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Contribut eManual

· UsingTemplateswithContribute

Navigatingtowebpages

· 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informationsectionatMacrom edia’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.

Summary of content (21 pages)

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Contribute Manual · · · · · · · · · · · · · Using Templates with Contribute Navigating to web pages 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
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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 > Drafts, then select a page from the popup 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. Browse to the page you want to add to your bookmarks list. 2. Select Bookmarks > Add Bookmark from the menu.
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Editable Regions An editable region is a space on the templatebased 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 Content area are outlined in blue/green and therefore are editable. In Contribute, you will only be able to add content within these areas.
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Optional Regions You can enable optional regions by clicking on Template Properties link. Select optional region, check Show, and then click ok. Your page will now display the optional right navigation.
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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.
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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 files 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.
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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 design 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.
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Applying the custom classes To apply a custom class: 1. Highlight the page element to which you would like to apply the style. 2. Click on the Style dropdown 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 > Style menu. 3. To remove the class, highlight the selection and select None from the Style dropdown menu.
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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 original 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.
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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. · · · · · Border The line that surrounds the outside of the table. This can be set to any size or none at all, but 13 pixels is standard. Border colors can also be set. Cell Padding This is the amount of space between the actual content of the cell and the cell border. This property can affect the layout of content within a cell.
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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 screen, no matter what size. 5.
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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 button. This will add a row above the selected row and a column to the left of the selected column. Choose Table > Insert > Multiple Rows or Columns. This will allow you to specify how many to add and determine whether they go before or after the cursor.
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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. 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! 2. Right click and go to Table Properties.
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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 > 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.
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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 that you have visited recently, like a history list. 1. Click on Link > Drafts and Recent Pages. 2. 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. 3.
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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. Click Link > Email Address. 2. In the dialog box type in the person's email address. 3. Click OK to finish. Note: It is advisable to encode an email address, to prevent it from being harvested. Contribute does not have email obfuscation capabilities, so you need to encode the email address before pasting it to the email dialog box. You can use this: http://www.wbwip.
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4. To access the anchors click on the Advanced button to open the advanced link options. 5. In the advanced options click the section anchor popup menu to see the list of anchors on the selected page. When linking to other drafts or recent pages, check the section anchor popup menu for anchors that have been established within these pages. 6. Select the anchor to which you want to link. 7. Click OK to create the link. 8. To test the anchor link, publish the page and click the link.
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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.
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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: · · Select File > Preview in Browser. Press the F12 key. Making your draft available for review 1.
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If the draft contains links to any new pages, then the Publish New Linked Pages dialog box appears. 2. 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.
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1. Browse to an existing page, then click the Edit Page button. 2. Make changes to the draft. 3. Select File > Publish as New Page The Publish as New Page dialog box appears. 4. 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. 5. Change the filename for the draft, if you want. The filename appears at the end of the web address for the web page. 6.