User Guide

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i n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. 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. ClickLink>CreateNewPage.
Youwillbepresentedwithadialogboxthatlistsyournewpageoptions.Youcanchoose
between:
· CopyofCurrentpage.Thiswillsimplycopyyourcurrentpageasthenew
page.
· Templates.Youwillbeabletocreateaninstancefromoneofthetemplate.
2. Selectthetypeofnewpageyouwanttocreate.
3. 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
4. ClickOK.Thenewpagewillbecreatedandthelinkwillbem adeintheoriginalfile.
LinkingtoaWebPage
Thisoptionwillallowyoutomakealinktoapageanywhereontheweb.
1. SelectyourlinktextandclickLink>Browsetowebpage.
2. 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.
3. 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://www.macromedia.cominthelinkfieldandthenclickBrowse.T he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.