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Editors Communication Standards and Policies Training Contribute 3: Tutorials and Documentation Web site/page maintenance

 

 

 

 

Editors [back to top]

• See the editors grid
• Contribute Account Procedures and Responsibilities (Word document)
• Access Checklist (Word document)

Communication [back to top]

Join the Contribute Editors Listserv

Email the Contribute Editors Listserv

Standards and Policies [back to top]

• Web Standards for University Libraries
• Minimum standards for special Web pages (exhibits, collections, etc.)
• UC policy on the use of information resources
• UL Web site purpose
• UL Web Site Responsibilities, Maintenance, Enhancements, and Communications (Word document)
• Contribute Account Procedures and Responsibilities (Word document)

Training [back to top]

• Servers,directories, and files (Powerpoint)
• Web Standards for University Libraries
• Using the templates (Powerpoint)
• Contribute training manual (Word document)
• Writing for the Web (Powerpoint)
• Writing for the Web (Word document)
• Extreme Makeover : Web Edition - workshop files

  Tracking Changes with Microsoft Word (Word document)

  Suggested changes to Web pages:

  Library information page (CAS example)- suggested edits

  Library information page (CAS example) - edits applied

  Links to resources page (Instruction/Students example) - suggested edits

  Library FAQs page (EngrLib examples) - suggested edits

Contribute 3: Tutorials and Documentation [back to top]

• Getting access to Contribute

• Install Contribute 3
• Connecting to Contribute:
  • Connecting to servers for the first time
  • Connection errors:
    • Reporting connection errors
    • Common error messages and their meaning
  • Changing your password on library servers
  • Removing a connection
  • Installing Contribute 3 on your home computer
  • Help calls:

    Submit a call

    Check the help call database for your help call

• Contribute tutorials
• Contribute overview
• Contribute Developer Center on the Macromedia Web site (includes an overview of major elements, a printable version of the Contribute Help system, etc.)
• Roadmap to Macromedia Contribute  (e-book available through Safari Tech Books Online)
• Stylin' text - view demo of how styles look
• Templates:

Templates overview

Which template to use

Creating a new page from a template

Setting template properties

Importing MS  Office documents into a UL Template

Intranet template: download and instructions for use

 

Web site/page maintenance [back to top]

• C&Ds: Editing your home page

Pages

• Updating page content
• Pages that need to be created, linked, moved, deleted, archived, etc.
• Library pictures for staff use (for more pictures contact Melissa Norris)

Links

• Firefox Link Toolbar (for use with firefox browser only)
• Guide to using Xenu to check links
• Linking to Resources in UCLID

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