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4.2 Web Preview Your Site & Test Links

The Preview window is the place to review and check your site for any necessary

corrections or edits before uploading to the web or exporting to a folder. Preview

behaves exactly the same as a live browser. Everything you see in preview mode is

what you will get on the web, in all modern browsers on multiple platforms.

NOTE: Web browsers are free upgrades. OS 9, OS 10, and Windows all have

modern browser versions available. If you discover that one of your visitors cannot

view some of your pages properly, the first thing to check is what browser they are

using. 9 times out of 10 the problem is stemming from an outdated browser that does

not read modern standardized HTML and CSS properly. This is not just with

ShutterBug, if they can't view your site properly, chances are they can't view most

websites properly. It's quick and free to upgrade to the latest browser version available

for the particular OS.

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Previewing & Testing Your Site:

1. Click the Preview tab to reveal the preview window with the built-in browser.

2. Click through the navigation to check out the roll-overs, click, and current colors of

the navigation menu, and to view each page in your site.

3. Click the thumbnails to preview the slideshow, larger picture, or embedded link

action.

4. Click the links in your text description, footer text, and any linked caption text to

ensure they work, are using the right link, and no typos have been made.

5. When you are satisfied with your site, hit the Send button to upload it to the web or

export to a folder on your computer. See next chapter (Chpt. 5) for instructions on

uploading and entering web host information.

Note: Currently the masthead links are only active once uploaded. Clicking on a

masthead link in the preview window will not do anything. This will be fixed in a future

version so you can test the masthead link inside of the preview window.

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