Millers Run School Web Site User Guide

The Contribute Toolbar

Web Site Styles and Descriptions

General Procedure for Updating

1. Copy any images to the Commons/Web2004/Images folder or non-Web documents to the Commons/Web2004/Documents folder.
2. Open a page for editing; make your changes.
3. Export the page to the Commons/Web2004 folder. This will create a backup copy of the current Web page on Commons.
4. Publish the page.

Starting Contribute

1. Double-click the Contribute icon on the desktop.

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Opening Your Web Page

1. Click the link on the Home Page for your class once Contribute has started.

Editing A Page

1. Click the EDIT PAGE button. After downloading all the image files, etc. the page will be ready for you to make your changes;
2. Add new text and then use the Styles drop-down list to apply a style OR use the bold and text color buttons to add color, etc. to your text.

Note: You can close the sidebar (pane on the left side of the Contribute window) by pressing F4. Pressing F4 again will display the sidebar again.

Saving A Draft Page For Later

1. Click the SAVE FOR LATER button. This will save your page with all the changes you've made so far, but not upload it to the Web server.

Canceling Your Changes

1. Click the CANCEL button.

Exporting Your Page To The Network

1. Open the File menu;
2. Select Export;
3. Navigate to the Commons drive and the Web2004 folder that contains the Web site documents on the network;
4. Make sure that Save as type: is set to HTML Document (*.htm);
5. Select your Web page from the list displayed.
6. Click Save or press ENTER.

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Publishing A Page

1. Click the PUBLISH button;
2. When the page has been published you will see an information box indicating that the upload was successful.

Creating a New Page

1. Open either blank_page.htm or blank_table.htm;
2. Click the NEW PAGE button;
3. Select Copy of Current Page;
4. Enter a page title for the page. This is the text that will appear in the title bar of the browser. Click OK.
5. Export the page to the Commons drive in the Web 2004 folder.
6. Publish the page. You will have to enter a filename; use the convention filename.htm.

Note: Both of these blank pages have a set of links to all the other pages on the Web site and the dragon image. You can delete these links if you want.

Creating a Link

1. Highlight the link text or add new link text to your page;
2. Cllick LINKS on the toolbar;
3. Select either Browse to Web Page or File On My Computer;
4. Click Browse and navigate to the file you want as the destination of the link;
5. Click Select and then OK to close the information box.

Note: To delete a link, highlight the link; right-click and select Remove Link from the shortcut menu.
If you create a link to a document that is NOT a Web page, it will be stored in the Documents folder when it is published.

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Adding Images

1. Click an insertion point where you want the image to appear;
2. Click on the toolbar;
3. Select either From My Computer or From Website. Navigate the folder where the image is stored;
4. Click Select.

Note: The image will be stored in the Images folder automatically when you publish your page.
If you want to insert an image that is already part of the site, select From Website and then open the Images folder and select your image.

Creating Section Anchors (Bookmarks)

1. Click an insertion point where you want the bookmark.
2. Press CTRL-ALT-A or open the Insert menu and select Section Anchor.
3. Enter a name for the bookmark and click OK.

Note: Section anchors or bookmarks will appear on your Web page when you are editing as little flags next to the bookmark locations. Right-click a flag and select Anchor Properties to see the name of the bookmark.

Linking to a Section Anchor (Bookmark)

1. Select the link text;
2. Click the LINKS button;
3. In the URL text box, type the complete URL of the bookmark. For example, http://www.millersrunschool.org/grade_8.htm#reading is a link on the Grade 8 page to a bookmark named "reading". Make sure to precede the name of the bookmark with #.

Note: If you have a long page with many sections, then you should have a set of links to each section at the top and bottom of the page. First, create the bookmarks (section anchors) and then create the link text.

Copying and Pasting Text to Your Web Page

1. Open the originating document and copy the text.
2. Edit your Web page.
3. Click an insertion point where you want the pasted text to appear.
4. To paste the text with formatting, use Edit, Paste (or CTRL-V). To paste the text without formatting, use Edit, Paste Text Only
   (or CTRL-SHIFT-V.