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. 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 made 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. The 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.
