Importing a site from the Web

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Importing a site from the Web

To import a site from the Web

Do one of the following:
- In Namo WebEditor’s main window, click the Namo button, point to Site, and then click New Site.
- In the Site Manager window, on the File menu, click New Site.
In the Site title and Author boxes, enter a name for the site and your name, respectively. (This information will not appear on the Web site.)
Click Import existing files in a folder, and then click (Import from Web).
Click Add.
In the URL to import from box, enter the URL of the Web site to import.
In the Store in folder box, enter the path of the local folder in which to save the imported site.
Modify import options as desired (see below for details), and then click OK.
Click Start to begin downloading the Web site.
When Namo WebEditor has finished downloading the site, click Close.
Under Create site tree using these file types, specify the types of files for which Namo WebEditor will create nodes in the site treeThe explicitly defined logical structure (hierarchy) of a site, on which dynamic navigation bars are based. for the new site.
- Select Documents to create nodes for HTML documents and other Web files, such as stylesheets and scripts. This is the recommended setting.
- Select Image files to create nodes for GIF, JPG, and PNG images.
- Select All files to create nodes for all files, regardless of type.
Click OK.

Namo WebEditor will now create the new local site and automatically build a site treeThe explicitly defined logical structure (hierarchy) of a site, on which dynamic navigation bars are based. based on the folder structure of the downloaded site and the selected file types.

The Import Settings dialog box contains a number of options to control the process of importing a Web site. These are explained below.

Import Settings – General

Download images from this site

Clear this check box to prevent downloading image files from the specified Web site.

Download images from other sites

Many sites display images that are actually stored on other sites. Select this check box to allow downloading these image files.

Don’t follow external links

Normally, Namo WebEditor ignores links to documents on other Web sites when importing a site. Select this check box to force Namo WebEditor to follow external links and download pages from other sites.

Depth

This setting controls the depth to which Namo WebEditor will follow links when importing a site. If set to 1, Namo WebEditor will download the document at the specified URL and all the documents to which links in the first document point, but no more. If set to 2, Namo WebEditor will also download the documents to which links in all the “level 1″ documents point; and so forth. The maximum setting is 100. The default setting of 10 should be sufficient to download most Web sites in their entirety.

Download all files / Skip previously imported files

This pair of options controls whether Namo WebEditor will re-download files that have already been downloaded (and that still exist in the download folder).

Import Settings – Authentication

Account information

This area is for entering a user ID and password needed to access a site that requires login. Please note that Namo WebEditor’s site import feature supports only basic HTTP authentication, not the more sophisticated forms of authentication supported by some Web servers.

Import Settings – Advanced

Maximum individual file size

If this check box is selected, Namo WebEditor will not download any file that exceeds the maximum size you specify.

Maximum total file size

If this check box is selected, Namo WebEditor will stop downloading files once the total size you specify has been reached.

Maximum number of files to import

If this check box is selected, Namo WebEditor will stop downloading files once the total number you specify has been reached.

Do not change links

Normally, when importing a Web site, Namo WebEditor converts any full URL links (to pages or resources in the same site) into relative links. For example, if you are importing the page at http://www.example.com/index.html, and it contains a link to “http://www.example.com/image.gif”, Namo WebEditor will normally change the link to “image.gif” in the downloaded copy of the file. To prevent changing links, select this check box.

Include/exclude file types

This set of options controls the file types Namo WebEditor will download: all file types, only the file types you specify, or all file types except the ones you specify. To add a file type to be included or excluded, type its extension in the Extension box and click Add.

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