How can I import a site I already have in HTML? There are two different
methods of importing your web site into NetObjects Fusion. You can perform a Local Import, or a Remote Import. You can choose to import an existing Web site either from the Welcome dialog when you first launch
NetObjects Fusion or from the New Site option under the File menu. For specific instructions on how to perform these import options, see our User Guide, Chapter 3, Creating and Managing Sites and Chapter 5, Importing
Existing Sites. How can I import another NetObjects Fusion site? To import
a NetObjects Fusion site file into another NetObjects Fusion site file, you must first switch to Site view. Select the page you wish to be the parent for the site or template file you are importing. Select Insert
Template from the File menu. You can choose to import either a previously saved template or a regular site file. Browse to the file you want to import, select it, and then click Open. NetObjects Fusion imports the
file. The original of the file is left intact in its original location, but all pages and assets of the imported file are added to the parent site.
How can I import just one page? You can import a single page into your NetObjects Fusion web site, by first switching to Page view, and then
choosing the Import HTML option from the File menu. In the Open dialog box, browse to and select the desired page or select a file which has already been added to your Assets. When you select the file, Fusion imports
the page, and adds that page's assets to the web site's assets list. You can also import just one page from Site view. This can either be a Page template (choose Insert Template from the File menu) or an HTML page
(choose Reference HTML from the File Menu.) For more information on importing pages, see our User Guide, Chapter 4, Working with Templates, or Chapter 22, Referencing and Editing HTML. Why doesn't my imported site structure look like my original? NetObjects Fusion creates the site
structure for an imported HTML site based on the links which are available in that page. The first page which is targeted is considered to be the home page. Any hyperlink on that page is assumed to lead to children
pages. Therefore every page which is linked to your home page appears in your imported site structure as a child of the home page. Then, on each of those pages, any page linked to which is NOT already in the site is
imported as a child of that page. The order in which pages are read is top to bottom, left to right.Two main ways of displaying and linking web pages produces more unusual results: HTML frames and JavaScript. With
HTML frames a page your web site is represented by a frameset page and two or more content pages which that frameset references. Since in NetObjects Fusion frames can only be applied through the MasterBorders, there is
no direct equivalent to a frameset document within the design environment. NetObjects Fusion imports this page and leaves it as an External HTML document. The content pages it references are imported as the children of
that frameset page. Anywhere a separate frameset exists in your site, it is imported into NetObjects Fusion in this fashion. Thus there may be "extra" pages in your site structure. In the case of
JavaScript, the problem is that NetObjects Fusion does not generate nor interpret JavaScript. Depending on how the JavaScript has been added to your page, NetObjects Fusion may not even be able to import the script
itself. However, no links which are implemented solely through JavaScript or a Java applet are understood by the import code, and any pages which are only linked to by this method will be imported. Thus some pages might
be "missing" in the imported structure. Why doesn't my imported page or pages look like my original? NetObjects Fusion 4.0 has an updated import engine which has the ability to import almost all HTML files. However, files which contain incorrect HTML or lots
of custom scripts may not import correctly. Content may be omitted from the pages in these cases, or the files may be left as External HTML pages to be referenced and edited in an HTML editor.If you are importing a
site which was originally created in NetObjects Fusion none of the information which was formerly in your MasterBorders is included in new MasterBorders. Also navigation bars and banners are images and no longer
automated. This is because there is no equivalent code in HTML to define a "MasterBorder" or "navigation bars." In HTML all elements are a part of a single layout, and all navigation elements are
independent linked images. Therefore, if you wish to use MasterBorders or navigation elements in your newly imported site, you will need to create these after you import. Why can't I move my elements around on my imported pages? NetObjects Fusion 4.0 imports elements which
are contained in tables into table objects within the new layouts. Because these elements are now in table cells they cannot be moved around as they would if they were in a layout region. To be able to move elements
around on the page freely, these objects must be moved into a layout region or the layout itself. By default most pages import with the layout area filled with a text box containing a table. The text box properties must
be accessed to turn off the Size Layout to Text option which allows you to change the size of the text box and layout independently so that objects may be moved out of the table. What other types of files can I import besides HTML? NetObjects Fusion 4.0 has the ability to allow
you to drag and drop text or RTF files directly from Windows Explorer into Page view. You can also copy directly from Word or Excel documents into the Page view using the copy and paste commands available in the menu
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