Building the site tree
When you create a new local siteA managed collection of documents, folders, and resource files on the local file system that you intend to publish as a Web site. (without using the Site Wizard), its site tree is initially empty except for one node, representing the site itself. Building the tree means adding nodes and arranging them to reflect the structure you want for the site.
There are five kinds of nodes that can be in a site tree:
- Document nodes represent ordinary documents that are part of the local site.
- External Link nodes represent URLs that are external to the current site.
- Shortcut nodes are “virtual” nodes. A shortcut node links to a document node elsewhere in the site tree. Shortcut nodes are useful when you want a single document to appear in more than one place in the tree.
- Temporary nodes are placeholders. Use a temporary node to occupy a position in the site tree that you intend to fill later with a real node.
- Folder nodes are special nodes that represent subfolders of the site’s root folder The “home” or top-level folder of a local or remote site; the folder that contains the site’s home page or main index file. a root folder may contain subfolders in addition to documents.. Folder nodes are created automatically by Namo WebEditor when you create a local site in an existing folder that contains subfolders. You cannot create a folder node manually. Folder nodes are never included in dynamic navigation bars.
In this section
Moving, copying, and removing nodes
Saving an image of a site tree