What are assets and how do they work? Assets consist of files, links,
dataobjects and variables which are used within your site. NetObjects Fusion tracks all these assets in the Assets View. An asset is added to your Assets View at the time that the asset is placed in a page. You can also
add an asset directly to your assets list by choosing the New button in Assets View. Only assets which are listed in the Assets View can be published to your site. Assets which are not in use are not published.
Assets can be globally changed in the Assets view. All the properties of an asset are shown in the miniview for that asset. The miniview is accessed by double-clicking on the asset in the list. You can set an asset
which is not in use to Always Publish. By checking on this property the asset appears in Publish view and is copied or uploaded when the site is published. Assets are only saved to an /Assets directory for a site file
when the site is exported as a template. Why don't file assets move with my file? When a file asset is added, NetObjects Fusion stores the path to the asset rather than the asset itself. When a site file is copied to a new machine, the
assets are left in their original locations. To make sure that all the assets come with a site when it is transferred to a new location you must export your site as a template. For more information on templates see the
NetObjects Fusion User Guide Chapter 4, Working With Templates. How can I collect all my assets into one place? To have NetObjects Fusion collect all your file assets into one directory, you must export your site as a template. When the site is exported all assets are
copied to the /Assets directory of the template folder. All the assets for the site are now gathered in the same location. For more information on templates see the NetObjects Fusion User Guide Chapter 4, Working With
Templates. How can I delete assets? You can delete any asset by choosing
the Delete Asset option in the Edit menu. The only exception to this is link assets. Link assets are deleted when the last instance of a link is deleted, either by deleting the page the last link is on, deleting the
object that last link is associated with, or choosing the Unlink option from the link dialog. Unlinking is the preferable way to remove links. File assets always remain in the list of available assets regardless of
whether or not they are currently being used. You can delete all unused assets by choosing Delete All Unused File Assets from the Assets Menu. You can also delete assets which are shown as in use, though warning dialogs
inform you that this can leave your pages in an inconsistent state. Why is my asset list different from my publish list? There are two reasons why the assets list is different than the publish list. First, the publish list does not show assets which are not in use. Since only in
use assets are published, those which are not in use do not show up in the publish view. Second, the assets list does not show any image which is used by a style. Since these images are managed in the style area they
are not managed in the assets list. However, since they are published to your site, they do appear in the publish list. |
