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Getting Started
In addition to the User Guide, the following resources can help you get started using Webgenz:
  • The Getting Started section provides detailed information on setting up your first Project.
  • The Tips & Tricks section and the FAQs provide questions to common questions about using Webgenz.
  • The Release Notes page provides information about features added to Webgenz in recent releases.
  • The Webgenz Message Board contains comments and questions from Webgenz users. If you don't find the answer to your question, post a message to the Message Board.

Webgenz Overview
When working with Webgenz, you need to be familiar with the following concepts:

  • Projects - A Project is used to identify a web site or portion of a web site that is being maintained by Webgenz. You may have a single Project for your entire site or break your site up into multiple Projects. For most sites, a single Project is all that you will need. The limit to the number of Folders or Documents in a Project is based on the amount of memory in your PC. A single Project can contain hundreds of Folders and thousands of Documents.
     
  • Folders - Folders are subdivisions of Projects. A Project can be logically divided into as many Folders as necessary. A Webgenz Folder has no direct relationship to a Windows Folder. However, a Webgenz user may decide to structure their Webgenz Folders to map directly to Windows Folders.
     
  • Documents - Documents are HTML files which are generated by Webgenz. They are not edited directly, but are "generated" from Templates and Content Files. Documents are organized into Folders.
     
  • Content File - Content files are where Macros are defined. Content files are organized into a hierarchy which allows Macro Values to be shared (or inherited) across a group of files that have some characteristic in common. Read more
     
  • Templates - A Template defines the basic layout for Document. Templates contain Macro Tags that are replaced by Macro Values when Webgenz generates a web site. Read more
     
  • Project Definition File - The Project Definition File is a text file that contains all of the information related to a specific project, including: Folder definitions, Document definitions, and the relationships between Folders, Documents, Templates, and Content Files. Read more
     
  • Macro Tags - Macro Tags are used in Template files to identify the the variable pieces of information that will be replaced by Macro Values from Content Files. Macro Tags are sometimes referred to as Macro references.
     
  • Macro Values - Macro Values replace Macro Tags in Template files when a Project is "generated". Macros Tags can be nested.
     
  • Macro Parameters - Macro Tags may include parameters. This feature allows specific elements in a Macro Value to be replaced by parameters referenced in a Macro Tag. See an example


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