Build your Website

Build your website on the desktop and get all neccessary files, which you can upload to a webserver.

You need a web server to publish your website on the internet. Usually a website hosting service will provide you access to a web server, but you can also operate a web server by yourself.

Goldfish will not help you to find a hosting service or register a domain like www.mywebsite.com. But you can find many hosting services with Google.

The code files which Goldfish creates must be uploaded to your web server (blue cloud). The visitors of your website get in touch with your webserver and receive your website from there.

If your website is complete you have to build all neccessary code files and media for the webserver. Choose File > Build Website... in the menu and choose a destination on your hard disk where Goldfish can save the files.

Don't upload the .gfp file to your webserver. This file contains your website project and can't be read from a webserver. Always upload the files which you get from File > Build Website....

During the build process, there may occure build errors. There are several types of build errors.

• Missing e-mail address: You have an e-mail form on your website, but there is no e-mail adress to which the form will be sent. Select the form and enter an e-mail address at Send Page > E-Mail Address on the properties panel.
• Missing internet address: You have an rss newsfeed on your website, but the internet adress is missing. The internet address is needed, by rss feeds. Select nothing (the project) and enter the internet adress on which your website will be available at Project > Page Address (Url) on the properties panel.

If you want to publish your website immediately on the internet, choose File > Publish Website... instead of File > Build Website....

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