Learning NVU a web authoring system

About N|VU , the open source web authoring system:

N|vu is an Open Source project started by Lindows, Inc.
N|vu is a complete Web Authoring System for Linux Desktop users as well as Microsoft Windows users to rival programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.
Even Mac OSX is not being forgotten.
N|vu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with
no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML.

N|vu was started from the Mozilla Composer code base. The Mozilla Internet suite is in the process of being broken up into individual pieces
(browser, email, etc.). Nvu picks up where Composer left off, adding additional features, functionality and ease of use.

What are the features of N|VU? Some features are:

WYSIWYG editing of pages, making web creation as easy as typing a letter with your word processor.

Integrated file management via FTP. Simply login to your web site and navigate through your files, editing web pages on the fly, directly from your site.

Reliable HTML code creation that will work with all of today's most popular browsers.

Jump between WYSIWYG Editing Mode and HTML using tabs.

Tabbed editing to make working on multiple pages a snap.

Powerful support for frames, forms, tables, and templates.

The easiest-to-use, most powerful Web Authoring System available for Desktop Linux users.

CSS Editor, Create stylesheets easily and manage the styles attached to your documents.

For a complete featurelist go to the latest features and screenshots for Nvu here!

Where can I get N|VU? You can download NVU from the website http://www.nvu.com/ .

You need support for N|VU? You get it through the forum website http://forum.nvudev.org/ .

The Linux installation goes as follows:

Here we explain the installation of N|VU with the Tarball built on Linspire (Debian k2.4) gcc/g++ 2.95.4:

First we have to download a n|vu package from the nvu.com site for Linux. Nvu.com has a couple of package for Linux, One for LinSpire 4.5, a Fedora Core 2 tarball and a Tarball built on Linspire (Debian k2.4) gcc/g++ 2.95.4, which we are going to use for our installation on a Mandrake 10 and a Knoppix 3.4 system click the next link to get version 0.41 of n|vu. Or go to the nvu.com site to see what the latest version of n|vu is and download it.
After downloading is complete, put the tarball in a directory you like cp -a nvu-0.41-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz destination-dir the destination-dir can be in your home dir or if you got the right in a system directory say /usr/local/. Here we do a untar in our home dir.
Untar the tarball with : tar -zxvf nvu-0.41-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz
The file will extract in the subdirectory nvu-0.41
Go to the subdirectory nvu-0.41
Now you can start nvu by entering ./nvu in a terminal or you can make a shortcut on your desktop.

NOTES:
The above procedure works for the distribution Knoppix 3.4 but not for Mandrake 10. If you try to start n|vu on Mandrake you get the
a message that it could not find a library, you can solve this by installing the library libstdc++2.10-2.96-0.83mdk.i586.rpm or do
an urpmi libstdc++2.10 in a terminal as root user. You might even think about installing (if you haven't already) the online urpmi
lists from the website http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php, just follow the instructions of the website.
If you are running Linspire, download and install the latest Beta version of Nvu from the CNR Warehouse with one-click by clicking on the 1 Click Install graphic!

Installation of N|VU for Mandrake 10:

The first thing we have to do is to download the rpm-file from the N|VU site, the file is called nvu-0.41-1mcnl.i586.rpm
After we recieved the file, we can install it. Logon as root (or use a sudo user) in a terminal session, or in a console.
Go to the download directory where you saved the Mandrake rpm file.
Enter the following command and press enter: urpmi nvu-0.41-1mcnl.i586.rpm
Now you can start nvu by entering nvu in a terminal or you can make a shortcut on your desktop.

Mandrake had put N|vu into their contrib-software list, so if you have your list connected to the internet, update it with urpmi.update -a and do an installation of nvu by entering the command urpmi nvu, it works for the cooker list.
Note for SuSE users, in the new SuSe (available at November 2004) N|VU is included into SuSE 9.2 Professional!

N|VU has an official release for the Mac OS X. The official has started at version 0.41 of N|vu, now there is a next release 0.50 (6 October 2004) the installation on Mac OS X goes as follows:

First we have to get the (latest) version of N|vu for Mac OS X. Which is a DMG package. this dmg file is a DiskImmaGe, compare it with a iso file). It's just as simple as almost any OS X app, there's no need to compile anything or pass through an installation script.
With the standard settings of browsers like safari of firefox the file will be on your desktop when the download is complete.
Doubleclick the nvu-version.dmg file and it wil be mounted and opened in a finder window.
You can run nvu from there, but then you need to remount the dmg everytime you want to start nvu so that's generally not a good idea.
As with any other application, just drag it to your 'Applications' folder (or anywere you like it) and run it from there.
When the copying of the files is finished you can eject/unmount the dmg and delete it

So in short: download the dmg, mount it, copy nvu somewhere, eject/unmount, delete the dmg.
Here a screenshot of N|vu 0.41 on the Mac OSX:

OSX running N|VU

N|vu is also available for windows. The Windows installation goes as follows:

Download the nvu windows full installer file by clicking here. Or go to the nvu.com site to download the latest version
Go to the download directory where the file resides.
Double click (left mouse button) on the file nvu-0.50-win32-installer-full.exe
The installer will start and looks like this:

Click on the button NEXT to continue the installation, this will bring up the license agreement window:

You have to accept the Mozilla Public license agreement else you can't continue with the installation, read it and if you agree click on the so that it will be marked. After this the button Next will be available for you to click on it, go ahead and do it.

Now the Select Destination Location window appears , in this window you can enter the path where you want NVU to be installed. The default path will be Drive:\Program Files\Nvu . Where Drive is the drive where your windows system is installed on. Also in this window you can see that you need at least 20,3 MB of free diskspace, if this is ok click on Next
destination

Now you get the Select Start Menu Folder window here we can put NVU in the Start Menu Folder of Windows, the default name for this is Nvu. But you can change it in whatever you like, if this is wise is another question, we take the default value. If you don' t want a entry in the Start Menu Folder, dus mark the "Don't create a Start Menu folder" and click on Next.

At the next window you can select the following options: Create a desktop icon? This will place a icon of NVU on your windows desktop, something like My Computer and the option Create a Quick Launch icon, this icon will be installed at the top of your startmenu, so that you can click on the START button, go to the top of the startmenu and click on NVU to start it. It is your own choice if you want this or not. Did you do your selection, or you don't want any, click on Next to continue the installation.

Finally we have entered all needed information to install NVU, click on the Install button to continue:

The installation of NVU is in progress, couple of minutes (or seconds) and it is ready , the installation of the NVU package is installing, see next window:

After nvu is installed you get a new window, where you can choice to start Nvu directly after you pressed the Finish button, or you unmark the Launch Nvu and start it another time. We choice here to start Nvu directly after we pressed the Finish button.
If you unmarked the Launch Nvu option, you can start Nvu later on through the next (default settings) way: Click on the go to the option in the windows start menu, next you go to the group and then you start Nvu by clicking on . Nvu will now start and you can make your webpages. Enjoy.