WebMaker User Guide
4 Overview of WML Files
WebMaker operates on WebMaker Language (WML) files. A WML file is a file that describes how a set of FrameMaker paragraph and character tags are to be translated when generating a web of documents, and how to divide the FrameMaker document into separate HTML files (also called nodes). You either create a new WML file (with File > New) or open an existing one (with File > Open). When you make changes with WebMaker, and then choose File > Save, WebMaker saves those changes in the WML file.
WebMaker offers a convenient user interface for viewing and editing WML files. However, a WML file is a plain text file, so you can also use a text editor to view or modify it.
Each WML file must conform to the rules and syntax of the WebMaker Language, which is essentially a programming language. See "WebMaker Language (WML)" on page 87.
This chapter describes all the elements that a WML file can contain, and how to view these elements with WebMaker. The purpose of this chapter is to give the basic information on WML files; that is, the information that you need to know to use WebMaker. The details about how to use WebMaker to view and edit these WML elements are described in "Complete Process for Converting Documents" on page 49.
- 4.1 - Two kinds of WebMaker users
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- 4.2 - Key for appearance of WML elements
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- 4.3 - Overview of include files
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- 4.4 - Overview of paragraph rules
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- 4.5 - Overview of character rules
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- 4.6 - Rules defined more than once
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- 4.7 - Undefined elements
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- 4.8 - Overview of untagged character rules
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- 4.9 - Overview of variables
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- 4.10 - Overview of node rules
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WebMaker User Guide - 27 SEP 1995
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