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1. vadda pade to my webste 107 S Indiana Ave Bloomington IN 47405 7000 Cine Sipe ae 812 855 4848 Add a new web page Convert document with FlasnPaper Last updated 10 August 2005 Add a Microsoft Office document Comments y Add content to a web page Copyright 2005 The Trustees of Indiana University Add an image Insert a table Create a link Create a section anchor v Modify a web page Change a page title Edit images in Contribute Done To hide optional region click on template properties select optional region and uncheck Show Region To edit the right navigation please refer to the Editing page elements not in editable areas section Editing existing web pages You can edit any pages on your website as long as you have permission and as long as someone else is not currently editing the page When you browse to a page the message area under the toolbar indicates whether you can edit that page Opening a page for editing To open a page for editing simply browse to the page or use the Contribute workspace to quickly access special pages To edit a page 1 Browse to a page you want to edit 2 Do one of the following e Click the Edit Page button in the toolbar e Select File gt Edit Page Editing page elements not in editable areas Contribute enables you to access pages and files associated with your website that you can t browse to Use the Choose button in the toolbar after the address bar to access pages and fi2. This property can affect the layout of content within a cell e Cell Spacing This is the amount of space between the borders of the cells e Table Header A header is a row that is used to distinguish columns or rows If you have a table of addresses the header is the row that specifies the Name Address Phone etc Headers are usually made bold e Background color Background colors can be set for the whole table or for individual cells Merged Cells Border Header row Cell Spacing Cell Padding Cell Alignment Creating a Table Creating a table in Contribute is easy 1 Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to insert the table 2 Click the Table button in the toolbar Ctrl Alt T This following dialog box will appear Insert Table Number of rows Number of columns Table width Automatic width Specific width Border thickness z pixels Cell padding 0 pixels between border and content Cell spacing pixels between cells 3 Set the number of rows and columns More can be added later if needed 4 Set the Width of the table Automatic Width is the default setting Specific width allows you to specify a certain value In web pages only width is defined height is not defined You can specify the table width to be a certain number of pixels wide or as a percentage of the page If you set the width to 50 the table will extend half the width of the users
3. available to others for review to get approval or feedback before you publish the draft If you decide not to publish your draft you can cancel it leaving the published version of the page as is If the draft you re publishing was already on your website Macromedia Contribute replaces the existing page with your updated version You can also make updates to an existing page then publish it as a new page without altering the original page If the draft you re publishing is a new page that was not on your website Contribute adds it to your website For new pages Contribute asks you to name the file for the page before you publish File name should be all lower case with no spaces Publish New Page E Please enter a filename For this new page The Filename will become part of I the page s web address on your website Page title Contact Us Department Indiana University Filename contactus shtml cp Choose Folder i Web address http jwaww iu edu iuwebdey contributesiutpl contactus shtml Help Publish Cancel After you publish a draft if you realize that you need to unpublish the draft don t worry you can revert to a previous version of the page if your website administrator has enabled the Page Rollback feature Previewing a page in your default browser To preview a page in your browser do one of the following e Select File gt Preview in Browser e Press the F12 key Making your draf
4. custom classes will be available in the Style drop down menu Macromedia Contribute Page3 Page3 New shtml XHTML lajkli File Edit View Bookmarks Insert Format Table Help Y Pages Draft Console Browser Custom Error Message Indiana Q Contact Us Department Indiana Universit E Connect SH save for Later Cancel S Link E Image EE Table S Table Row ff Table Column a Page Properties iured medium small Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3 Heading 4 wHow Dol v Get started Contribute tutorial Connect to a website Select a web page to edit Edit a page Review a draft Become a Contribute website administrator v Add a page to my website Add a new web page Convert a document with FlashPaper Add a Microsoft Office document v Add content to a web page Add an image Insert a table Create a link Create a section anchor wv Modify a web page Change a page title Edit images in Contribute I epartment Home i JU Home z frome Bs SSee isis Bi Page Header h1 cause the server is down or not accepting connections Please contact your administrator Search Go Department Name egy oo Copy goes here Opy goes here sereas opy 1 header h2 opy 2 header h3 INDIANA UNIVERSITY Quality Education Lifetime Opportunities 107 S Indiana Ave Bl
5. screen no matter what size 5 Specify any border width cell padding and cell spacing you wish Again these can be modified later 6 Click on a header style if you want one Click OK to create the table Note Once you have created the table you can select it and click and drag on the lower right corner to resize it A word about table widths Table widths can be set as a pixel value or a percentage value Pixel values are good when you want to have a very consistent look on the page and not have things move around Percent values are good when you want to fill the page to a consistent degree When using a value like 50 the table should always fill up half the screen However there are some limitations to this Text can stretch and wrap as needed when resizing a browser window or on different screen resolutions but images cannot stretch and compress If you have a series of images across your table the table will not be able to compress smaller than the total width of all the images The cells can stretch to make the table bigger but this will only affect the spacing of the images not their size Adding and deleting rows and columns At times you may need to add a row or a column to your table To add or delete rows and columns Click on the Add Row or Add Column O0 button This will add a row above the selected row and a column to the left of the selected column Choose Table gt Insert gt Multiple Rows or Columns This wi
6. to your Contribute draft where you want the link to appear If the Insert Microsoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears click Create a link to the document then click OK e Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the link to appear or select text or an image of the draft then click the Link button in the toolbar and select File on My Computer Enter link text browse to the file you want to link to then click OK A link to the Word or Excel document appears in your draft Working with tables in Contribute Table Basics Macromedia Contribute makes using tables easy and intuitive but it s good to have an understanding of table terminology so that you can build tables quickly and use all available tools Tables consist of rows and columns The number of rows and columns define the number of cells in the table Cells are the individual units or boxes in the table All content is inserted into the cells You can define a table with any number of rows and columns and have the flexibility to add subtract and merge cells together Contribute has a variety of ways of creating and editing your tables Tables also have properties that define the look and layout e Border The line that surrounds the outside of the table This can be set to any size or none at all but 1 3 pixels is standard Border colors can also be set e Cell Padding This is the amount of space between the actual content of the cell and the cell border
7. Contribute Manual e Using Templates with Contribute Navigating to web pages e Creating a new page from a Template o Editable Regions o Optional Regions Editing existing web pages Editing page elements not in editable areas Using Cascading Style Sheets in Contribute Adding Word and Excel documents to a website Working with tables in Contribute Making hyperlinks with Contribute Adding an image to a page Adding keywords and a description for a page Saving Drafts Canceling a draft or new page Publishing Your Page Using Templates with Contribute How templates work A developer makes a template in Dreamweaver by creating a page and adding content that he she wants to be present on all pages that use the template A simple template might only contain a table with the logo and a background color for the page A more complex template may have a full navigation system in place additional content across the top of the page and a footer containing copyright information along the bottom The power of templates though lies in the various methods of editing or modifying certain sections of the page The template creator picks certain areas of the template that should remain editable or optional and users who make pages from this template will only be able to edit and add the content in those specific areas For Contribute administrators who want more information about how to create a template in Dreamweaver MX please see the Additional inform
8. To modify table and cell properties 1 2 Make sure the table is selected or have the cursor within the table Choose Table gt Table Properties The Table Properties tab will give you the properties available when you create a table cell padding and spacing borders etc The Cell Properties tab gives you access to cell specific properties Here you can set the alignment for a cell the background color and whether or not the text will wrap automatically Table Properties ED Table Properties Table Cell Properties Horizontal alignment Left v Vertical alignment Keep current v Background color W Wrap text You can also set properties at the row or column level It depends on what is selected when you open the Table Properties box To set properties for a column or row 1 2 Select the entire row You can do this by selecting all the cells in the row or column or if you place your cursor at the very right or top edge along the table it will turn into an arrow that will select the row or column when clicked The selection area is narrow Right click and go to Table Properties The dialog will now say Table Column Properties Set the values and Click OK to close the dialog box Formatting a table Contribute has built in table formatting These are predefined ways of setting color and formatting schemes To Format a table 1 2 3 4 Put the cursor within the table Click on t
9. ation section at Macromedia s website For a more detailed user manual download Macromedia s Using Contribute Manual PDF and visit Contribute Support Center Navigating to web pages The easiest way to find a web page you want to edit is to browse to the page in Contribute just as you would browse to a page in any web browser You can use the address bar in the Contribute window just as you would an Internet Explorer or Netscape browser window address bar Viewing drafts and new pages Drafts you are currently editing and new pages you ve created but haven t published yet appear in the Pages panel You can also access these pages using the File menu To view a draft or new page do one of the following Click the draft or new page title in the Pages panel in the sidebar Select File gt Drafts then select a page from the pop up menu Adding a page to your bookmarks You can add any web page not just pages in websites you ve connected to to your bookmarks list To add a page to your list of bookmarks 1 2 4 5 Browse to the page you want to add to your bookmarks list Select Bookmarks gt Add Bookmark from the menu The Add Bookmark dialog box appears If you want to change the name of the bookmark enter a new name in the Name text box This is the name that appears in your bookmarks list If you want to add the page to a folder click an existing folder name or click New Folder to add a f
10. esign than HTML but it also allows developers to manage the look of the entire web site from a central file Simply change a rule of style and it s automatically applied across the site Overview of CSS style types There are 3 main types of styles They are 1 Custom classes These are styles that can be applied to specific page elements such as paragraphs and tables These can be made available to Contribute users 2 Redefined HTML tags These are rules that are defined for specific tags They are automatically applied to every instance of that tag For instance developers can specify that every table on the site will have a 2 pixel red border Every new table that is made will automatically have that rule applied 3 CSS Selectors Selectors are used to specify styles for special combinations of tags For instance selectors are used for removing the underlines from links Like redefined HTML tags these are applied automatically to every instance of the selector rule As noted above custom classes are the only CSS styles available to Contribute users This is because the other types are already applied globally to the tags With custom classes Contribute users can select from the list of defined classes and apply them to whatever element they wish Contribute users cannot create CSS files but they can use the custom classes that have been linked to the page by the Dreamweaver MX administrator Once linked to the page in Dreamweaver the
11. hat you have visited recently like a history list 1 2 Click on Link gt Drafts and Recent Pages You will see a list of drafts and recent pages in the Insert Link Dialog Select the page in which you want to link The Preview Window will show the page that you have selected Click OK to make the link If you have linked to a page that has not been published yet Contribute will prompt you to upload the other page after you publish the current page This action will prevent a broken link Create a New Page This option is used when you want to link to a new page now and enter the contents of that new page later This is useful when trying to create the basic structure of your site 1 on 4 Click Link gt Create New Page You will be presented with a dialog box that lists your new page options You can choose between e Copy of Current page This will simply copy your current page as the new page e Templates You will be able to create an instance from one of the template Select the type of new page you want to create Give the page a title This is the title that will appear at the top left of the browser window when the page is viewed on the web The title should follow the following format Page Title Unit Name Indiana University Kokomo Click OK The new page will be created and the link will be made in the original file Linking to a Web Page This option will allow you to make a link to a page anywhere on t
12. he Format Table button in the toolbar or choose Table gt Format Table A dialog box will open with a list of formatting options The Basic tab will show previews of the color schemes available to you You can choose the default setting or go to the Advanced tab The Advanced tab will allow you to change the row color text style and text alignment for each of the row types Click Apply to preview your table or click OK to finish the table Sorting a table Contribute also has sorting options for the data in your table You can sort tables alphabetically or numerically ascending or descending and then sub sort within another column To sort a table 1 Put the cursor in the table Tables that have merged cells cannot be sorted 2 Click on the Sort Table button or choose Table gt Sort Table 3 In the dialog box that opens choose the column number that you want to sort choose alphabetically or numerically and ascending or descending If you wish to sub sort by another column enter the settings in the Then by fields There are check boxes that allow you to include headers and hooters and other options 4 Click Apply to test the options and click OK when you are satisfied with the table Making hyperlinks with Contribute One reason the World Wide Web is easy to use is because it allows you to easily link from your page to any other web page with a single click A link technically called a hyperlink is a small instruction added
13. he web 1 Select your link text and click Link gt Browse to web page In the dialog box type the URL of the page in the field given The preview pane will show the page you have selected Click the Refresh button to update if needed Often times URLs are long and unintuitive making it easy to mistype a complicated URL To prevent typos it s best to browse to the page and let Contribute write the link Click the Browse button A small browser window will open in which you can browse to the specific page that should be linked You can also enter the base web site address and browse to the specific page For instance to link to a specific page on the Macromedia web site put http Awww macromedia com in the link field and then click Browse The mini browser will open directly to the Macromedia home page You can then browse to the specific page to which you are linking and click OK The full URL will then be added 4 Click OK to complete the link Linking to an email address Sometimes you want people to click on a link and send an email 1 2 3 Click Link gt Email Address In the dialog box type in the person s email address Click OK to finish Note It is advisable to encode an e mail address to prevent it from being harvested Contribute does not have e mail obfuscation capabilities so you need to encode the e mail address before pasting it to the email dialog box You can use this http www wbwip com wbw ema
14. ilencoder html or any other online tool to perform this step Linking to a file on your computer When linking to a file on your computer Contribute assumes that you want to put file this on the web site Therefore it will make a copy of the file upload it to the server and make a link to it PON gt Click on Link gt File on My Computer Click on the Browse button and browse to the file on your computer Click the Select button to choose the file The path will show in the file field Click OK to finish the link When you publish the page the linked file will be uploaded along with your Contribute page Creating a section anchor in Contribute A section anchor is an invisible marker placed in your page to mark a specific topic or place You can then create links to the anchor that allow website visitors to jump to the specified position in the page This is commonly used on pages like glossaries that allow visitors to quickly jump to the M section You can also make links to other pages by pointing directly to the anchor on the new page 1 2 3 4 5 In Edit mode place the cursor at the point on the page to which you wish to create a link Click Insert gt Section Anchor A dialog will open Enter the name of the anchor making it clear and meaningful so that others will understand what it s marking For instance if you are jumping to the products section name the anchor products Click OK to close the dialog A s
15. in the Contribute browser To publish a new page 1 In the new page you re editing click the Publish button in the toolbar The Publish New Page dialog box appears Change the filename Filename should be lowercase and not contain any special characters or spaces Be sure to add shtml to the end of whatever filename you choose This is extremely important Not adding shtml will make many areas of the page disappear or become broken The filename appears at the end of the web address for the page Publish New Page Please enter a filename for this new page The filename will become part of I the page s web address on your website Page title Contact Us Department Indiana University Filename contactus shtml EP Choose Folder Web address http www iu edu iuwebdey contributesiutpl contactus shtml E mes Click the Choose Folder button beside the filename if you want to save this page in another location on your website Click Publish or Next If your page does not link to any new pages Contribute publishes the new page to your website then displays it in the Contribute browser If your page links to any new pages the Published Linked New Files dialog box appears For each unpublished linked page click the page name to select it change the filename and folder location if you want then click Publish All The filename appears at the end of the web address for the web page The web address i
16. les that are saved in a website folder but aren t linked from any page on your website The most common instance of this will occur when you need to update the footer left navigation or right navigation To edit the left navigation 1 Inthe Contribute browser or editor select View gt Choose File on Website or click the Choose button in the browser toolbar The Choose File on Website dialog box appears 2 To edit the left navigation double click on the _leftnav shtml file in the root directory Include files are identified with an underscore When you select the file a preview will appear so that you can be sure you re selecting the correct file x ct il SZ Preview css a docs Optional header images tol img s section Templates _Footer shtml _leftnay shtml _tightnay shtml index shtml pagel shtml http www iu edu iuwebdey contritiing Optional header 2 Baas vmm Web address http www iu edu iuwebdey contributesiutpl _leftnaw shtml 3 Click OK Using Cascading Style Sheets in Contribute Cascading Style Sheets CSS is a language used in conjunction with HTML to define how a page looks CSS consists of a set of rules defined by the web developer or designer that tell the browser how to display the page elements With CSS you can specify the page layout font size type and color borders and other design parameters Not only does CSS provide more options for d
17. ll allow you to specify how many to add and determine whether they go before or after the cursor Right click on the table to get specific placement options Add Row above selection Add row below selection To delete a row or column click within the correct row or column right click and select the appropriate Delete option or choose Table gt Delete gt Row or Column Merging and splitting cells At times you may want to merge two cells together or possibly entire rows or columns Sometimes it is necessary to split cells to reformat your table which is quite simple in Contribute To merge cells 1 Select the cells to be merged To select an entire row or column put your cursor in the first cell of the row or column hold down the Shift key and click in the last cell To select certain cells only you can only merge touching cells hold down the Ctrl key and click in all the cells you want to merge You can also click and drag over the cells you wish to select 2 Right click and choose Merge Cells To split a cell 1 Select the cell to be split 2 Right click or choose Table gt Split Cell and choose Split Cell 3 In the dialog box that opens choose Rows or Columns and specify how many to make Click OK Setting table properties Once a table is created you can go back and adjust the properties of the table and also the cells There are separate property settings for the whole table and for each of the cells
18. mages in Contribute Lastupdated 10 August 2005 Comments Copyright 2005 The Trustees of Indiana University Optional Regions You can enable optional regions by clicking on Template Properties link Select optional region check Show and then click ok Template Properties Xx Right Navigation true V Show Right Navigation Help Cancel Apply Your page will now display the optional right navigation Macromedia Contribute samplepage samplepage New shtml XHTML aj x File Edit View Bookmarks Insert Format Table Help w Pages Browser Start Page Publish 5 Send for Review Save for Later 3 Cancel S Lnk E mage Ez Table E Table Row iff Table Column amp Page Properties m B z SSBB ees Some items on this page can only be edited by setting template properties pS ee ewe ee Rees es ee ea Hes s E Header 1 Optional header i Page 1 Page 1 Copy 1 header Page 2 Page 2 Copy goes here j Header 2 Optional header 2 m Copy 2 header Page 3 Page 3 i Page 4 Draft Console Ei o OAE IEE Page 4 por goes here wv How DoI oo TTO v Get started Department Home Contribute tutorial 3 Connect to a website Select a web page to edit Edit a page Review a draft Become a Contribute website INDIANA UN IVERSITY administrator Quality Education Lifetime Opportunities
19. mall globe icon will be added at the cursor point This will only be visible in Edit mode It will not be visible when browsing the web page Repeat this for each anchor needed Note Keep in mind when previewing the page that anchors at the bottom of the page may not be seen if the page is scrollable and they will jump to the top of the page only if it is a long page with room to scroll Now that the section anchors have been created you need to link to them 1 2 3 In edit mode highlight the text or element that will be the link Click the Link button and choose Drafts and Recent Pages In the dialog that opens choose the page on which you are working It will be marked as Current Page 4 To access the anchors click on the Advanced button to open the advanced link options 5 Inthe advanced options click the section anchor pop up menu to see the list of anchors on the selected page When linking to other drafts or recent pages check the section anchor pop up menu for anchors that have been established within these pages Select the anchor to which you want to link Click OK to create the link To test the anchor link publish the page and click the link You can also use the Preview in Browser option F 12 oN Note If you are trying to link to an anchor on an external web page the anchors should show up in the advanced dialog If they are not listed find the right link by going to the page in question and clicking on
20. nd find the page To add or change keywords and a description for a page 1 Browse to the page you want to add keywords and a description for then click the Edit Page button in the toolbar 2 Select Format gt Keywords and Description The Page Keywords and Description dialog box appears 3 Enter or change keywords in the Keywords pane Separate each keyword with a single space and comma for example meeting minutes planning committee holiday party 4 Enter or change the page description in the Description pane 5 Click OK Saving Drafts When you edit a page Contribute automatically saves the page as a draft and the draft title appears in the Pages panel in the sidebar Contribute continues to save your draft as you work on it but you can also periodically save your work if you want To save a draft and continue working e Select File gt Save Canceling a draft or new page To cancel changes to a draft of a published page e In your draft click the Cancel button in the toolbar The published version of the page appears in the Contribute browser without any edits To cancel a new page e Inthe new page you re editing click the Cancel button in the toolbar Contribute discards the new page Publishing Your Page Publishing a draft makes it live on your website so that your website visitors can view the page Before you publish your draft you can preview it in your browser You can also make the draft
21. ntent area are outlined in blue green and therefore are editable In Contribute you will only be able to add content within these areas Macromedia Contribute Sample Page SamplePage New shtml XHTML File Edit View Bookmarks Insert Format Table Help v Pages Browser Start Page Publish 9 Send for Review E Save for Later 3 Cancel S ink Image E Table S Table Row fff Table column 20 Page Properties m B 7 BBS Sees ij Some items on this page can only be edited by setting template properties Search Go Department Name si Page Header i Optional header Page 1 3 i Page2 Copy 1 header opy goes here Optional header 2 i Page3 opy 2 header Draft Console py i Page4 opy goes here wHow Dol v Get started Contribute tutorial Connect to a website Select a web page to edit Edit a page Review a draft Become a Contribute website administrator i Department Home IU Home gt INDIANA UNIVERSITY Quality Education Lifetime Opportunities 107 S Indiana Ave Bloomington IN 47405 7000 v Add a page to my website 812 855 4848 Add a new web page Convert a document with FlashPaper Add a Microsoft Office document v Add content to a web page Add an image Insert a table Create a link Create a section anchor v Modify a web page Change a page title Edit i
22. older Click OK Creating a new page from a template 1 2 In Contribute choose File gt New Page In the New Page window there will be a list of templates available to you for creating a new page Create a new page by clicking on a template from the templates folder Note If the needed template does not show up in the templates folder click the Refresh Templates button After you have selected the name of the template you would like to use you will see what the blank template looks like in the preview pane to the right Specify a title for the page in the page title field Page Tile should be in the format Page Title Department Name Indiana University click OK to make the page Create new page for Preview H SP Connection 1 SP Indiana University Copy of Current Page Templates INDIANA UNIVERSITY Page Header h1 Copy 1 hmader h3 cay geet a My Computer Cosy reader KI Create a new web page based on this template Page title J Contact Us Department Indiana University Help Refresh Templates Cancel Editable Regions An editable region is a space on the template based page in which you can put in content This is the most common template feature that you will be using In Contribute a basic editable area looks like the image below The light blue green outline defines the editable region In this example both the Department Name area and Co
23. oomington IN 47405 7000 812 855 4848 Last updated 12 August 2005 Comments Copyright 2005 The Trustees of Indiana University VITORINO I MENNE AN ANAE A LE E E NOTAN Done Applying the custom classes To apply a custom class Highlight the page element to which you would like to apply the style 2 Click on the Style drop down menu shown above and select the desired style It will automatically be applied to the selection Note The style options are also available in the Format gt Style menu 3 To remove the class highlight the selection and select None from the Style drop down menu Adding Word and Excel documents to a website With Contribute you can easily add Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents or content to your website There are two ways to add Word or Excel content to a web page e Add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page recommended for smaller documents under 300K when converted to HTML e Insert a link to Word or Excel document on an existing web page recommended for larger documents over 300K when converted to HTML Adding Word or Excel content to a page You can add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page When you add content to a page Contribute converts the content to HTML and copies it to your web page You can edit the content in Contribute changes you make to the o
24. published page from the list of available pages Note The list of previously published pages displays up to 99 of the previous versions of the page depending on the setting your website administrator chooses Contribute displays the page in the Preview section If the page you selected is the one you want to publish click the Roll Back button If the page is not the one you want to publish select another page from the list then click Roll Back Contribute replaces the currently published version of the page with the previously published version you selected The version you selected becomes the current version of the website Note The page you replace with the selected rollback page appears in the Roll Back Page dialog box the next time you open the dialog box so you can roll back to that version if you need to
25. riginal file on your computer will not appear on your website To add the contents of a Word or Excel document to a new or existing web page 1 Do one of the following to select the page where you want the content to appear e Browse to an existing web page click the Edit Page button then place the insertion point in the draft where you want to add the content e Create a new page 2 Do one of the following to select the file e Drag the file from its current location to your Contribute draft where you want the content to appear If the Insert Microsoft Word or Excel Document dialog box appears click Insert the contents of the document into this page then click OK e Select Insert gt Microsoft Word Document or Insert gt Microsoft Excel Document In the Open dialog box browse to the file you want to add then click Open The content of the Word or Excel document appears in your draft Inserting a link to a Word or Excel document You can insert a link to a Microsoft Word or Excel document in an existing page When you publish the page with the link Contribute copies the Word or Excel document into your website and then links to that copy not to the original file on your computer To create a link to a Word or Excel document 1 Browse to an existing page where you want the link to appear then click the Edit Page button in the toolbar 2 Do one of the following to select the file e Drag the file from its current location
26. s the location where Contribute saves the page on your website Publishing an existing page as a new page Browse to an existing page then click the Edit Page button Make changes to the draft Select File gt Publish as New Page The Publish as New Page dialog box appears Change the page title for the draft if you want The page title appears in the title bar of the browser when a visitor views the page it does not appear in the page itself Change the filename for the draft if you want The filename appears at the end of the web address for the web page Click the Choose Folder button beside the filename to save this draft in another location on your website if you want Click Publish or Next If your draft does not link to any new pages Contribute publishes the draft to your website then displays it in the Contribute browser If your page links to any new pages the Publish Linked New Files dialog box appears For each unpublished linked page click the page name to select it change the filename and folder location if you want then click Publish All The filename appears at the end of the web address for the web page The web address is the location where Contribute saves the page on your website Rolling back to a previous version of a page 1 2 Browse to the page that you want to roll back Select File gt Roll Back to Previous Version The Roll Back Page dialog box appears Select a previous version of the
27. t available for review 1 In your draft select File gt E mail Review Contribute creates a new e mail message in your default e mail application 2 Inthe message s To text box enter the reviewer s e mail address 3 Inthe body of the message add a message if you want Contribute includes a message with the web address for the temporary copy of the draft 4 Send the e mail message 5 In Contribute work on another draft or switch to the Contribute browser until you receive feedback from the reviewer 6 When you receive feedback from the reviewer click the draft title in the Pages panel to return to the draft and update it Note Images and global elements may not display properly when using E mail Review function Publishing a page to your website To publish updates to an existing page 1 In your draft click the Publish button in the toolbar If the draft does not contain links to any new unpublished pages then Contribute publishes the draft If the draft contains links to any new pages then the Publish New Linked Pages dialog box appears For each unpublished linked page click the page name to select it change the filename and folder location if you want then click Publish All The filename appears at the end of the web address for each page The web address is the location where Contribute saves the pages on your website Contribute publishes the draft and any new pages it links to to your website then displays it
28. the link that leads to the anchor The full path will be displayed in the address bar and anchor name will be listed at the end of the path It should something like anchorname Add the anchor name in the section anchor dialog without the pound sign or paste the full path in to the URL field Adding an image to a page 1 Place the insertion point in your draft where you want the image to appear Do one of the following e Click the Image button in the toolbar e Select Insert gt Image 3 Select From My Computer or From Website from the pop up menu The Select Image or Choose Image from Website dialog box appears 4 Browse to and select the image then click the Select or OK button 5 Ifthe Image Description dialog box appears enter text to describe the image for people with disabilities or for people with their browsers set to display text only then click OK The image appears on your draft If the image is from your computer Contribute copies the image to an images folder on your website when you publish the draft You cannot edit the image in Contribute until you publish the draft If the image is from your website you can edit the image in Contribute before you publish Note You can also drag or copy and paste an image into a draft Adding keywords and a description for a page You can associate keywords and a description with your web page Adding keywords can enable visitors to type those words in a search engine a
29. to the page that tells the browser to go to the specified page when someone clicks on the link Making links is easy and this document explains the different kinds of links and how to make them in Macromedia Contribute Basic Link Types There are 3 basic types of links on the web e Links to other pages on your web site These are called relative links since they are within the same site e Links to other web sites These are called absolute links because you need to specify the full address to the site e Email links These links will open up a new email window with the person s address already filled in Making links in Contribute Making a link in Contribute is easy It is a matter of selecting the text or image that you want to make the link and then telling Contribute where you want to go with that link To make a link 1 Select the text or image that you want to make the link Text and images are the most popular items to make into links Other objects can be links but you want to make it obvious that your object is a link This is why text is blue and underlined and the cursor changes into a hand 2 Click on the Link button and select Drafts and Recent Pages Image Eg Tabl Insert Link Linking to Drafts and Recent Pages Drafts are Contribute pages that you are working on but have yet to publish They will show up in the Places Window in the top left corner of Contribute Recent pages are just that pages t
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