Checking the staging of design diagrams

When you check the staging of a design diagram, you determine whether all its pages are connected by links to an anchor page and whether there will be folder or filename problems when the diagram is submitted. You can then make corrections as needed.

Note: Diagrams with staging errors cannot be submitted, and a few error conditions can be detected only when you attempt a submission. If you check a diagram, detect no errors, but are unable to submit the diagram, check it again.

To check the staging of a design diagram:

1. In the diagram window, click the Staging tab. If you haven't submitted the diagram, its pages are listed as Design Pages, and custom objects are listed as Design Objects. If you have submitted the diagram, the pages are listed as Live Pages.
2. Click the Check Staging button  on the toolbar, or choose Diagram > Staging > Check Staging. A check mark  in the Check column opposite a page or object means that no errors were detected. Other icons in the column indicate problems or potential problems.

To correct staging errors:

If an error icon or warning icon appears opposite a page or object in the Check column, use the following information to correct the problem:

• The File In Use icon indicates that a page is open in a document window. Close all pages in a diagram before submitting or recalling the diagram.
• The Target Folder icon indicates that the target folder for a page could not be created when you tried to submit the diagram. Change the Folder setting in the Section Inspector for the page's section, or change the Target Dir setting in the Page Inspector if the page doesn't belong to a section. For custom objects, change the Target Dir setting in the Object tab of the Object Inspector.
• The Section Name icon indicates that a section page could not be named index.html (or another name assigned to the home page in Site preferences) because a file with that name already exists in the target folder. Rename the page or specify another folder for the page by changing the Folder setting in the Section Inspector.
• The Stage in Scratch icon indicates that a page is not linked directly or indirectly to an anchor page. Unless you want the page to be treated as a scratch page when the diagram is submitted, drag an anchor page from the navigation view to a page in the design view or link the page to an anchored page in the diagram to create a family link. (See Anchoring a design diagram.)

Note: All custom objects are treated as scratch items. A custom object must have a sample file, stationery, or template specified in the Object Inspector before the object can become a file in the site.

• The File Rename icon indicates that the page will be renamed automatically when the design is submitted. Normally this is an acceptable result.