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Web Authoring with Contribute CS3

1 day course

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This one day interactive workshop is designed to help you learn to use Contribute to create new web pages, edit existing web pages, and publish content in a safe, secure environment without having to learn complicated authoring tools or HTML coding.  At the completion of this course, you will be able to use tools and panels in the Contribute workspace, connect to your web sites and folders, browse to pages to edit, edit existing web pages, add images/tables/links to pages, save draft of pages, create new pages using templates, work offline, add a Microsoft Office files to pages, and publish or email your pages for review.

Course Topics:

(for a full detailed outline, visit our PDF link above)

Getting Started with Contribute

  • The Contribute Workflow
  • The Contribute Interface and Browser
  • The Document Window, Sidebar and Toolbars

Connecting to Your Web Sites

  • Using a Site Connection Key
  • Preparing to Connect
  • Understanding Connection Methods
  • Using the Connection Wizard
  • Using the My Connections Window

Creating and Editing Web Pages

  • Browsing sites
  • Creating new pages
  • Using starter pages
  • Building pages from Dreamweaver templates
  • Copying an existing page
  • Editing an existing page on your website
  • Setting page properties
  • Setting keywords and descriptions
  • Working offline
  • Manually saving page drafts
  • Previewing pages in an external browser

Contribute Publishing

  • Sending pages for review by email
  • Sending pages to other Contribute users for review
  • Reviewing other people's draft pages
  • Using the Draft Console
  • Rolling back to previous page versions

Working with Text

  • Inserting and editing text
  • Using HTML and CSS styles
  • Inserting automatic dates
  • Inserting special characters
  • Spell Checking and Find and Replace

Working with Images and Multimedia

  • Inserting images from your computer or website
  • Inserting images from shared assets
  • Adjusting image properties
  • Editing images
  • Adding Flash content or movie files

Working with Links

  • Linking to draft pages
  • Creating new pages from links
  • Linking to web addresses
  • Creating email links
  • Linking to local files
  • Adding page anchors
  • Editing and removing links

Working with Tables

  • Creating a new table
  • Selecting and Resizing Table Elements
  • Adding and Deleting Table Elements
  • Merging and splitting cells
  • Setting table alignment
  • Setting cell properties
  • Formatting tables
  • Sorting table contents

Working with External Documents

  • About external documents
  • Importing Word or Excel files
  • Inserting PDF documents
  • The IE and Firefox plug-in

For Administrators Only

  • Making your site Contribute-friendly
  • Becoming a site administrator
  • Removing administration from a website
  • Enabling rollbacks
  • Assigning settings for new pages
  • Creating, modifying, and deleting user roles
  • Assigning permissions for user roles
  • Sharing site connections