Hi, boys and girls. Long time no see.
I'm going gung-ho and b*lls to the walls developing a site for myself that will hopefully develop a modest revenue stream for me. It's a comic community newszine, with some serious stuff as well. I just came off an AWFUL 3-month working experience using PAGEMAKER for a local newspaper (can you believe it?), and the program and boss were so horrible, I had to quit.
Anyway, for me, working in Quark is like putting on a beloved, comfortable sweatshirt, so although I have the free CS2 package like everyone now has, I still want to build my site in Quark, and eventually get back to learning more on Interactive Designer.
Here's my story:
1) The site is going to contain news stories and other items that will be updated WEEKLY. (The entire site comes out as a new issue each week.) I want prior weeks' stories available to the visitor via my News Archives, but does maintaining these week after week as their original pages make any sense? Like eventually, I'm going to have too many pages to effectively work within the layout, correct? (Not just text in these stories, but graphics as well.)
Should I repurpose old stories into PDFs instead, and link to those instead?
2) Exactly how do I link to a PDF? I still can't figure it out. I would just like to be able to export the page as PDF (removing any live links on the page)...have a text list with the name and fate of that story...and then a link which opens the PDF in a separate window.
Or do I have to create a separate page for news archives, PLACE all those PDFs on that page or converted to other format like JPEG (albeit needing reformatting), and use anchors? That sounds like a horrible way to work.
Old version of Quark, 7.5
Thank you for your assistance...hope you're well, Erik...and may the Schwartz be with you.