Creating a local site with the Site Wizard
Use the Site Wizard to create a complete site in seconds. Just choose a site template and a theme, and Namo WebEditor generates a local siteA managed collection of documents, folders, and resource files on the local file system that you intend to publish as a Web site. for you, complete with ready-to-customize documents and a site treeThe explicitly defined logical structure (hierarchy) of a site, on which dynamic navigation bars are based. that defines the navigational structure of the site.
To start the Site Wizard, click the Namo button 
, point to Site and click Site Wizard. The wizard walks you through the process of creating a site in four easy steps:
Step 1: Choose a site template
In the first step of the Site Wizard, you choose a site template on which to base your new site. The choice of template affects both the structure of the site (how many pages there are and how they are related) and the title and layout of each page. Select a template under Templates, and its site treeThe explicitly defined logical structure (hierarchy) of a site, on which dynamic navigation bars are based. will appear in the Preview area.
Keep in mind that a site template’s initial structure (site tree) is only a starting point. You can always add, rearrange, or remove documents after you finish the Site Wizard. However, if you want to modify your new site’s site tree right at the beginning, you can do so right in the Site Wizard by manipulating nodes in the Preview area and using the buttons below it.
- To move a node in the tree, drag it to the desired position.
- To add a node, select an existing node and click New. In the menu that appears, select a node type. A new node will be added as a child of the selected node.
- To copy a node, select it and click Duplicate. The copy will be given the same navigation nameThe name that will appear on the document’s dynamic banner, if any, and on any dynamic navigation bar buttons that link to the document. as the original, so be sure to rename it.
- To rename a node, select it and click Rename.
- To delete a node, select it and click Remove.
For more information about working with a site tree, see “Building the site tree“.
Modifying the template structure in the Site Wizard affects only the site you are currently creating; it does not modify the template itself. If you want to save changes to a site template so that future sites based on the template inherit the changes, complete the Site Wizard, make the desired modifications, and then save the site as a new site template.
Step 2: Choose a theme
In the second step of the wizard, you choose a theme for your new site. A theme is a collection of formatting styles and graphical design elements that combine to give a consistent look to a site (or some documents in a site). Namo WebEditor comes with over 200 predesigned themes, and you can create new themes of your own either from scratch or by customizing the included themes.
To see a preview of your new site with the selected theme applied, click Site Preview. Namo WebEditor will generate a temporary site based on the template selected in the previous step, apply the selected theme to it, and then open its index page in your default browser. While examining the temporary site in the browser, use the navigation bars on each page to jump to other pages.
Step 3: Enter site information
In the third step of the wizard, you enter a few pieces of information that will be used throughout the new site, and specify the local folder in which to save the site.
Title
Type a title for your new site in this box. This title will not actually appear on any page in the site; it just makes it easier to tell what local site you are working on at any given time.
Author
Type your name in this box. Like the title, the author name does not actually appear on any page in the site. The only place it appears is in the Properties dialog box for the site.
Administrator e-mail address
The e-mail address you type in this box will appear near the top and/or bottom of every Site Wizard-generated page in the site. If you don’t want any e-mail address to be automatically inserted on every page, leave this box blank.
Copyright information
Whatever you type in this box will appear near the bottom of every Site Wizard-generated page in the site. You can use it to specify copyright information or any other piece of text you want to appear at the bottom of every page. If you don’t want any text to be automatically inserted at the bottom of every page, leave this box blank.
Save site in
Enter the path of the local folder (a folder on your hard drive or somewhere on your local area network) in which to save the site. You can click the Browse button to locate and select an existing folder. Note that you must specify a local folder, not a directory on a Web server. You will upload the local site to a Web server later, using one of the publishing commands.
Step 4: Specify a Web server
In the fourth and last step of the Site Wizard, you specify the Web server to which the local site will be uploaded, or published, once you are finished customizing it. If the server you want to use has not been defined yet, you can click New to define it now. However, this is not required; you can always define a Web server later using the Remote Sites command (see “Defining remote sites for publishing“).
Finishing the Site Wizard
Click Finish to complete the Site Wizard. If the folder you specified in the third step does not yet exist, Namo WebEditor will ask you whether it’s okay to create it; click Yes. Then, Namo WebEditor will spend a few moments generating the new site and applying the selected theme to it. When it has finished, the Site Manager window will appear. Now you can start opening and customizing the generic documents the wizard has generated. To open a document for editing, double-click its icon in either the Site Files pane or the Site Tree pane of the Site Manager.
Related topics
Adding files and folders to a local site
Defining remote sites for publishing