User Guide - NetObjects Fusion

Publishing Special Assets
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Whichever method you use, be sure to transfer all files and to duplicate the local
folder structure precisely.
Publishing Special Assets
When you transfer your site to the Web server, NetObjects Fusion transfers the
entire site to the designated location, including special assets you tell it to manage.
These special assets include things like Java classes, images and assets contained
on external HTML pages, and CGI scripts. The list of managed assets included in
your published site is displayed in Assets view.
When you transfer the site’s files to the Web server, you can use any of three
methods to ensure that the special assets are included in your site’s managed assets.
• Include the assets when you add the object that refers to them. For example:
• If you reference external HTML pages using the External HTML tool,
NetObjects Fusion analyzes the external pages and, if it finds assets in the
external pages, includes those assets in Assets view.
• If you add Java objects to your pages using the Java tool, NetObjects Fusion
analyzes their .class files and adds other .class files referenced there. If you
listed additional files on the Java Properties panel, NetObjects Fusion
includes them as managed assets. See “Inserting a Java Applet or Servlet”
on page 514.
• You can reference an asset in a file link and NetObjects Fusion manages and
publishes the asset. See “Creating a File Link” on page 455.
• You can explicitly add any special asset to Assets view and select Always
publish file to ensure that NetObjects Fusion manages and publishes the asset.
If you select Always publish file and do not move the file in Publish view, and
then only publish a section of the site, NetObjects Fusion places this asset at the
root of the site. See “Adding a File Asset” on page 852.
Managing Script Assets
NetObjects Fusion does not analyze custom scripts that you add to pages,
MasterBorders, or other objects. If those scripts reference special assets, they are
not automatically included in the site’s managed assets. To have NetObjects Fusion
manage and publish assets called in custom scripts, you must create file links to
those assets, or explicitly add them to Assets view.