Adobe GOLIVE CS2 User Manual page 27

ADOBE GOLIVE CS2 18
User Guide
4. Add a Smart Object.
Drag a Smart Generic icon from the Smart set of the objects toolbox to the CSS layout object. Select the icon in
the document window, and click the Browse button in the Source section of the Basic tab of the Smart Generic Image
Inspector to navigate to a JPEG file on your hard drive (Smart Generic objects also support a variety of other image
formats. See "Adding Smart Objects" on page 360for more information.) Choose options in the Save For Web dialog
box, and then save the target file in your site's web-content folder. (Don't worry if you don't have a JPEG file; you can
link an image file to the Smart Generic object in the document window at any time.)
When you use Smart objects, you create a link to a source file in a format such as Photoshop, Illustrator®, PDF, or
EPS, and then GoLive creates a target file in a web-optimized format. GoLive maintains the link to the source file.
When you move, resize, or reoptimize a Smart Object, you're manipulating the target file—the source file doesn't
change. This workflow lets you generate multiple image variations from a single source file.
5. Save the file as a page template.
Choose File > Save As, and choose Templates from the Site Folder menu. Type a name for the template in the Save
As dialog box, and click Save.
Page templates are predesigned page layouts that you can use as the basis for new pages. You can mark regions of the
page as editable: any part of the template that isn't marked as an editable region is automatically locked. When you
update a template, you automatically update all pages based on that template. For more information about templates,
see "Page templates" on page 420.
Create and manage links
In this tutorial you'll create navigational links from which viewers can jump to other pages in your site (internal links)
or to other sites on the web (external links).
Adobe GoLive's powerful site management features make it easy to maintain links between pages, and because
GoLive collects and updates URLs in the External tab of the site window, you can quickly create links across the web.