A Web Site Editing System based on Unfold/Fold Operations

A better page structure for a web site improves the usability of its contents. Though ensuring a well-designed structure is important, site updating, such as adding new contents, may contort the consistency of a site. Most editors have experienced trouble changing the site-structure because the tasks include both creating new pages and linking to the pages

A Web Site Editing System based on Unfold/Fold operations

Better page structure of a Web site improves usability of contents. Though keeping the structure well-designed is important, site updating such as combining new contents may contort the consistency of a site. Most of editors have been through a trouble about changing the site-structure because the task includes both creating new pages and linking to the pages. We have designed and implemented a system “Javara ” for restructuring a Web site. “Javara” is a kind of editor, but the main operations are “link unfolding ” and “folding. ” Link unfolding causes the insertion of the linked document into the page, which can be used to collect the sparse contents onto a page. Folding means to create both new page and a link to the page at the same time, which can be used to separate the contents of a grand page into sub pages. Editors can specify a target area to be exported anywhere, with casual drag operation. Also Javara has zoomable pane to show a longer page. These facilities will reduce the editors burden.