Step 3. Preview & Export Your Website
Click the Preview Tab to open the Preview window. The Preview window, lets you
apply a theme, web preview your site, test your links, and export the site to the web or
a folder on your computer.
• Click the Select Theme button to open the built-in theme library.
• Peruse the various themes under each category in the library. When you find
something you like, click the Apply button to apply the theme to your website.
• Review your website, click through the navigation menu, test the links and slideshow.
• Click the Send button to export your website.
• The Export menu will open. From the drop down menu, select the web host type to
export to.
• Hit Continue and enter your web host information. Click the Export button to export
your site to the selected location.
• A progress menu will appear, informing you of the status of your upload.
• To Save & Close your ShutterBug file, go to File from the main menu, and select
Save. Then select Close.
• You're done! Go and check out your new site on the web.
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Preview Window Features:
To learn more about using the web preview window, web hosts, using templates, page
customization, incremental uploads, and importing and exporting themes, select the
related link below:
• Chapter 4/4.1 - Using Themes and Templates
• Chapter 4/4.2 - Previewing, Testing Links, Navigating through your site in the Preview
window
• Chapter 5/5.1 - More details on the export menu, exporting changes only, and
changing web host information.
• Chapter 5/5.2 - More details on exporting to a dot Mac account, a WebDAV host, to a
folder on your computer, and what to do if your have a FTP web host
provider.
• Chapter 7 - Using templates to customize individual pages.
• Chapter 8 - Importing & Exporting Themes to apply to your web site while in
preview mode.
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Layout Window - Design & Layout Features:
• Chapter 1/1.3 - Overview of the separation of content from the design of your site,
and how the two components work together in ShutterBug.
• Chapter 1/1.4 - Capabilities Summary Chart for each of the three windows of
ShutterBug's user interface.
• Chapter 6 - Creating your own design and how to use the design tools located
under each tab in the Layout window.
• Chapter 7 - Customizing themes and templates, and adding, deleting, renaming
the templates in the template drawer.
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