MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE User manual

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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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>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. Browsetothepageyouwanttoaddtoyourbookmarkslist.

2. SelectBookmarks>AddBookmarkfromthemenu.

TheAddBookmarkdialogboxappears.

3. 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.

4. Ifyouwanttoaddthepagetoafolder,clickanexistingfoldernameorclickNewFolder

toaddafolder.

5. ClickOK.

Creatinganewpagefromatemplate

1. InContribute,chooseFile>NewPage.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

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Contentareaareoutlinedinblue/greenand

thereforeareeditable.InContribute,youwillonlybeabletoaddcontentwithintheseareas.

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.

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:

· ClicktheEditPagebuttoninthetoolbar.

· SelectFile>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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. IntheContributebrowseroreditor,selectView>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.

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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. 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customclasseswillbeavailableintheStyledropdownmenu.

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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>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:

· 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)

· 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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. Dooneofthefollowingtoselectthepagewhereyouwantthecontenttoappear:

· 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.

· Createanewpage

2. Dooneofthefollowingtoselectthefile:

· 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.

· SelectInsert>MicrosoftWordDocumentorInsert>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:

· Dragthefilefromitscurrentlocation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.

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

· CellSpacingThisistheamountofspacebetweenthebordersofthecells.

· 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.

· BackgroundcolorBackgroundcolorscanbesetforthewholetableorforindividual

cells.

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.

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