This FAQ is provided with the hopes to be helpful for users using SilkPage. The information is updated as the questions and answers becomes appearant to the SilkPage team.
D.1. General Information |
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What is SilkPage |
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Refer to Section 1, “What is SilkPage?” section. |
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For whom is SilkPage intended |
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SilkPage is for everyone who believes in Open Standards, XML and quality. The only pre-requisite to use SilkPage is some basic knowledge of XML, to be able to encode your website content. While the SilkPage software is well documented, it's (cuurently) based on a command line executions. If you can't sand command line executions, then SilkPage is not for you. |
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I don't know anything about XML, can I still use SilkPage |
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No, to use SilkPage, you need to provide your Website content in XML format. Therefore, you need to know the XML (very) basics. Refer to A Technical Introduction to XML to get started. |
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What are the differeces between SilkPage and DocBook Website |
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SilkPage is based on DocBook Website. Both applications share almost the identical features, such as Website publishing. However, SilkPage provides some extra features:
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On what is SilkPage based |
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SilkPage is mainly based on DocBook Website. |
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What is the relation between SilkPage releases and DocBook Website |
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Piror to every release, SilkPage team takes the current version of DocBook Website releases, makes modifications (if necessary), and prepares its own release. The DocBook Website output may have a different look/feel than SilkPage output. Moreover, SilkPage provides extra features not present in DocBook Website. |
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D.2. Usage and Customization |
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How do I create my first Website |
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How do I migerate my website from DocBook Website to SilkPage |
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SilkPage is based on DocBook Website. The only thing
you need to do to port your website to SilkPage is to copy the
content of your website under |
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How can I change the link labels of the footer items generated by SilkPage |
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Refer to Section 3.2, “Page Source Link Items Parameters” to learn how you can control this feature. |
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SilkPage generates a Google based search field for my website, how can I turn it off |
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Refer to Section 3.1, “Search Field Parameters” to learn how you can control this feature. |
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What is RSS |
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RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. Refer to All About RSS for a complete desciption. |
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What are all RSS formats and versions ? Which one should I choose |
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There are 0.90 and 0.91 by Netscape , 1.0 by RSS-DEV and 0.9x and 2.0 by UserLand Software . Refer to the What's RSS Article to find out more. |
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D.3. Installation |
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What is required to run SilkPage |
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Refer to Section 1, “System Requirement”. |
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How do I install the SilkPage software |
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It's simple, for all platforms you can download the .zip archive file and unpack it on the hard disk using your favorite tool. See Section 3.2, “Installing SilkPage Distribution” for more information. |
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On what platforms SilkPage can be installed and run |
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Any operating system supporting Java (J2SE), Standard Edition. However, it should be mentioned that we use GNU/Linux as our reference operating system. |
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I can't even run SilkPage with the |
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The most common hiccup is when
In addition, make sure that Section 1.2, “DocBook Parameters” are set correctly. |
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