Setting preferences for opening pages

You can set General preferences for automatically opening a new page when the GoLive application starts, and you can set which tab in the document window (such as the Source tab) is selected when the page opens.

You can also set a preference to base new pages on an existing page or template. This is useful when you're setting up pages for your site. For example, you can set up a page with the page title, margins, and background that you want for all the pages, and set a preference to use this page whenever GoLive creates a new page. (See Setting up pages.) To store the page with your site, save it as stationery. (See "Using stationery.)

To set General preferences for opening pages when GoLive starts or creates a new page:

1. Choose Edit > Preferences.
2. Select General in the left pane of the Preferences dialog box.
3. In the right pane of the Preferences dialog box, choose one of the following options from the At Launch pop-up menu to customize the behavior of GoLive when it starts:
• Create New Page to create and open a new untitled document.
• Show Intro Screen to prompt you to create a new page or site, or to open an existing file.
• Do Nothing to start GoLive without creating a new document or displaying the Intro screen.
4. To specify the document window tab that a page opens in, choose it from the Default Section (Windows) or Default Mode (Mac OS) pop-up menu. If you want any new page to open with the tab selected, select New Document.
5. To use an existing file as the basis for new pages that you create in GoLive, select New Document, click the Select button, and select the file. If you also choose Create New Page from the At Launch pop-up menu, GoLive creates a new document based on this file when you start the application.
6. To add the meta information "<meta name="generator" content="GoLive 6">" to each file that you create or save, select Write "Generator GoLive."
7. Click OK.