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Chapter 7: Setting up sites and pages
Creating sites
About GoLive sites
When you use the Site Creation Wizard to create a website, GoLive creates a site file (with the .site extension) to
manage and control the site contents. GoLive also creates three folders to hold the web pages, media files, and other
resource files needed for building and maintaining the site. When you create a blank site, GoLive creates a blank
index.html page and a project folder that contains everything, including the three site folders and the site file.
If you name the new site Mysite , the site file is named Mysite.site . The project folder is named Mysite and contains the
site file and three folders:
Web-content Contains web pages, image files, external cascading stylesheets, and other source files. GoLive lists the
contents of the web-content folder in the Files tab of the site window and uploads the contents of the web-content
folder when you upload the site to a publish server.
Web-data Contains reusable GoLive site assets, such as components and page template files. GoLive lists the
contents of the web-data folder in the Extras tab of the site window.
Web-settings Stores settings you make in the site window and the Site Settings dialog box.
The site file and contents of the web-data and web-settings folders are not uploaded when you upload the site to a
publish server.
A
C
B
D
E
GoLive site named “Mysite”
A.
Project folder
B.
Site file
C.
Web-content folder
D.
Web-data folder
E.
Web-settings folder
Whether you create the site in Windows or Mac OS, the site file you create can be opened and used on both
platforms.