JP2002024132A - Device and method for preparing web page - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To enable a user to easily create and publish a Web page without requiring knowledge or technology such as a markup language used for a document. SOLUTION: A document D for storing documents is provided.
B41, a material DB 41 for storing materials to be arranged on a Web page, a document designating unit 21 for designating a document to be edited by the client 3, a designated document is displayed as a Web page on the client 3, and the arrangement conditions of the material are set to the client 3. , A material embedding unit 23 that embeds a material in a document based on the arrangement condition of the material, and a document management unit 14 that divides the document into those that are made public and those that are not made public and stores them in the document DB 41.
DB 42 with a list displayed on client 3
To select the actual position on the Web page.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a Web page creation apparatus and a Web page creation method for creating a Web page provided by a WWW server.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A large number of companies, various organizations or individuals around the world are using WWW (World Wide Web).
We set up a homepage on the server and actively transmit information. The WWW server stores the user's home page in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Lap).
nguage) is provided by a document described using a markup language. It is also possible to describe the logical structure and appearance of the document in the document, and to embed images, sounds, moving images, and other document positions in the document.

A document provided by such a WWW server is generally created using a dedicated application program (hereinafter, referred to as an "application"), and browsing the document requires a WWW browser. WW
Information obtained by a W browser is generally called a homepage, a WWW page, a Web page, or simply a page, but is described as a “Web page” in this specification.

[0004] Many applications having a Web page creation function are sold. The user installs this application on a client computer (referred to as a “client” in the present specification), and creates a document file constituting a Web page by the client. The created document file is transferred from the client to the WWW server, and is generally provided by the WWW server.

[0005] In recent years, a service for creating a Web page using a document provided by a WWW server without installing an application on a client has been provided. This service is WW
A web page is created by directly opening a document file constituting the web page on a W browser, and inputting and editing an HTML tag or the like described therein. HTML to use this service
Requires knowledge of tags.

[0006] Alternatively, only when a new document file is created, there is a service provided with a function of creating a Web page by inputting data such as simple layout conditions into a preset input form. According to this service, knowledge of HTML tags is not required, but since data input by an input form is applied to a predetermined template, when a layout is changed by editing an existing document file. Requires direct manipulation of HTML tags.

[0007]

In the case of an application to be installed and used on a client, work such as setting of the environment of the client is required. This operation is extremely complicated for a user who is unfamiliar with computers. In addition, the document files that are being created and the completed document files are collectively managed on the client side, and only those files that can be made public can be selected.
Need to transfer to server.

When a Web page is created using a document provided by a WWW server, the Web page is created by a template based on the data entered in the input form. Not good. Further, only input forms and templates prepared in advance on the WWW server side can be used, and the user cannot freely determine the layout.

Therefore, in the present invention, a Web page creation apparatus and a Web page that enable a user to easily create and publish a Web page without requiring knowledge or technology such as a markup language used for a document.
Provide a page creation method.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A Web page creation apparatus according to the present invention is a Web page creation apparatus for creating a Web page by a client connected via a communication line, and stores documents constituting the Web page. Document storage means, material storage means for storing materials to be arranged on a Web page, document specification means for specifying a document to be edited by a client, and display of the specified document as a Web page on a client's WWW browser Means for designating the arrangement conditions of the client by the client, means for embedding the material in the specified document based on the arrangement conditions of the material, and means for publishing and not publishing the specified document. Means for storing in storage means It is those with a. Here, the material stored in the material storage means is data such as text, a still image, a moving image, a table, or audio.

[0011] In addition, the Web page creation method of the present invention includes:
Wen by a client connected via a communication line
A web page creation method for creating a b page, wherein a document to be edited is specified by a client from documents constituting the web page stored in a document storage unit, and the specified document is placed on a WWW browser of the client. The client specifies the layout conditions for arranging the materials stored in the material storage means on the Web page, embeds the materials in the specified document based on the specified layout conditions, and publishes the specified document. It is characterized in that it is stored in the document storage means separately into those that do not make it public and those that do not make it public.

According to these inventions, the Internet and L
W displayed on a client connected via a communication line such as AN (Local Area Network)
By simply specifying the layout condition of the material to be arranged on the web page, the material is embedded in the document based on the specified layout condition, and the web page can be easily created. In addition, since the document indicating the created Web page is stored in the document storage unit separately into a document to be disclosed and a document not to be disclosed, the user manages the document to be stored and disclosed on the client and the document not to be disclosed. No need to do.

Here, the arrangement designating means is a means for selecting a material acquired from the material accumulating means from a list displayed on the client and designating an actual position on a Web page displayed on a WWW browser. It is desirable to do. As a result, the user can arrange the materials while checking the actual arrangement on the Web page displayed on the WWW browser, and can grasp the image of the completed Web page.

Preferably, the arrangement designating means is means for designating enlargement / reduction or special effects of the material as the material arrangement condition. Thus, when embedding a material in a document, a specified enlargement / reduction or a special effect such as flash or marquee is described, and a Web page having a more complicated movement can be easily created.

It is preferable that the document designating means and the layout designating means function by executing a script included in the document provided to the client. As a result, the Web page creation device can easily execute complicated processing that cannot be realized by HTML alone using a document provided to the client, thereby reducing the load on the client.

[0016]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a Web page creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the Web page creation system of FIG.

In FIG. 1, the Web in this embodiment is
The page creation system includes a WWW server (hereinafter, referred to as a “server”) 1 that provides a document on the WWW, a client 3 that can be connected to the server 1 via the Internet 2 as a communication line, and the like.
The server 1 is connected to a database (hereinafter, referred to as “DB”) 4 for storing data such as documents constituting web pages and materials to be embedded in the documents, and functions as a web page creation device of the present invention. The client 3 includes a WWW browser (hereinafter, referred to as “browser”) for browsing a document provided by the server 1, and functions as a WWW client.

As shown in FIG. 2, the DB 4 includes a document DB 41 as a means for storing data of documents constituting a Web page, and a material DB 42 as a means for storing data of materials to be arranged on the Web page.
A menu icon DB 43 as means for storing data of icons constituting a menu displayed for selecting each function, and a client 3 connected to the server 1
A user management DB 44 for managing information relating to users who use, a document management table 45 for managing storage locations of documents stored in the document DB 41 by category, and a storage location of materials stored in the material DB 42. It comprises a material management table 46 for managing by category, and an icon management table 47 for managing the storage location of icons stored in the menu icon DB 43 and the like. Document DB
Reference numeral 41 is divided into a public area A for storing a document to be disclosed and a private area B for storing a document not to be disclosed.

As shown in FIG. 2, the server 1 has a user registration means 1 for registering a user in the user management DB 44.
1 and a user management DB according to a request from the client 3
An authentication unit 12 for performing user authentication based on the document 44; a document editing unit 13 for editing a document stored in the document DB 41; and a document management unit 14 for acquiring and storing a document in the document DB 41 based on a document management table 45.
A function selecting unit 15 for selecting various functions of the document editing unit 13; a material managing unit 16 for acquiring and storing a material in the material DB 42 based on a material management table 46; and editing a material stored in the material DB 42. It functions as a material editing unit 17 that performs the editing.

The user management DB 44 stores the ID and password of each user as information about the user. In response to a request from the client 3, the user registration unit 11 displays a user registration screen on the browser of the client 3, and allows the user to input an ID and a password desired by the user. Alternatively, the user registration means 11 automatically assigns an ID to each user and causes the user to input a desired password. The user registration unit 11 refers to the user management DB 44, and if there is no duplicate ID, registers the ID and password in the user management DB 44.

The authentication means 12 displays a user authentication screen on the browser of the client 3 in response to a connection request from the client 3 to the server 1. The user authentication screen is provided with columns for inputting a user ID and a password.
Enter D and password and send to server 1. The authentication unit 12 of the server 1 collates the ID and the password with the user management DB 44, performs authentication, and permits the client 3 to connect to the server 1.

The document editing means 13 has a document designating means 21 for designating a document to be edited by the client 3, and displays the designated document as a Web page on a browser of the client 3.
The client 3 includes an arrangement designating unit 22 for designating the arrangement condition of the material on the Web page, and a material embedding unit 23 for embedding the material in a document specified based on the arrangement condition of the material.

The document editing means 13 includes the authentication means 1
The menu screen shown in FIG. 3 is provided by a document to the client that has been authenticated in step 2. The browser of the client 3 displays the provided document as a Web page as shown in FIG.
On the menu screen shown in FIG. 3, a list of documents stored in the document DB 41 is displayed for each category, and a category selection tab provided for each category ("movie", "gourmet", "health and medicine", etc.) It is possible to select the category displayed by 51. The creation of a new category, the editing of a category name, and the deletion of a category are performed by using a category creation button 5
2. It can be specified by the category edit button 53 and the category delete button 54.

The document management means 14 searches the document management table 45 for documents belonging to the category selected by the category selection tab 51, and displays a list of the indexes on the category display section 55. The index displayed on the category display section 55 includes “new creation” indicating a document to be newly created,
The image is displayed together with an image of “publishing” indicating a document being published and an image of “creating” indicating a document that is being created and is not to be published. That is, the document DB 4
The document stored in the first public area A is displayed together with the image of "opening", and the document stored in the non-public area B is displayed together with the image of "under preparation".

The document designating means 21 is a means for allowing the client 3 to select a document to be edited from the indexes displayed in a list on the category display section 55. The document is specified by the document specifying unit 21 by executing a script included in the document providing the Web page shown in FIG. 3 provided to the client 3 when the index is specified by an input device such as a mouse provided in the client 3. Works by. The document corresponding to the index specified by the document specification unit 21 is obtained from the document DB 41 by referring to the document management table 45 by the document management unit 14, and is displayed on the browser of the client 3 by the document editing unit 13 in FIG. Is displayed as a Web page 61 shown in FIG.

The function selection means 15 displays a function menu 62 shown in FIG. 4 when a function is specified (right-clicked or the like) on the Web page 61 displayed on the client 3 by an input device such as a mouse. The function menu 62 is constituted by icons indicating respective functions as shown in the figure, and a desired function can be selected from the icons by an input device. The function menu 62 has a hierarchical structure. When an icon portion having a lower hierarchy is designated, the menu of the lower hierarchy is displayed in a drop-down format. The icons constituting the function menu 62 are stored in the menu icon DB 43 managed by the icon management table 47.

The material DB 42 stores data such as texts, still images, moving images, tables, and voices as materials to be arranged on a Web page. These materials are created by the material editing means 17 and managed by the material management table 46 for each category. Each material is given a file name, title, comment, and the like, and is stored in the material management table 46 as material information. Further, the material editing unit 17 has a function of collectively registering materials linked to other Web pages. For example, other W
When the web page is dropped on the material registration window 64 on the web page 63 of the material list shown in FIG. 5, a list of materials linked to this web page is displayed. The user designates an arbitrary item in the list of this material and specifies the material D
B42 can be registered. At this time, similarly to the above, each material is given material information such as a file name and registered in the material management table 46.

When "picture" is selected from the function menu 62 shown in FIG. 4 by the function selecting means 15, a list of still images stored in the material DB 42 is displayed on the Web page 63 by category as shown in FIG. Is done. A category displayed on the Web page 63 can be selected by a category selection tab 65 provided for each category (“gourmet”, “sports”, “PC”, etc.). The function selecting means 15 searches the material belonging to the category selected here from the material management table 46,
Web page 63 of the index to client 3
Provide a document to be displayed as.

The layout specifying means 22 selects an arbitrary material from the indexes displayed as a Web page 63 on the client 3 by the function selecting means 15 and selects W
This is means for allowing the client 3 to specify the actual arrangement position on the web page 61. For example, this specification is
An arbitrary material 66 is dragged with the mouse from the index displayed as a list as the web page 63, and the Web page is displayed.
This is performed by dropping the image on a desired position on the page 61. Actually, the designation by the arrangement designation means 22 functions by executing a script included in a document provided to the client 3 based on a drag and drop operation of the client 3 with the mouse. The material 66 placed on the Web page 61 is
Further, it can be moved to another position by the arrangement specifying means 22. In addition, when arranging the material 66 or the like, the arrangement specifying means 22 can also specify the enlargement / reduction of the material 66 and special effects such as flash and marquee as arrangement conditions of the material 66.

The material embedding means 23 embeds the material in the document of the Web page 61 being edited by the document editing means 13 based on the layout condition of the material specified by the layout specifying means 22. That is, an HTML tag for setting a link to the material is inserted into the document.

The procedure for creating a Web page by the Web page creation system having the above configuration will be described below. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a Web page creation procedure in this embodiment.

In step S 101, the user operates the server 1 by the client 3 via the Internet 2.
Make a connection request to The server 1 transfers a document for displaying the user authentication screen on the browser to the client 3. The user can enter the ID from this user authentication screen.
And a password, and send it to server 1. In step S102, the authentication unit 12 of the server 1
D and the password are checked against the user management DB 44, authentication is performed, and connection of the client 3 to the server 1 is permitted.

The document editing means 13 of the server 1
The document for displaying the menu screen shown in FIG. 3 on the browser is transferred to the client 3 which has been authenticated by the authentication means 12. In step S103, the user selects a category of the document to be edited from the menu screen shown in FIG. The document management means 14 searches the document management table 45 for documents belonging to the category selected by the category selection tab 51, and displays a list of the indexes on the category display section 55.

In step S104, the document specifying means 21 causes the client 3 to select a document to be edited. When the user selects the index of "new creation" by the client 3, step S
At 105, a new document is created, and a Web page for the new document is displayed on the browser of the client 3. On the other hand, step S10
In 4, the user is "open" by the client 3.
Alternatively, when the index of “under creation” is selected, in step S106, the document corresponding to the selected index is acquired from the document DB 41 by the document management unit 14, and the Web page for this document is displayed on the browser of the client 3. You.

In step S107, the Web page displayed on the browser is edited by the document editing means 13. For example, when the user right-clicks the mouse on the Web page 61 shown in FIG. 4, the icon management table 47 stored in the menu icon DB 43 is stored.
Are managed by the function selection means 15 and displayed as a function menu 62 shown in FIG. The user selects a desired function from the function menu 62.

For example, when "picture" is selected from the function menu 62 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a list of still images stored in the material DB 42 is displayed on the Web page 63 for each category. The user selects an arbitrary material 66 from this list and selects We
It is arranged at an arbitrary position on the page 61. The material 66 once placed can be moved to another position.

Also, by right-clicking on the material 66, a function menu 62 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed to add a special effect such as setting of a link or underlining to the material 66, the thickness of the material 66, and the like. It is also possible to reduce or enlarge the size. For example, when a link (not shown) of the function menu 62 displayed by right-clicking the material 66 is selected, a link setting window is displayed. This link setting window enables the URL (Unifo
By inputting “rm Resource Locator”, a link to the material 66 is set. Alternatively, the URL of the link destination is stored in the material management table 46 in advance.
Is stored, the UR of this link destination
It is also possible to select and input from the list of L.

The material 66 thus arranged and the material 6
The special effect such as the link to the Web page 6 is stored in the document of the Web page 61 being edited by the material embedding unit 23.
It is described as a TML tag.

When "Save" is selected in the function menu 62,
In step S108, the document for the Web page 61 being edited is stored in the document DB 41 by the document management unit. At this time, the document is stored in a predetermined location of the document DB 41 managed by the document management table 45. The setting of the storage location of the document in the document DB 41 is performed on the menu screen shown in FIG. In the menu screen shown in FIG. 3, when the right mouse button is clicked on the index displayed in the category display section 55, the attribute (public or non-public, title, etc.) of the document corresponding to this index is changed, Deletion can be performed.

Here, the document whose attribute is made public and stored in the public area A of the document DB 41 is made public and can be displayed by another client 3 connected to the Internet 2.
On the other hand, the attribute is kept private and the document DB 41
The document stored in the non-public area B can be viewed only by the user authenticated by the authentication unit 12 or the administrator of the server 1.

As described above, the Web in this embodiment is
According to the page creation system, the document specified by the client 3 is displayed as a Web page 61 on the browser of the client 3 on the menu screen shown in FIG. 3, and the materials acquired from the material DB 42 are displayed on the client 3 as a list. By specifying the actual position on the Web page 61 selected and displayed on the browser, the material is arranged on the Web page 61 based on the specified arrangement condition, and the material is displayed on the Web page 61. Embedded in the document. Further, this document is stored in the document DB 41 separately into a document to be disclosed and a document not to be disclosed.

That is, only by specifying the layout condition of the material to be arranged on the Web page 61, the material is embedded in the document based on the specified layout condition, the Web page is easily created, and the created document is created. Are managed by the document DB 41 by being classified into those to be disclosed and those not to be disclosed, and the user does not need to manage this document on the client 3. At this time, since the user can arrange the materials while checking the actual arrangement on the Web page 61 displayed on the browser, the user can easily grasp the image of the completed Web page.

Further, since it is possible to specify a material enlargement / reduction or a special effect as a material arrangement condition,
When embedding a material in a document, a specified enlargement / reduction or a special effect such as flash or marquee is described, and a Web page with more complicated movement can be easily created.

Further, since the operations of the document designating means 21 and the layout designating means 22 function by executing a script included in the document provided to the client 3, a complicated process which cannot be realized by HTML alone is provided to the client 3. The server 1 can easily execute the document by using the document, and the load on the client 3 can be reduced.

[0045]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) W stored in the document storage means
A document to be edited is specified by the client from among the documents constituting the web page, the specified document is displayed as a web page on the browser of the client, and the material stored in the material storage unit is stored in the web.
The client specifies the placement conditions to be placed on the page, embeds the material into the specified document based on the specified placement conditions, and classifies the document into those that make the specified document public and those that do not make it public. By storing the content in the means, the material is embedded in the document based on the specified layout condition only by specifying the layout condition of the material to be arranged on the Web page, and the Web page is easily created and created. Documents are managed by the document management means separately from those to be disclosed and those not to be disclosed, so that the user does not need to manage this document on the client.

(2) The user selects a material obtained from the material storage means from a list displayed on the client and designates an actual position on the Web page displayed on the browser. W displayed
The material can be arranged while confirming the actual arrangement on the web page, and it is easy to grasp the image of the completed web page.

(3) By specifying the enlargement / reduction of the material or the special effect as the arrangement condition of the material, when embedding the material in the document, the specified enlargement / reduction or special effect such as flash or marquee is described, which makes it more complicated. It is possible to easily create a moving Web page.

(4) The document designating means and the layout designating means are made to function by executing a script included in the document provided to the client, so that a complex process which cannot be realized only by HTML is provided to the client by the Web. The load can be reduced on the client by making it easy to execute on the page creation device side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a Web page creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the Web page creation system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a menu screen for creating a home page displayed on a client.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a Web page to be created.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a material embedding function.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a Web page creation procedure in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 server 2 Internet 3 client 4 DB 11 user registration means 12 authentication means 13 document editing means 14 document management means 15 function selection means 16 material management means 17 material editing means 21 document designation means 22 placement designation means 23 material embedding means 41 document DB 42 Material DB 43 Menu Icon DB 44 User Management DB 45 Document Management Table 46 Material Management Table 47 Icon Management Table

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A web page creation apparatus for creating a web page by a client connected via a communication line, comprising: a document storage unit for storing a document constituting the web page; and a material to be arranged on the web page. Material accumulating means for accumulating, document designating means for designating a document to be edited by the client, and displaying the designated document as a Web page on a WWW browser of the client, and causing the client to designate layout conditions of the material. An arrangement designating unit, a unit for embedding the material in the designated document based on the arrangement condition of the material, and a unit for publishing and not disclosing the designated document to the document storage unit. Means for storing Web page creation device. 2. The arrangement designating means designates an actual position on a Web page displayed on the WWW browser by selecting a material acquired from the material accumulating means from a list displayed on the client. 2. The web page creation device according to claim 1, wherein the web page creation device is a means for causing the web page to be created. 3. The Web page creation device according to claim 2, wherein the arrangement designating means designates enlargement / reduction or special effects of the material as an arrangement condition of the material. 4. The Web page creation device according to claim 1, wherein the material is text, still image, moving image, table, or audio data. 5. The Web page creation device according to claim 1, wherein the document designation unit and the arrangement designation unit function by executing a script included in a document provided to the client. . 6. A Web page creation method for creating a Web page by a client connected via a communication line, wherein a document to be edited is specified by the client from documents constituting the Web page stored in the document storage means. Then, the designated document is displayed as a Web page on the WWW browser of the client, and the material stored in the material storage means is displayed on the WWW browser.
An arrangement condition to be arranged on an eb page is designated by the client, and the material is embedded in the designated document based on the designated arrangement condition. A method for creating a Web page that is divided and stored in the document storage unit.