website where the form is placed. Useful for show-
ing your visitors additional information, e.g. instructions on what to put into a field.
Additional text
An informational text that is only visible inside the generated e-mail message but not for the vis-
itor of your website.
Separator
An optical separator that is only visible on the website where the form is placed.
File upload
The user can submit you an additional file as an attachment.
Please note:
You can use one form on multiple times on different pages.
16 DATABASES
Zeta Producer offers an easy to use solution for structured data, usually available in tabular form, by
using integrated databases. Databases can be part of a page just like articles. Integrated databases
have the following advantages.
A mask makes data input easy and simple.
Regardless of the contents, the presentation and formatting of the data is defined by the tem-
plate.
The data is sorted automatically.
Data can be imported from Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access.
Integrated Databases are useful e.g. for event calendars, lists of employees, phone books or address
books.
Please note:
The database function is not available in the Professional version.
Please note:
This step is skipped if only one database style is available.
Please note:
New database styles can be defined by clicking the “Template | Edit database styles” main menu item. More
information is available in the chapter “Database Styles” page 67.
Please note:
The field types are explained in the chapter “Field Types in Databases” on page 67.
Date input
For entering data values.
List box
For selecting a value from a list of predefined values.
Check box
For having a check box that the editor can check or uncheck.
Web browser
For showing an arbitrary website inside an integrated browser window.
Separator
An optical separator, only visible in the input window.
Annotation
An annotation for the database style that is not visible on your website but only in the input
window.
Hyperlink
A clickable hyperlink that is not visible on your website but only in the input window.
Color selection
For selecting a color.
Image selection
For selecting an image.
Form selection
For selecting a form.
URL selection
For entering URLs (hyperlinks).
User selection
For selecting a user from the user management.
17 ACTIVE OBJECTS
Beside articles, forms and databases there are further objects that can be part of a page. Active Ob-
jects are specialized article styles that enable you to make your website even more attractive and us-
able.
Article Overview
The article overview is a kind of table of contents of one page. Visitors of this page can directly
jump to an article on a page. This function is especially useful when having lots of content on a
page.
Uplink
The uplink inserts a “Go to top” hyperlink on your page to directly jump to the very beginning of
a page. This function is especially useful when having lots of content on a page.
Sitemap
The sitemap displays the complete structure of all the pages of your website. You can click to
access each page that is also available via the navigation menu. On the “Extended” tab you
can change the “View” field to “Multi column”.
Submenu
Inserts an overview of all direct child pages. This function is useful to place on a page when the
page itself has no actual articles and is only being used for categorizing.
Category “Effects”:
Animated Text
Inserts an animated text to drag the visitors attention to. On the “Extended” tab you can
change the “View” field to various types.
Countdown
The countdown counts until a given date and time. When the countdown has finished, a text
you defined previously appears.
Single Image
Inserts an article with a single image into a page. When the visitor of your website clicks an im-
age, the image opens as a pop-up window or as LightUp display.
Fading Ticker
Inserts a ticker. The content of the ticker change with fading effects after a configurable dura-
tion. You also can add hyperlinks into the content.
Falling Image
Adds JavaScript animated falling images (e.g. snowflakes or starts) to your page.
Newsticker
Adds a JavaScript animated text to your page.
Message Box
Inserts a JavaScript notification window into a page. The page will be displayed after the user
clicks the “OK” button of the notification window.
Pop-up Window
Pop-up windows are predefined browser windows that open automatically when accessing a
page.
Reflection
This Active Object inserts an article with a reflecting image.
Category “PHP”:
Visitor Counter
Counts and displays the number of visitors on your website.
Vote/Poll
Inserts an individual poll on a page. Users can participate and choose an option to vote for. En-
ter the topic of the poll in the “Name” field. Enter the possible answers into the field “An-
swers”, each answer on its own line.
Please note:
The PHP modules only work on web servers supporting the PHP scripting language.
For further information please contact your web hosting provider.
Category “Multimedia”:
Image Album
The image album enables you to easily show complete albums from the image management
on a single page. The preview images are automatically generated. On the “Extended” tab
you can change the “View” field to various types.
Please note:
The views you may know from version 7 have been reworked. In addition two more presentation views
(LightUp) are available. See the “View” field on the “Extended” tab in the “Edit article” window.
Multimedia Object
Use this Active Object to show Flash animations or videos on a page.
Please note:
Starting in version 8, you now can add videos hosted on YouTube and MyVideo. In addition a loop func-
tion is available which repeats the animation/video.
Category “Useful”:
Date
Shows the current date (and time, optionally) on your page.
Google Calendar
With this active object you can add a Google Calendar on your site.
IFrame
Enables you to seamlessly include foreign content like e.g. a guest book or a forum into your
website.
Calendar
Show a calendar sheet with the current date and an overview of the entered schedules. Enter a
description and a hyperlink for each schedule. If the schedule is reached, it is highlighted.
Password Protection
Use the password protection to protect areas of your website from being accessed by unautho-
rized visitors.
RSS Feed
Integrates External “RSS Feeds” into a page of your website.
Please note:
RSS (“Really Simple Syndication”) is an electronic news exchange format.
Weblog
Enables you to integrate a weblog (“blog” for short) into your website. All you need to have is a
(free) registration at the comment website HaloScan (www.haloscan.com).
Category „Interactive“
Guestbook
Inserts a guestbook into your page. The guestbook is a free, ad-free service of zeta software
GmbH. The guestbook is not stored on your computer or web server but on the web servers of
zeta software GmbH
Category “Search”:
Google Search
Adds a Google Search field to your page. Visitors can either select on the whole WWW or your
website only.
Search
Insert a comfortable full text search function into a page. Visitors of your website can search for
keywords. On the “Extended” tab you can change the “View” field configure whether to use
JavaScript-based search (Site search) or to use a server-side ASP or PHP search.
Please note:
When using the ASP and PHP based search functions please ensure that the page you insert the Active
Object must have the correct file extension set. In Addition your web server must support the scripting
language.
18 ATTRIBUTES
By using attributes you can store recurring text as an Attributes and access it by its Attributes name as
often as needed. If you want to change the text you just need to change the text once (i.e. by modify-
ing the Attributes) and Zeta Producer automatically updates all occurrences of that Attributes.
Examples where attributes are useful include the e-mail address of the webmaster or the meta tags on
an HTML page including, for example, keywords for External search engines.
Project folder
You edit project attributes on the “Attributes” tab in the “Project folder Properties” window.
Page
You edit page attributes on the “Attributes” tab in the “Edit page” window.
Please note:
You also can click the “Generate website” tool bar button or simply press the F7 key.
To finally publish all changes to the internet, you must publish your website. This is done by selecting
the “Publish | Generate and publish website (simple)” main menu item.
Please note:
You also can click the “Generate and publish website” tool bar button or simply press the F6 key.
To successfully publish your web project you must have entered the FTP settings of your web server. More infor-
mation is available in the chapter “Web project” on page 89.
The window displays a page structure view on the left side. All modified pages are shown in orange
and are checked by default. In this view you can individually check additional pages or remove
checks.
The “Page Options” button contains the following entries:
The right area of the window gives you access to all “non-page items” like images, files, folders and
template files.
The “Image options” button and the “File options” button contain the following entries.
“Image options” button:
Add image
Opens the image management window for selecting an image.
Add file
Opens the file management window for selecting a file.
To start the generation of the website, click the “Start” button. The progress is shown in the following
window.
Please note:
If the generation of your website succeeds without any errors or warnings, the “Generate website” window is
closed automatically.
To configurable publish your website, select the “Publish | Generate and publish your website
(configurable)” main menu entry or select the “Publish | Publish your website (configurable)”
main menu entry.
Please note:
The “Publish | Publish your website (configurable)” main menu entry does no automatic generation of mod-
ified pages before the publishing.
The window displays a page structure view on the left side. All modified pages are shown in orange
and are checked by default. In this view you can individually check additional pages or remove
checks.
The “Page Options” button contains the following entries:
The right area of the window gives you access to all “non-page items” like images, files, folders and
template files.
The “Image options” button and the “File options” button contain the following entries.
“Image options” button:
Add image
Opens the image management window for selecting an image.
Add file
Opens the file management window for selecting a file.
To start the publishing of the website, click the “Start” button. The progress is shown in the following
window.
Please note:
If the publishing of your website succeeds without any errors or warnings, the “Generate website” window is
closed automatically.
Please note:
Deletion of data on the web server should be done by authorized users with appropriate knowledge only.
To completely generate your website click the “Preview | Generate website (completely)” main
menu entry. With this function all pages are generated newly and all images, files and folders are co-
pied to the output folder.
To completely generate your website and immediately publish it to your web server, click the “Publish |
Generate and publish website (complete)” main menu entry. With this function all pages are generated
newly and all images, files and folders are copied to the output folder and then published to your web
server.
Please note:
To successfully publish your web project you must have entered the FTP settings of your web server. More infor-
mation is available in the chapter “Web project” on page 89.
20.1 Introduction
Zeta Producer enables multiple users to work on the same website simultaneously. In addition, the
integrated user management allows you to assign detailed rights to each user and therefore ensure
that only authorized persons are allowed to work on specified parts of your website.
20.2.1 Roles
Each user group has assigned a role. A role is a collection of permissions that are required for per-
forming a specific task. The following roles are defined in Zeta Producer:
Administrator
The administrator has all permissions that a webmaster owns. In addition, an administrator can
administer the user management.
Webmaster
The webmaster can edit all pages and articles. He can edit pages and articles. He can publish
the website and change web project settings.
Editor
The editor can edit pages and articles he has permissions assigned for.
Read-only Access
Members of a user group with this role have read-only permissions only.
You can add users (members) to a user group directly in the “Manage groups and users” window by
clicking the “Add” button. Alternatively you can also add users in the “Edit user group” window on
the “Members” tab.
20.3 Users
Please note:
The “Domain name” field is only active if the user is authenticated with Active Directory. More informa-
tion is available in the chapter “Import from Active Directory” on page 81.
5. Enter a password.
Please note:
The repetition of the password is intended to avoid spelling errors.
Please note:
The “More options” tab allows you to activate the user and to control how he is authenticated. You can
also add additional information.
To import user groups and users from Active Directory, follow these steps:
Please note:
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, is an application protocol for querying and modify-
ing directory services running over TCP/IP.
Can read
Members with this permission have read-only access to a page.
Is audience
Please note:
This permission is used in special projects only and can be ignored usually.
Entail permissions:
By using the check box “Entail (grant the permission to all child pages” you instruct Zeta Producer
to assign the configured permission to all child pages.
7. Optionally, activate the “Entail (grant the permission to all child pages” check box.
21 WORKFLOW
21.1 Introduction
Zeta Producer can be configured so that newly created objects must be approved/released by mem-
bers of a users group (those with release permissions) before they appear on the website.
Please note:
Object that are releasable include articles, databases, images and files. Pages are not releasable by workflow.
New and modified objects can only be published on the internet after the activation. Especially for
larger Websites, the controlling of delegate tasks is so more easily.
Please note:
The workflow function is not available in the Professional version.
Please note:
When activating the workflow, Zeta Producer uses a pre-defined standard instance. If you have a custom
workflow developed for you, you can select an alternative workflow instance by clicking the “Edit workflow”
button.
The user then decides whether to finish editing the article or to continue editing at a later time.
“Finish” button
The article will be added to the list if objects to release and gets an icon in the article list.
“Continue editing” button
The article will be added to the list of current edited objects and gets an icon in the article
list.
“Cancel” button
The user can continue editing the article.
Preview
To check an article you have to click the article and then click the “Preview” button. A preview
of the page containing the article will be generated and shown in the standard browser.
Release
To release an article you have to click the article and then click the “Release” button. The “Re-
lease element” window opens. You can enter an optional release comment. The article is re-
leased now and is shown with an icon in the article list.
Reject
To release an article you have to click the article and then click the “Reject” button. The “Re-
ject element” window opens. You can enter an optional release comment. The article is re-
leased now and is shown with an icon in the article list.
22 HYPERLINK MANAGEMENT
22.1 Introduction
An “invalid hyperlink” is a hyperlink that links to a resource that is not available. Zeta Producer helps
you to protect you from invalid hyperlinks with various tools:
When creating an internal hyperlink or a media hyperlink (i.e. a hyperlink to an image or file)
you can select the hyperlink destination with your mouse thus avoiding spelling error.
If you delete objects in Zeta Producer, you will be notified with a warning message if the object
about to delete is linked to by other objects in Zeta Producer.
If your website still contains invalid internal hyperlinks or media hyperlinks the visitor of your
website will be redirected to an error page that you can define by yourself to provide additional
information.
The integrated hyperlink checking tool checks for invalid internal and external hyperlinks so that
you can correct each invalid hyperlink.
Please note:
If your website contains no invalid hyperlinks, a message box will be shown.
6. Open the article for editing and correct the invalid hyperlink.
You can display an error message that is actually understandable by the visitors to your web-
site.
The error page is displayed within the design of your website, the navigation is still present.
You can display an e-mail hyperlink or even a form on the error page so that visitors imme-
diately can report the error to you.
1. Insert a new page into your web project. Be sure to uncheck the option “Show this page in the
navigation”.
6. Select an URL in the field “Address for URLs that cannot be resolved” by clicking the “
Select URL” button.
7. Select your just created error page on the “Internal hyperlinks” tab.
By executing the “Website | Settings” command, you open the “Web project settings” window.
This is where you set the central settings that apply to your whole web project. The following chapters
explain the content of the window.
23.1 Standard
WWW address
Set the internet address of your website.
Please note:
The slogan, as well as the visibilities, is only valid for the Freeware/Desktop version.
Please note:
The extra menu settings are only available in the Freeware/Desktop version.
23.2 Options
Edit articles and databases with workflow
Turns the workflow-editing on and off. More information is available in the chapter “Workflow”
on page 84.
RSS Feed
Use this option to activate the RSS function and select the desired option. More information I
available in the chapter “RSS-Feed” on page 94.
23.3 Folders
Output base folder
Defines the output folder in which the generated HTML pages will be written.
Please note:
This field is only adjusted for few special web projects. Do not change this field by yourself!
Please note:
This field is only adjusted for few special web projects. Do not change this field by yourself!
Protocol file
Activate the check box to let Zeta Producer generate a log file upon generation and publishing
of your website.
Templates
Defined the design templates that are being used for generating the output version of the web
project.
Please note:
Only change these settings if you are absolutely sure about the possible side effects.
23.4 Attributes
The “Attributes” tab is being used to edit global attributes. More information is available in the chap-
ter “Attributes” on page 73.
Please note:
You get the required account and access data by your internet service provider (ISP).
23.5.1 Configurations
Name
If you want to manage multiple FTP configurations (e.g. for testing purposes), give each confi-
guration a unique name. Add multiple configurations by clicking the “New” button.
Is primary configuration
If you want to manage multiple FTP configurations (e.g. for testing purposes) you define the
primary FTP server as the main configuration by activating the check box.
23.5.2 Settings
Server name
The name of the FTP server where to publish the pages to.
Folder
The name of the folder on the FTP server.
User name
The user name for accessing the FTP server.
Password
The password for accessing the FTP server.
Port
The TCP/IP port for the FTP server. Set this value to zero (“0”) to use the default port.
Please note:
The passive mode is an alternative transmission mode. Use it when the non-passive mode does not work
or when you are behind a corporate firewall.
23.5.5 Remarks
Use the “Remarks” tab to enter additional information like e.g. your account info.
24 RSS FUNCTION
Zeta Producer enables you to publish content as an RSS feed . Depending on the options you se-
lected your RSS feed includes all article exception the ones you explicitly excluded or the RSS feed
contains no articles except the one you explicitly included.
Please note:
In order to enable RSS for your website, the template files of your project need to be adjusted. Please contact
your contact person at zeta software for further information.
Generate RSS feed from none of the articles except the marked ones
The RSS function is activated.
Please note:
In order to enable RSS for your website, the template files of your project need to be adjusted. Please contact
your contact person at zeta software for further information.
An article that will be contained within the RSS feed is marked by the icon.
Include in RSS
In addition most modern web browsers will show an orange RSS icon in the address bar whenever a
user visits your website. A single click on that icon allows to subscribe to your RSS feed.
24.5 Tips
RSS gives you and your visitors a whole new box of possibilities on how to publish and post-process
the data of your website.
In the sense of “Web 2.0” you can use your RSS feeds in a number of ways. The following chapters
show you some examples.
24.5.1 Feedburner
Use feedburner to get access statistics about your RSS feeds and e.g. to add advertising to it.
Feedburner is a free service of Google and can be visited at feedburner.google.com.
In other words, Feedburner is for your RSS feeds what Google Analytics is for your website; a tool for
gathering and evaluating statistics about your visitors and readers.
24.5.2 Twitter
You also can publish your RSS feed to Twitter.
By using this method you will get an automatic update on your Twitter account whenever you publish a
new article from within Zeta Producer.
Details about Twitter are available at twitter.com and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter.
Since Twitter has no built-in RSS interface you have to use one of multiple free service as the inter-
face between your RSS feed and Twitter. These services are:
• Friendfeed - friendfeed.com
• Twitterfeed - twitterfeed.com
• RssToTwitter - rsstotwitter.com
All services provide similar functions. In our daily work we learned that Friendfeed seems to be the
most reliably, most stable and professional service.
Please note:
The methods described here allow you a very fine control about your RSS feeds. On the other hands, if being
used in a wrong manner, they can lead to unwanted side-effects. Therefore only do use the functions if you know
of their effects.
rss_max_items Globallly A positive whole number (n) that specifies the maxi-
mum number of articles in the RSS feed.
The default value is 50.
The latest n modified articles will be included in the
RSS generation.
rss_allow Local on a Yes/no attribute (“true” and “false”) that enables you
page to exclude complete pages/page trees from the RSS
generation.
If not defined the default value is “true” and the page
rss_article_default_checked Globally or Yes/no attribute (“true” and “false”) that enables you
local on a page to define whether the RSS check box for new articles
is activated or deactivated by default.
If not defined, the default value is “false”.
rss_article_framework Globally or Defines the HTML frame around single RSS feed
local on a page articles.
If not defined, an internal standard value will be used.
This attribute is e.g. useful if you want to include addi-
tional information in the footer of each RSS feed ar-
ticle, e.g. advertising or similar notes.
The following placeholders can be used inside the
attribute value:
The respective attribute applies to all articles defined on a page. If the “entail” check box for the
attribute is active, the attribute also applies to all articles on all child pages.
24.6.3 Miscellaneous
Name Description
#web(rss_url) Macro that expands to the URL for the RSS feed.
25 FURTHER OPTIONS
25.1 Find
By using the “Edit | Find” main menu entry you can search your whole web project for pages and/or
articles containing a specific text. You can select the found pages or articles by clicking the “Go to”
button.
You can restore previously back-upped version or delete them. Click the “Create backup now” button
to immediately, manually generate a backup. Click the “Configure” button to configure automatic
backups.
When activating automatic backup you must enter the elements to backup as well as an interval time
span.
Please note:
Please avoid manually modifying project specific data to avoid data loss.
Please note:
The Zeta Producer diagnostic center is an advanced tool for experienced users. Please use carefully and only
after advise from zeta software.
Please note:
The default message of the wizard contains several placeholders and instructions on how to receive a project.
Important note:
The two predefined folder links must be preserved and may not be deleted!
26 ONLINE MODULES
The Zeta Producer Online Modules are parts of Zeta Producer that are not executed on your local
computer but online as a service by zeta software.
The following Online Modules are available:
Image Gallery
Content Management
Forum
Guestbook
Newsletter
Please note:
Detailed information about the Online Modules is available by e-mail at info@zeta-producer.com
27 APPENDIX
Parameter Description
-rebuild The complete project is rebuilt, i.e. all pages whether they
were modified or not are rebuilt.
-publish The project is published, i.e. all modified pages are up-
loaded to the server.
-username <User name> Here you specify your user name under which your Zeta
Producer project is registered.
-password <Password> Here you specify your password with which your Zeta Pro-
ducer project is registered.
-macro <Macro script object ID> Executes the specified macro script
<Path to Zeta Producer project> The absolute path to the Zeta Producer project to be
opened. This must be the last parameter.
Zeta Producer terminates automatically after an automatic building or publishing process. Any error
messages which may have occurred during the build and/or publishing process are stored in the log
file, if you configured logging
Together with the Windows Task Manager, you can add tasks which can for example, build and up-
date your website every night.
Please note:
You find more information about the Scheduled Tasks in the Windows Online Help.
Example
To automatically build and publish the project “MyProject”, just type the following (in one single line,
without pressing the enter key):
"C:\Zeta Producer 9\Applications\Producer.exe" -build -publish
-username MyName –password MyPassword "c:\Zeta Producer 9\Projects\MyProject"
A D
Active Directory 81
Database styles 67
importing 81
Databases 66
Active Objects
Database styles 67
Interactiv 72
Field types 67
Active Objects insert 66
Effects 70 Sorting 68
insert 69
Desktop Designer 23
Multimedia 71
Navigation 69
PHP 71 E
Useful 71 External applications
Active Objects include 100
Search 72
Additional components 17 F
Area View 28 File formats 59
H P
Hyperlink Page permissions 82
External 50 assign 83
hyperlinks 87 Pages 41
check 87 Attributes 44
Error page 88 Child pages 41
child Pages sort 46
Hyperlinks 50 Description 42
insert 50 Extended 43
File name 43
I File type 43
Images Folder 43
check 59 Image 44
Download times 60 Image(active) 45
edit 58 Image(hover) 45
External edit 59 Image(open) 44
File formats 59 inactive 46
File size 60 move 46
Image quality 60 Name 42
importing 58 Object ID 43
insert 51, 57 Permissions 45
Properties 42
Installation 16 Standard 42
Additional components 17 Status information 45
Client setup 17 Template file 44
File installation 16 Title 43
URL 44
K Validity 43, 46, 47
Keyboard shortcuts 35 Visibility 46
Preview functions 36
L Print version 26
Layout Project folder
copy 22 Attributes 38
edit 22 Description 38
selecting 22 Extended 38
Layouts 22 Folder 38
Name 38
Licensing
Object ID prefix 38
Desktop 19
Permissions 39
Freeware 19
Properties 38
Professional/Enterprise 18
show 101
Standard 38
M Template 38
Main window 28 Project structure 37
Menu structure 30 Projekt
Multi View 28 receive 102
send 102
Multi-View 20
Publishing 75