supersite newb question

[Merlin_AZ]

I'm experimenting with a new supersite, which I've never worked with before, and I have a question on construction.
I've seen supersites with 5 or 6 navbar buttons that transition down to that section of the page.
Are these sections created as separate pages like a conventional site that are "fused" on export?
Or is it built as a single page with navbar buttons linked to anchors?
I've never done this before and it's a little confusing.
I've exported some templates as supersites and viewed them in browsers, and they aren't working the way I expect.
Thanks.

[Acorn]

Supersites are all separate pages that are "fused" on export - good description. What you get is a complete site so if it is lots of graphics, expect a slow download.
There are three types: Vertical, Horizontal and Page Transitions.

Vertical/ Horizontal work like anchors; transition uses jQuery/CSS (my guess, mainly CSS ) to hide/reveal//do magic.

Can you name a template and a transition and then explain what is is not doing for you?

Acorn

[Merlin_AZ]

Thanks for the reply, Acorn.
When I open the Oceana or Cinereal themes, export as supersites with Page Transitions/slide in from top, and open inside Chrome on Win7-64bit, none of the navbar buttons work, and when I scroll, it's only showing one page, not any of the others.
I know there is a navbar supersite bug in V11 already mentioned, but I'm only seeing page 1 on export, none of the others.

[roly]

Hi Merlin_AZ, see the following link http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthre...-Working/page2 (See post 12 & 14) No solution yet but Acorn and some other of us are waiting for an answer from Xara.

Ciao

Roly

[Merlin_AZ]

Thanks Roly.
I guess we'll see what happens after the first update.

[jon404]

Acorn -- if I make a 4 or 5 page Supersite -- with horizontal pages with those neat transitions -- after the site is up, if I make an edit to something on one page only, does it have to re-upload the whole Supersite, or is it smart enough to upload just that changed area? Like if I added an extra picture on one of the pages, or more text, etc...

[steve.ledger]

Give it a try it, Jon?
And make sure you tick the Fast Publish (Only changed files) check box

[Acorn]

Acorn -- if I make a 4 or 5 page Supersite -- with horizontal pages with those neat transitions -- after the site is up, if I make an edit to something on one page only, does it have to re-upload the whole Supersite, or is it smart enough to upload just that changed area? Like if I added an extra picture on one of the pages, or more text, etc...

Jonathon, it really depends. Usually a text change to a text box would only result in a page (page.htm) change. If it is graphics, Xara has a tendency to renumber images so all get uploaded.
I get round the latter by naming large images (Name: filename=image), which reduces the upload effort.

Acorn

[jon404]

Thanks Acorn -- after I import a picture onto the page, and then open the Names dialog, could you give me an actual example of what you would put in the Apply Name: box? Imagine it's a JPG of a train, and the filename is train1.jpg...

[steve.ledger]

filename="train1"

Then press 'Add'.

DO NOT ADD THE .jpg extension.