WebComposer

The main window shows the menu tree on the left and individual items on the right. The items have basic properties: menu caption, filename, menu image and whether WebComposer is allowed to touch the item (Managed checkbox). You can also switch to HTML document view, displaying the HTML document, or the Source view, displaying (and editting) HTML source.

The site settings allows to set a multitude of options for the site. The foremost option is the formatting for the menu - what HTML code will be inserted for each element. By default, new projects use HTML tables (such as in this website); although other styles, such as bulleted lists, can be obtained pretty easily. Note that there are some special characters used in the definitions: a pound sign (#) defines an ASCII character (#13#10 is a linebreak) and a percent sign (%) encapsulates a variable name, which gets replaced when updating the page content. The following variables are recognized:
%% - a single percent sign (%)
%active% - either "a" or "n", based on whether the item is the active menu item or not
%caption% - item's Caption, as defined in Item properties in the Main window
%class% - item's class (see note below)
%curdatetime% - current date and time, in system formatting
%filename% - item's Filename, as defined in Item properties in the main window
%level% - item's level (menu-depth), with root item being level 0
%level1% - item's level (menu-depth), with root item being level 1
%imgrelpath% - item image's path relative to current item
%relpath% - item's path relative to current item
%rootrel% - path to site's root folder, relative to current item

Note about classes: Class is a generated string that identifies the menu level and whether the item is active or not. It is the concatenation of "menu", item's level (zero-based) and if the item is active, an "a". The resulting string is therefore "menu1", "menu2a" etc. This is an ideal way to integrate CSS with menu management.

Inserts are another way to automate page building, by providing a way to insert common sections into the file. When processing each managed page, WebComposer looks for HTML comments that match the string <!--InsertName--> and <!--/InsertName--> (note the syntax, the first occurence is the insert's name, the second has an additional slash) and replaces everything in between those two comment tags with the insert InsertName. So in order to have a consistent footer in each site, only make sure every page contains a <!--MyFooter--> <!--/MyFooter--> pair and define the footer contents in the Inserts page of the Settings dialog. Also note that inserts support the same set of variables as menus, so at the very least you need to be careful with the percent sign (%).

WebComposer can upload the whole site to a server using FTP. You just need to set the FTP server name, port (usually 21), root path, FTP username and password. Then use the menu Site -> Upload in the main window. WebComposer automatically detects local dependencies in the webpages, such as pictures and links to files, and uploads those files as well. If the FTP server supports it, WebComposer only uploads files that have been modified since the last upload, therefore saving uploading time and bandwidth.