How to get started?

Concept

The goal is to create Web Update Client program and give it to your customer to update selected data on their web site without any HTML knowledge. To do that you will use Web Update Builder, a simple program that creates Web Update Client based on given parameters such as web site FTP access properties, list of web pages to update, proxy server configuration on customer's computer etc. Web Update Client is stand alone program and does not have to be installed so all you have to do is give your customer that one executable file and they can use it right away.

Step 1 - Add <WUB> HTML tags to your web site project

Web Update Client can do its job only if web pages are properly prepared for it. When you decide which parts of web page's contents you want to allow your customer to update you should enclose them in <wub></wub> HTML tags. You can add those tags directly into HTML code using any text or specialized HTML code editor, or you can use Dreamweaver® with tag extension file included with Web Update Builder installation. Recommended additional readings:
<WUB> HTML tags explained
Support for Dreamweaver

Step 2 - Start Web Update Builder and fill in your customer data

Fill in data fields with customer data. Name and logo image will be displayed in Web Update Client. FTP access properties are necessary to allow Web Update Client to send updates to web site. HTTP address is also required and you will use proxy server settings if necessary.

Step 3 - Select web pages for Web Update Client

You have prepared web pages in Step 1 and now you have to tell Web Update Client what those pages are. Use Browse to point to local folder where you keep your customer's web site and use Include subfolder option if necessary. Then click Scan and Web Update Builder will analyze all HTML files and mark those that have <wub> tags.

Step 4 - Upload web pages list to server using FTP

When you make the list of web pages for Web Update Client it has to be uploaded to the web server. Just click Upload in Web Update Builder to complete this step. Each time Web Update Client is started it downloads list of web pages to work with so if you want to add or remove some pages later you do not have to make new Web Update Client, just upload new list to its location.

NOTE: do not forget to upload pages themselves, uploading just the web pages list is not enough, the client program will access the pages directly on the server so you have to have their versions with wub tags online.

Step 5 - Make Web Update Client and send it to your customer

Everything is ready, <wub> tags are in their places, customer data entered in Web Update Builder, list of web pages for Web Update Client prepared... Now click Make WUC to create Web Update Client and send it to your customer.