Re: What is Re-optimize for?

Tracey,

Short answer...

A .nod file is a database. When you add information to it, it expands. When 
you delete (like removing a page, for example), it doesn't necessarily 
shrink in file size.

Re-optimize compacts the database, checks for (and tries to fix) 
errors/inconsistencies and normally results in a smaller and more efficient 
.nod file.

When you re-optimize, you'll see that your pages disappear and are 
reconstructed and reappear in Site View as part of the process.

If you have serious errors (like a damaged master border, for example), 
re-optimize can fail until you remove the offending oject(s).

Pasting in formatted content from Word can also cause problems.

Re-optimizing from time to time is good preventive maintenance.

-- 
Chuck Joslin
BeyondFusion.com - Your Fusion Community
www.beyondfusion.com

Register domain names at www.awavedomains.com

"Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:fqk43m$5tf1@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> Hi
>
> I have been using NOF since version four back in '99 and have upgraded 
> regularly until this most recent version when I decided I couldn't justify

> upgrading since I was retired and my need for a program like NOF had 
> diminished more than somewhat. I am therefore still using NOF9.
>
> I have only now found the Re-Optimize tool beneath the Tools menu. My 
> question quite simply is this: What does Re-Optimize do??? I've tried 
> using it and it appears to have got rid of an un-used asset that was 
> annoying me and I could not work out how to get rid of it. I've searched 
> the PDF User Manual and the word 're-optimize' appears only once on page 
> 29 (sixth line from the top) and this tells me very little except to use 
> it if I suddenly notice my .NOD files getting excessively large - 
> otherwise to contact tech support for further assistance. Neither can I 
> find too much about on the newsgroup! Can anyone please help on this 
> please as it does look as though it just may be very useful. Thanks very 
> much.
>
> Tracey
> 

Hi

I have been using NOF since version four back in '99 and have upgraded 
regularly until this most recent version when I decided I couldn't justify 
upgrading since I was retired and my need for a program like NOF had 
diminished more than somewhat. I am therefore still using NOF9.

I have only now found the Re-Optimize tool beneath the Tools menu. My 
question quite simply is this: What does Re-Optimize do??? I've tried using 
it and it appears to have got rid of an un-used asset that was annoying me 
and I could not work out how to get rid of it. I've searched the PDF User 
Manual and the word 're-optimize' appears only once on page 29 (sixth line 
from the top) and this tells me very little except to use it if I suddenly 
notice my .NOD files getting excessively large - otherwise to contact tech 
support for further assistance. Neither can I find too much about on the 
newsgroup! Can anyone please help on this please as it does look as though 
it just may be very useful. Thanks very much.

Tracey 

Hi Chuck

Thanks for your response. If I understand you correctly, Re-optimize is very 
useful if, for example, you remove some pages and add others which at the 
end results in possibly a great many assets being no longer required. 
Instead of using the knife and fork method of removing such assets (as I 
have been doing this past week), you can do a Re-optimize and it should, 
hopefully, do it all for you. Little did I realise there was a means of 
having NOF do it all for me. Thanks a lot for the info.

Tracey




"Chuck «BeyondFusion»" <supportno@spambeyondfusion.com> wrote in
message 
news:fqk4li$5tf2@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> Tracey,
>
> Short answer...
>
> A .nod file is a database. When you add information to it, it expands. 
> When you delete (like removing a page, for example), it doesn't 
> necessarily shrink in file size.
>
> Re-optimize compacts the database, checks for (and tries to fix) 
> errors/inconsistencies and normally results in a smaller and more 
> efficient .nod file.
>
> When you re-optimize, you'll see that your pages disappear and are 
> reconstructed and reappear in Site View as part of the process.
>
> If you have serious errors (like a damaged master border, for example), 
> re-optimize can fail until you remove the offending oject(s).
>
> Pasting in formatted content from Word can also cause problems.
>
> Re-optimizing from time to time is good preventive maintenance.
>
> -- 
> Chuck Joslin
> BeyondFusion.com - Your Fusion Community
> www.beyondfusion.com
>
> Register domain names at www.awavedomains.com
>
> "Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in message

> news:fqk43m$5tf1@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have been using NOF since version four back in '99 and have upgraded

>> regularly until this most recent version when I decided I couldn't 
>> justify upgrading since I was retired and my need for a program like
NOF 
>> had diminished more than somewhat. I am therefore still using NOF9.
>>
>> I have only now found the Re-Optimize tool beneath the Tools menu. My 
>> question quite simply is this: What does Re-Optimize do??? I've tried 
>> using it and it appears to have got rid of an un-used asset that was 
>> annoying me and I could not work out how to get rid of it. I've
searched 
>> the PDF User Manual and the word 're-optimize' appears only once on
page 
>> 29 (sixth line from the top) and this tells me very little except to
use 
>> it if I suddenly notice my .NOD files getting excessively large - 
>> otherwise to contact tech support for further assistance. Neither can I

>> find too much about on the newsgroup! Can anyone please help on this 
>> please as it does look as though it just may be very useful. Thanks
very 
>> much.
>>
>> Tracey
>>
> 

Tracey,
Experience has told me the knife and fork method is much better.  Less
chance of corrupted nod file later when you remove components, assets and
links from a page first, then delete it.  Re-optimize was created to
compress a large nod file.  It has the side effect of being able to clean
some but not all errors from a file.  Use it but don't expect it to perform
miracles.


--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com



"Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in message
news:fqkmrj$8kg1@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> Hi Chuck
>
> Thanks for your response. If I understand you correctly, Re-optimize is
very
> useful if, for example, you remove some pages and add others which at the
> end results in possibly a great many assets being no longer required.
> Instead of using the knife and fork method of removing such assets (as I
> have been doing this past week), you can do a Re-optimize and it should,
> hopefully, do it all for you. Little did I realise there was a means of
> having NOF do it all for me. Thanks a lot for the info.
>
> Tracey
>
>
>
>
> "Chuck «BeyondFusion»" <supportno@spambeyondfusion.com>
wrote in message
> news:fqk4li$5tf2@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> > Tracey,
> >
> > Short answer...
> >
> > A .nod file is a database. When you add information to it, it
expands.
> > When you delete (like removing a page, for example), it doesn't
> > necessarily shrink in file size.
> >
> > Re-optimize compacts the database, checks for (and tries to fix)
> > errors/inconsistencies and normally results in a smaller and more
> > efficient .nod file.
> >
> > When you re-optimize, you'll see that your pages disappear and are
> > reconstructed and reappear in Site View as part of the process.
> >
> > If you have serious errors (like a damaged master border, for
example),
> > re-optimize can fail until you remove the offending oject(s).
> >
> > Pasting in formatted content from Word can also cause problems.
> >
> > Re-optimizing from time to time is good preventive maintenance.
> >
> > -- 
> > Chuck Joslin
> > BeyondFusion.com - Your Fusion Community
> > www.beyondfusion.com
> >
> > Register domain names at www.awavedomains.com
> >
> > "Tracey Woodmason" <tracey@seasoft.co.uk> wrote in
message
> > news:fqk43m$5tf1@flsun90netnews01.netobjects.com...
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> I have been using NOF since version four back in '99 and have
upgraded
> >> regularly until this most recent version when I decided I
couldn't
> >> justify upgrading since I was retired and my need for a program
like
NOF
> >> had diminished more than somewhat. I am therefore still using
NOF9.
> >>
> >> I have only now found the Re-Optimize tool beneath the Tools menu.
My
> >> question quite simply is this: What does Re-Optimize do??? I've
tried
> >> using it and it appears to have got rid of an un-used asset that
was
> >> annoying me and I could not work out how to get rid of it. I've
searched
> >> the PDF User Manual and the word 're-optimize' appears only once
on
page
> >> 29 (sixth line from the top) and this tells me very little except
to
use
> >> it if I suddenly notice my .NOD files getting excessively large -
> >> otherwise to contact tech support for further assistance. Neither
can I
> >> find too much about on the newsgroup! Can anyone please help on
this
> >> please as it does look as though it just may be very useful.
Thanks
very
> >> much.
> >>
> >> Tracey
> >>
> >
>
>