AOLpress Help

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File Selection Windows

Several commands in the File menu display windows that let you select a file:

• Open
• Save As
• Import
• Copy File
• Delete

In addition, the Browse buttons in various windows display similar file selection windows. These windows let you manipulate files on your local disks, your PrimeHost hosting service or AOL member directory, or any other AOLserver to which you have access.

When you save or open a file, you may be prompted for a user name and password if it is a remote file and the location is protected. AOLpress will save the page and all the image files (lines, bullets, photos) associated with it. Saving the file across the network may take a few seconds.

• If a page with the file name you typed already exists, AOLpress asks whether to save the file, don't save, or rename the page.
• If any of your images already exist in this directory, AOLpress asks you if you want to save it, don't save it, rename it, or cancel. There is no need to re-save image files now, though you can if you wish. AOLpress will ask what you want to do for each pre-existing file.

MS Windows

The file selection windows under Microsoft Windows are much like file selection windows in other Windows software.

• In addition to selecting local disk drives (such as C:), the Drives / Sites field lets you select directories you've published to, such as your PrimeHost hosting service directory or your AOL personal publishing directory (http://members.aol.com/screen_name).
• The Location field uses Windows file paths, such as c:\mydir\index.htm for local files. For files on a server, the Location field uses URLs, such as http://members.aol.com/screen_name/mypage.htm. For pages, use a file extension of .htm (for example, mypage.htm). For MiniWebs, use no file extension.
• MiniWebs are stored both as directories and files, so they show up in both lists. Double-click on a MiniWeb in the Directory list to see a list of the files in the MiniWeb. Double-click on a MiniWeb in the Files list to perform the window's action on the MiniWeb.

Macintosh

File selection windows on a Macintosh contain several additional fields.

• You can type the full location of the file or a URL directly into the Location field (the unlabeled field below the Sites field). Disks, folders, and files are separated by colons (:) in this field. For example, BigDrive:Web Pages:Club:index.htm is a file in the Club folder of the Web Pages folder on a drive called "BigDrive".
• In addition to local disks, the Sites field lets you select Web locations you've published to, such as your PrimeHost hosting service directory or your AOL personal publishing directory (http://members.aol.com/screen_name).
• After you use the Sites field and the scrolling list of files and folders to find a directory, you can type a file name at the end of the text in the Location field (below the Sites field). To make your pages portable to all other platforms, it is best to use file names with 8 characters and no spaces. For pages, use a file extension of .htm (for example, my_page.htm). For MiniWebs, use no file extension.
• The Desktop button moves you to the files and folders on the Macintosh desktop.

Conventions Between Platforms

If there is a possibility you will need to edit your pages on a Window 3.1 system, you should use the "8.3" filename length required by Windows 3.1. If you are using the 32-bit Windows version with Windows 95 or the Macintosh version, you can use longer filenames if you like.