Netobjects, Inc.

Rae Technology Inc.

Adobe, Inc.

Samir Arora

Clement Mok

Susan Kare

Victor B Zauderer

Gagan Arora

Rajagopal Lakshminarayan

Gregory Brown

David Kleinberg

Martin Fried-Nielsen

Martin Frid-Nielsen

Bernard Desarnauts

A method and apparatus for a structure editor implementing a 'top-down' approach to designing a Web page. The user uses a 'drag and drop' interface to add, delete, and move display elements to define the hierarchy of the site and to define the layout of each page in the site. The present invention automatically generates a layout for each page. This layout contains display elements that represent the links between pages of the site. The present invention automatically adds, removes, and deletes the appropriate links between the pages of the site as the user moves display elements. After the user has defined the hierarchy of the site and the layout of each page in the site, the user &#x201c;publishes&#x201d; the site. The publish function automatically generates HTML for each page of the site in accordance with the display elements of each page, yielding true WYSIWYG pages for the site.

Hierarchical drag and drop structure editor for web sites

A method and apparatus that a user to specify &ldquo;master borders&rdquo; that are normally a part of each web page on a web site. A preferred embodiment of the present invention allows the user to define the size of top, left, right, and bottom margins for each master border. The master borders are used for each page on the web site, unless the user chooses not to use the default master border on a particular page. Each master border has display elements defined therein. Initially, all pages in a site have the same master border. The master border for each page may be changed by the user. Changes to a master border, such as the addition of display elements to a master border on one page, are reflected in all pages using the master border. The user can also, for each page, specify whether one or more margins of the master borders is implemented as an HTML frame. The editor generates an HTML table representing each web page (or each frame of the web page). The user can chose to have HTML for the master borders generated as frames, overlapped in a user-defined manner.

Method and apparatus for implementing web pages having master borders

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A method and apparatus for a structure editor implementing a 'top-down' approach to designing a Web page. The user uses a 'drag and drop' interface to add, delete, and move display elements to define the hierarchy of the site and to define the layout of each page in the site. The present invention automatically generates a layout for each page. This layout contains display elements that represent the links between pages of the site. The present invention automatically adds, removes, and deletes the appropriate links between the pages of the site as the user moves display elements. After the user has defined the hierarchy of the site and the layout of each page in the site, the user 'publishes' the site. The publish function automatically generates HTML for each page of the site in accordance with the display elements of each page, yielding true WYSIWYG pages for the site.

Hierarchical structure editor for web sites

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A method and apparatus for a draw-based Web page editor in which the user uses a 'drag and drop' interface to add, delete, and move display elements to define the layout of a Web page. The present invention automatically generates an initial layout for each page. This initial layout contains display elements that represent the links between pages of the site. After the user has defined the layout of the Web page, the user 'publishes' the page. The publish function automatically generates at least one HTML table for the page in accordance with the display elements of the page, yielding a true WYSIWYG page.

Draw-based editor for web pages

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Samir Arora