PUB97: What Are Web Site Properties?

When you convert a publication to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format, Publisher uses the settings in the Web Site Properties dialog box to name the files that make up a Web site. By default, Publisher names the first page of the publication, Index.html. The second and subsequent pages are named Page2.html, Page3.html, and so on.

To change this default naming convention, click Web Site Properties on the File menu, and type a new name in the "Home page file name" box.

In the Web Site Properties dialog box, you can choose the default name for the first page of a publication. The default choices that appear are Index or Default. You can also type your name, and select the file name extension Publisher will use. The default file name extension choices are Htm or Html.

Do not change the file names of Web pages by renaming them after you create them. If you rename the files after you create them, the hyperlinks between pages do not work.

Most of the time it is not necessary to change the default behavior; however, there are cases when you need to change the behavior. Here are some examples:

• If your Internet Service Provider tells you to, you must change the default file name and/or file name extension.
• If you copy Web site files to an MS-DOS formatted disk in order to transfer them to an Apple Macintosh computer, you must change the file name extension to .htm (instead of .html). The software that allows a Macintosh computer to read an MS-DOS disk doesn't read files with four-letter file name extensions.