Previewing Templates

Sitebuilder Templates SDK includes a utility that enables you to preview a site based on a specific template. The utility can be used only in MS Windows.

To preview a template, do the following:

  1. In the Windows Explorer, right-click a template directory and select the Sitebuilder Template Preview option.

    You will be prompted to select a template scheme, menu style, and header banner.

    You can open this window with the following command line:

    Preview.exe [Full path to template root directory]

    Or you can start Preview.exe and choose template root directory using program menu.

    The Preview.exe is stored in [Sitebuilder SDK folder]/Tools. By default, the Sitebuilder SDK folder is C:\Program Files\Parallels\Plesk Sitebuilder 4.2\SDK\.

  2. Click Preview.

    The system will launch the check of the template structure. The results of the check are displayed in the Template Preview tab. If the structure is correct, the preview of the template is displayed in the Browser tab.

    Note: This check does not require the template to contain preview images of a color scheme, menus, and header banners. Also, at this stage you do not have to provide a description of the template in the info.xml file. You can do it later on, when the template is completely ready.