Publish and Save

You have an option when saving messages.
use configuration default?  In your storefront configuration file you could choose between a background image or a background color and a page font color for the message pages. Checking here will use that configuration setup for this message. This is a good way to keep a uniform look across all messages in your store, but it can get boring. Alternately, you can elect to use the text and page color you specified here-in by not checking.

You have another option when saving a product page.
save as: Select 'type' if you are going to save as a product 'type' page. Select 'detail' if saving as a product 'detail' page. The difference is in what items the search engine will place in the included selection list. See "messaging" in the Going Live section if you need more information on this feature.

There are two buttons associated with all Publish and Save operations.
delete Delete will remove all entries as if you were just getting started.
publish Publish will write the entire document code to this window. This allows you to follow the steps below for saving.

There are two additional buttons associated with PoP messages.
save all this button assembles any form elements you've created together with the page look parameters. You must click this before publishing to see and save the complete page.
view all View all allows you to view your entire page before publishing. It automatically saves everything.

  Steps for saving
Click "publish" to load your completed document into this frame.

Using a Netscape browser:
Left click on document, select from the browser menu, File|Save Frame As...

Using a Microsoft browser:
Right click on document, select from the pop up Menu, View|Source; then select from the source Menu, File|Save as...

Save As:
All messages you create are relevant to a particular product category in the database. Save them in the category folder where they will be used. (In the Lite version of MyStore3 there is just one useable category called MyDB.)

Promotional messages are saved as either:
promo.htm for the category entry promotion.
promoout.htm for the category exit promotion.
Product messages are saved as:
the_type_name.htm if it is a product 'type' page. This is the product table TYPE entry in the item record for this category.
any_name.htm if it is a product 'detail' page. You create a link to this file in the DESCRIPTION field for the item in the product table.
Pop Up messages are saved as:
some_letter.htm This is the letter used in the SPECIAL field of the item record in the product table.

NOTES:
If you view a product page outside of the store's main window, there will be unexpected results and/or Javascript errors. This is normal. The database tables and configuration file that the page is trying to read is not available.

You will not see the results of using the configuration default setting in the message pages when viewing the document here. A JavaScript error, 'pagelook is undefined', will result.

When viewing an entire pop up message, any included image will show as a broken link. This is expected since the document running here is looking in the wrong folder for the image.

At the bottom of a pop up message page after clicking the 'view all' button, you will see the linked phrase undefined Webmaster. When the page is operating from within your store, undefined is replaced by the name of the store and the link is an e-mail URL method to the store e-mail address.

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