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<P>How can FunnelWeb be used to make webs? Easy!
Here's how it works. You create a single file called (say)
<SAMP>daves_web.fw</SAMP> containing a Funnelweb output
file macro (<SAMP>@O</SAMP>) for each page in the the web
that you want to create. The <SAMP>daves_web.fw</SAMP> file
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+--------------+
| daves_web.fw |
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V
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| FunnelWeb Program |
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V
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+--------------+ +------------+ +------------+
| contact.html | | index.html | | links.html |
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<P>Here are some key points about this application:
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<LI> First, FunnelWeb can only generate the text files in
your web (such as the <SAMP>.html</SAMP> files). You will still
need to create the image files using the image manipulation
tools you usually use; FunnelWeb does not help with the
graphics, nor does it provide a GUI. You have to write raw
HTML. However, FunnelWeb provides power tools for writing
the HTML.
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<LI> Second, this is not a literate-programming
application of webs. Here, FunnelWeb is being used purely as
a macro preprocessor, and there will never be any cause to
use FunnelWeb to generate documentation files (weaving). The
files generated as above are FunnelWeb <I>output</I>
files, not FunnelWeb HTML documentation produced by the
FunnelWeb weaver. This is a raw macro preprocessor
application.
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<P>So what benefit is there in converting one's web to a
single FunnelWeb file? If you have just a small number of
pages in your web (as in the above diagram), there is
probably not much benefit. However, if you have several
pages in your web, FunnelWeb can provide huge benefits by
enabling you to control the relationships between the
various parts of your web and to parameterize it in whatever
ways you want to. The result is a consistent style, a
reduction of errors, and the power to execute broad ranging
changes to the web with very little fuss. For example,
FunnelWeb makes it easy to change the background of each
page in your web, or to add a copyright notice at the bottom
of every page.
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<P>The advantages of using FunnelWeb to make webs are as follows:
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<LI> Web is represented by a single file.
<LI> No more multiple-file replace operations!
<LI> Define a consistent style for the web.
<LI> Parameterize the web. Make global changes easily.
<LI> Use the power of HTML without the messy HTML syntax.
<LI> Eliminates many syntax and spelling errors.
<LI> Eliminates bad (internal) links.
<LI> Eliminates form/CGI cross reference errors.
<LI> A flexible text power tool always available.
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<P>The disadvantages of using FunnelWeb to make webs are as
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<LI> No GUI interface. You have to write your web directly.
<LI> It is more difficult to position graphics precisely.
<LI> FunnelWeb files can look cryptic and messy.
<LI> You have to run FunnelWeb between changing your web and
viewing the changed pages.
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<P>Thus, if you make webs that are highly graphics
intensive, or if you are uncertain about writing HTML, you
should probably not use FunnelWeb. However, if you are
generating large webs with many similar pages, FunnelWeb
will eliminate much of the hassle in managing the whole
complex. For large webs, this management capability is
invaluable.
<P>Whatever its advantages and disadvantages, FunnelWeb is
certainly a <STRONG>practical</STRONG> production-quality webmaking tool.
It has been used to make all of the webs in the following
web spaces (each of which contains several subwebs):
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