3.4.1 Choosing which WML files to include

This section describes how to choose the appropriate WML files from the WebMaker library.

Generally, you always want to include these files:

headings.wml

Contains paragraph rules for headings.

normals.wml

Contains paragraph rules useful for body text, including an Ignore rule.

lists.wml

Contains paragraph rules for lists, bullets, numbered lists, and glossaries.

If your document will not contain more than one node, you should not include a nodes WML file.

If your document will contain more than one node, you should choose exactly one of these nodes WML files:

nodes.wml

You should use this file if you use headings that create new nodes, and if you do not want to use images for navigation buttons or create a table of contents or index.

nodesTI.wml

You should use this file if you use headings that create new nodes, and if you want to create a table of contents and index. This file uses text rather than images for navigation links.

nodesB.wml

You should use this file if you use headings that create new nodes, and if you do not want to create a table of contents or index. This uses the button GIF files for images for the navigation buttons. If you include this file, you need to copy the button GIF files from the lib directory to the directory where the HTML files are stored. See Section 3.5.2, "Graphical navigation buttons".

nodesBTI.wml

You should use this file if you use headings that create new nodes, and if you want to create a table of contents or index. This uses the button GIF files for images for the navigation buttons. If you include this file, you need to copy the button GIF files from the lib directory to the directory where the HTML files are stored. See Section 3.5.2, "Graphical navigation buttons".

nodejava.wml

You should use this file if you want the functionality of nodesBTI.wml along with a small Java applet that creates a live table of contents on each HTML output page, which you can click on and use to go to any other page in your web. This uses the button GIF files for images for the navigation buttons. If you include this file, you need to copy the button GIF files from the lib directory to the directory where the HTML files are stored. See Section 3.5.2, "Graphical navigation buttons". You will also need a set of Java class files, copied from the lib directory to the directory where the HTML files are stored. See Section 11.2.5, "The nodejava.wml file".

If your document will contain a mapped table of contents, include this file:

contents.wml

You should use this file if you want to create a mapped table of contents. See Section 3.6.2, "Mapped table of contents".