Ceneca Pioneers Easy-To-Use Authoring And Integrated Site Management Tools For World Wide Web.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 1995--Ceneca Communications, Inc. today announced the first of its new suite of Web authoring and site management tools. Ceneca PageMill makes creating Web pages as easy as producing a word-processed document, while Ceneca SiteMill dramatically simplifies site management. This Macworld '95 announcement marks the first step in Ceneca's long-term strategy to support the growing need for easy-to-use editors, site management tools, and other applications for the World Wide Web. These tools will revolutionize Web site creation and maintenance the way page layout :For the Wikipedia policy about articles layout, see Wikipedia:Guide to layout. Page layout is the part of graphic design that deals in the arrangement and style treatment of elements (content) on a page. tools did for desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, . The Challenge of Web Authoring Until now, creating Web pages required an understanding of the details of HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. (Hypertext Mark-up Language), as well as knowledge of URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. addresses and various image file formats Image file formats provide a standardized method of organizing and storing image data. This article deals with digital image formats used to store photographic and other image information. . Pages were typically created in a text editor directly using HTML codes, or translated from existing documents using format conversion utilities. Either way, even simple changes to a page involved editing and saving it, possibly converting it, previewing the results in a browser, re-editing, re-saving or re-converting etc. until the desired result was achieved. Site managers had no easy way to verify that their sites worked correctly. Updating a site often required using tedious and time-consuming scripting languages. Renaming or moving a single file often required editing dozens of other files by hand to ensure hyperlinks pointed to the correct resources. The Ceneca Web authoring products eliminate such tedious iterations, and put the functionality of all these programs into one integrated, easy to use package. Ceneca PageMill for Page Creation Ceneca PageMill is an integrated authoring tool that lets Web site managers quickly and easily create, edit, and update Web pages without having to learn HTML. Web pages are edited directly using normal word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and tools. Ceneca PageMill's editing and formatting match the capabilities of HTML exactly, so what you see on the screen as you edit always duplicates how the page appears in popular browsers. Also, unlike existing file format converters and add-ons to word processing tools, Ceneca PageMill eliminates the risk of losing data when converting text and graphics into HTML. Creating links between files and adding images to text is a simple matter of drag and drop A graphical user interface (GUI) capability that lets you perform operations by moving the icon of an object with the mouse into another window or onto another icon. For example, files can be copied or moved by dragging them from one folder to another. . Ceneca PageMill supports advanced HTML features such as clickable image Same as imagemap. maps and fill in-forms, all with "what you see is what you get (jargon) What You See Is What You Get - (WYSIWYG) /wiz'ee-wig/ Describes a user interface for a document preparation system under which changes are represented by displaying a more-or-less accurate image of the way the document will finally appear, e.g. when printed. " ease and accuracy. It enables users to work in a single environment, without having to switch between an editor and a browser. Ceneca SiteMill for Page Creation and Web Site Management Ceneca SiteMill includes all the functionality of Ceneca PageMill, and adds unique site management facilities including the ability to find and fix errors in existing sites, move and rename files, and find unused resources all with the simplicity of point and click. During all these operations, links that would normally break are automatically fixed. Sites maintained with Ceneca SiteMill always remain correct. All the resources of a site are available at a glance, and special pop-up menus allow following any in- or outbound link A link from your site to another site. Contrast with inbound link. of a page. Ceneca and The Web "The World Wide Web is the fastest growing communication tool today. Marketing and Information System professionals are starting to reap the benefits of this medium for internal and external corporate communications," said Robert Seidl, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Ceneca Communications. "We have removed technical barriers to let a wider audience enter Web publishing and our unique tools are specifically designed around the requirements of Web content creation." "Ceneca PageMill and Ceneca SiteMill combine to provide the only complete Web development environment available," stated Jon Wiederspan, Director of Internet Services at ComVista Internet Solutions, Redmond, Washington, "PageMill brings the ease of word processing in a package designed with HTML specifically in mind. With the added site management features in SiteMill, I consider this the one true 'must have' application for any Web developer. Considering the time I save in training new staff and locating errors on a site, SiteMill will easily pay for itself." Ceneca SiteMill and Ceneca PageMill are compatible with all standard browsers and Web servers and output standard HTML. Pricing and Availability Ceneca SiteMill is priced at $795 in the U.S. Ceneca PageMill is priced at $195. Both products will ship in calendar third quarter 1995. Initial release of the products will be available on the Macintosh, with future support for Windows and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms. About the Company Ceneca Communications, Inc. develops, markets, and supports communication tools for the World Wide Web. Its products are aimed at marketing and communication professionals developing external Web sites as well as corporate communication professionals and users of company - internal Web sites. Its main office is in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. . -0- Note to Editors: SiteMill and PageMill are trademarks of Ceneca Communications, Inc. CONTACT: Ceneca Communications, Inc. Robert Seidl, 415/842-6810 email: rseidl@ceneca.com |
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