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TIP 28: Using Quicksearch to Find Files


TIP 28: Using Quicksearch to Find Files

When you're working on a large Web site with lots of files, it's hard to quickly locate a specific file, even if you know the filename. The new Quicksearch field in the Files tab of the Site window makes it easy to instantly locate the files you're looking for.

Where Did All My Files Go?

If you look at the Files tab in your Site window, and your heart skips a beat because of all the missing files, it's probably because of Quicksearch. If you're not seeing all the files you expect, make sure the Quicksearch field is empty by clicking the X icon. This will revert your list of files to the normal view.


Just type into the Quicksearch field, in the upper-right corner of the Files tab, and you'll see the list of files filtered to match your search criteria as seen in Figure 28 .

Figure 28. Use Quicksearch to quickly locate files in the Files and Extras tabs of the Site window.


The options are pretty self-explanatory, but notice that if you click the magnifying glass icon, there are four different search types: Contains, Is, Begins With, and Ends With. These options make it easy to narrow your search and find the files you need.

To edit a file you find with Quicksearch, just double-click its icon in the filtered list of search results. To revert back to the normal file view, click the X icon next to the Quicksearch field.


Chapter THREE. Working with Pages

We remember the early days of the Web when we had to walk to work in four feet of snow in our bare feet, uphill both ways, and type all of our source code by hand. Back then, the two biggest competitors in the Web-design software market were SimpleText and Notepad. Fortunately, Web-design software such as GoLive has come a long way and makes the process of building interactive, visually compelling Web sites easier than ever.

You can still write code in GoLive, but it's usually much more efficient to work in GoLive's Layout Editor and let the software write all the HTML for you. GoLive offers six different ways to edit and preview your Web pages, but many users will spend most of their time in the Layout Editor. The accurate layout of this visual authoring environment makes it simple for anybody to build Web sites with the ease of drag and drop.

Because you, too, will spend most of your time in the Layout Editor, we decided to make this the longest chapter in the book. We start by covering some basic layout tools such as zooming, panning, guides, and rulers. We also cover different layout techniques including layout grids, tables, and CSS layers . Toward the end, we cover the use of color in GoLive and sharing color swatches and settings between all the Creative Suite applications.


TIP 29: Touring the Six Document Modes

When you open a Web page in GoLive you see six tabs across the top of the document window. Each tab offers a different way to edit or view your page. To change modes, click on the document tabs. Let's start on the left side and work our way across.

Changing the Default Mode

The default document mode is the Layout Editor, and, like so many other things in GoLive, you can customize it. In the General section of the application preferences, select your favorite option from the Default Mode pull-down menu.


Figure 29. There are six powerful ways to edit and preview your Web pages in GoLive.


  • Layout Editor : Visual designers spend most of their time using GoLive's Layout Editor. When you add and edit objects in this mode, GoLive writes all the source code for you (see Tips 3660).

  • Frame Editor : HTML frames are not nearly as popular as they used to be, but if you need to create frames pages this is the mode you work in (see Tip 75).

  • Source Code Editor : GoLive includes a very full-featured source code editor that is chock-full of timesaving features (see Tips 7782).

  • Outline Editor : The Outline Editor sports a unique outline view of the structure of a page (see Tips 8591).

  • Layout Preview : To see an accurate preview of what your Web pages will look in a browser, switch to this preview mode that uses the Opera browser as the rendering engine (see Tip 92).

  • PDF Preview : GoLive includes a one-click conversion of any Web page to an Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) file (see Tips 95107).