8.1  Publishing the Website

Any catalog can be published as a website - just use the Publish menu.

Publish Catalog Menu

Select Publish>Publish Catalog from the main menu.

Publish Dialog

Press the Publish button. The following dialog is displayed:

Publish Progress

A summary of your publishing profile is displayed at the top of the window. The current progress of the publishing operation will be displayed. Click Cancel at any time to cancel the operation.

To open the published website in your web browser, click the View button. Currently this only works with websites which have been published to a local directory - for other websites, type in the URL of your site into your browser. You can also set this URL using the publish options page.

The view button shows the website in a browser

To return to the "Configure Publishing" window and change your publishing options, click on the Configure button.

You can also view catalogs using Catalyzer Web Server. This adds Search and Browse functions as well as the ability to combine multiple catalogs. See the Quick Start section (chapter 1) for how to start the Web Server.