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• Get latest information of blog features supported by the blog server.
Configure blog settings
1 Select Edit > Configure Blogs, and select the blog that you want to configure. Alternatively, in the My Connections
dialog box, select the blog site and click Configure.
2 In the Configure Blog dialog box, select Styles And Fonts in the left panel.
a Select the method by which Contribute users can (or cannot) apply styles to text from the Style support pop-up
menu. The style options are as follows:
Don’t Allow Users To Create Styles
Prohibits users from creating styles. Users cannot modify any text and style
formatting options.
HTML Tags
Lets you determine whether users can create HTML styles, and to what degree they can modify and
apply styles on the website.
Document-level CSS
Lets you determine whether users can create CSS styles in the document, and to what
degree they can apply CSS styles from existing CSS style sheets.
b Change the Styles options as necessary. If the Allow Users To Apply Styles option is selected, users can apply
heading and paragraph styles using the Contribute editor toolbar or menu commands. If this option is
deselected, the user cannot apply new paragraph styles.
Include HTML heading styles (<h1>, ...) in the Style menu
Specifies that the standard HTML Paragraph,
Heading1, Heading2, Heading 3, Heading 4, Heading 5, and Heading 6 tags are available in the Style menu.
Include CSS styles in the Style menu
Specifies that CSS styles appear in the Style menu.
Allow users to apply fonts and sizes (displays the Font and Size menu)
Activates the Font and Style menus in
the Contribute editor toolbar. This lets users select the fonts and font sizes to use on the page. If this option is
not selected, Contribute uses the font styles and sizes defined in the page’s HTML source code.
Allow users to apply bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and fixed width styles
Activates the bold, italic,
underline, strikethrough, and fixed width style options in the Formatting menu and lets the user apply these
options to text.
Allow users to apply font color and background color
Activates the Text Color and Highlight Color options in
the Formatting menu and lets the user apply these options to text.
3 Select New Images in the left panel. Use the options in the New Images panel to customize your settings.
For each blog site, the blog-specific settings are stored in a separate BlogHub.CSI file.
Discard a draft, new page, or new blog entry
When you are editing a draft of an existing web page or blog entry, you can decide to discard all changes and retain the
currently published version of the web page or blog entry. When you are editing a new web page or blog entry that you
created, you can discard it.
Also, depending on your role, you might be able to delete pages that are published on your website. For more
information, see “Delete a web page or file” on page 76.
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Discard changes to a draft of a published web page or blog entry
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In your draft, click the Discard Draft button in the toolbar.
The published version of the web page or blog entry appears in the Contribute browser, without any edits.
Discard a new web page or blog entry
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In the new page draft, click the Discard Draft button in the toolbar.
Contribute discards the new web page or blog entry.
Delete a web page or blog entry
You can permanently delete pages and entries from your website or blog.
If you want to delete a draft, and not remove the existing page or entry from your website or blog, see “Discard a draft,
new page, or new blog entry” on page 75.
Delete a web page or file
Depending on your role, you might be able to delete pages from your website. If you can delete pages, you can delete
files of any type on your website, including image files.
Note: If you do not have permission to delete a page that you need to delete, talk to your Contribute administrator or see
“Set folder and file access settings” on pag e301.
You do not need special permission to delete a new page that you created and haven’t published yet. For more
information, see “Discard a draft, new page, or new blog entry” on page 75.
1 Do one of the following to find the page or file:
• Browse to the page or file you want to delete.
• Click the Choose button in the toolbar; then select a file and click OK.
Note: If Contribute cannot display the page or file you browse to, you’ll see the File Placeholder page. You can still
delete the page or file, even though you can’t view it.
2 Select File > Actions > Delete Page.
Note: This menu item is disabled if you do not have permission to delete pages on your website.
3 Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the file.
Contribute deletes the page and displays the last page you viewed in the browser.
More Help topics
“Discard a draft, new page, or new blog entry” on page 75
Delete a blog entry
You can delete existing entries from your blog.
If you want to delete a draft, see “Discard a draft, new page, or new blog entry” on page 75.
1 In the Contribute browser, browse to the blog home page that contains the entry you want to delete.
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2 From the Entries pop-up menu, select the blog entry you want to delete, or select View > Select Blog Entry and
choose the relevant blog entry.
3 When the blog entry is displayed in the embedded browser, click the Delete Entry button, or select File > Actions
> Delete Entry.
Note: You can also delete a blog entry by selecting the Choose File or Blog Entry option from the View menu. In the
dialog box that appears, select the required blog entry, and click the Delete button.
4 In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the entry.
Contribute deletes the entry from your blog, and displays your blog home page.
Note: The list of blog entries in the Entries pop-up menu is updated after a blog entry is deleted.
Refresh the Entries list
You can update the list of blog entries in your home page by refreshing the list, manually.
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Click the Refresh Blog Entry List button to refresh the list of blog entries displayed in the Entries pop-up menu,
or select View > Refresh Blog Entry List.
The blog entries listed in the Entries pop-up menu are updated.
Export a web page or blog entry (Windows only)
Contribute lets you export a web page or blog entry from Contribute to an external HTML file. You can save the file
anywhere on your computer or network.
If you export a new web page with images—that is, a page you haven’t published yet—you’ll see the images in your
exported web page. If you edit an existing web page—a previously published page—you might not see all the images
on your exported page. This is because the new web page references local versions of the images, and the existing page
references images that are saved on your website.
1 Browse to the web page or blog entry to export.
2 Do one of the following:
• If you are exporting a web page, click the Edit Page button in the toolbar.
• If you are exporting a blog entry, click the Edit Entry button in the toolbar.
3 Select File > Export.
The Export dialog box appears.
4 Select a location to save the exported file.
5 Enter a filename.
6 Click Save.
The exported file appears in the folder you selected.
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Print a web page or blog entry
You can browse to a web page or blog entry and print it, or you can print a web page or blog entry you are editing to
check your changes.
Preview a page
1 Do one of the following:
• Select File > Print Preview (Windows).
• Select File > Print, and then click the Preview button (Mac OS).
The web page or blog entry appears in a browser window.
2 To print the page or blog entry, click Print or OK.
3 Click Close to close the preview when you finish viewing it.
To preview a web page or blog entry in a browser, see “Preview a page in your default browser” on pag e217.
Print a page
1 Select File > Print.
Note: (Windows only) In the Contribute browser, you can also right-click, and then select Print.
2 Click Print or OK.
Your default printer prints the page.
More Help topics
“Edit web page source in an external application” on page 72
Add Google search
You can add a Google™ search field to your web page, so that your website visitors can search the entire web or just
your website.
Insert a Google search field
1 In your draft, place the insertion point where you’d like the search field to appear.
2 Select Insert > Google Search Field.
The Insert Google Search Field dialog box appears.
3 Set the options on each screen, and then click Next (Windows), or click Continue (Mac).
For information about any of the options in a screen, click the Help button.
4 Review the summary, and then click Done, or click Finish (Mac).
The Google search field appears on your draft.
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Change Google search field properties
1 In your draft, select the Google search field.
2 Select Format > Google Search Field Properties.
The Google Search Field Properties dialog box appears.
3 Click any tab at the top of the dialog box, and then change options as necessary.
For information about any of the options in the tab, click the Help button.
4 When you finish, click OK.
Reference
This section provides information about the dialog boxes introduced in this chapter.
Completing the Send For Review dialog box
Use the Send For Review dialog box to send a draft you’re editing, or a file from your computer, to someone for review.
1 Select one of the following options:
Note: These options are available if you are sending a draft for review. If you are sending a file for review, skip this step.
Send E-mail with a link to a preview of the draft
Uses the email review process. This option opens a message in
your default email application. Contribute automatically adds a link to the preview of the draft, and you can select
reviewers, and add a message.
This review method is useful if you want to keep working on the draft while someone reviews it. Working on the
draft does not affect the temporary draft posted for review. This review method is also useful for reviewers who do
not have Contribute. For more information, see “The draft review process” on page 46.
Send The Draft To Another Contribute User
Uses the e-mail review process. This option opens a message in your
default e-mail application. Contribute automatically adds a link to a preview of the draft, and you select the
reviewers and add a message.
This option sends the draft you are working on to the users you select.
This review method is useful if you need another user to review, edit, or publish a draft for you. You cannot
continue working on the draft after you send it for review. For more information, see “The e-mail review process”
on page 48.
2 Select the options for the review as follows:
• If you selected the Send Draft To Another Contribute User option, select the name of the person you want to
review the draft, and then enter comments for the reviewer.
The Users list shows all users who have connected to this website. You can Control-click (Windows) or
Command-click (Mac OS) to select multiple users.
In the Comments section, you might want to tell the reviewer what has changed in the draft or maybe give the
reviewer instructions about what to do with the draft after the review.
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• If you selected the Send Draft To Another Contribute User option, select Notify Recipients Through e-mail if
you want to send an e-mail message to the reviewer.
This option automatically launches your default e-mail application so that you can send an e-mail message to
reviewers alerting them to check Contribute for a draft to review.
3 Click Send.
For workflows other than Author > Publish, you have to send the document for review or approval before you can
publish the web page. The Publish button is enabled only after the workflow is honored. If your role doesn’t allow you
to publish directly to the website, you can send the draft to someone who can publish it. For more information on
workflows, see “The draft review process” on page 46.
Using the Draft History dialog box
Use the Draft History dialog box to view the history associated with the draft you received for review.
Note: The Draft History dialog box enables you to only view the description of changes. You can add a description of
changes when you send the draft for review (see “The draft review process” on pag e46).
Select a Sender’s Name
The comments entered by the sender are displayed in the Description Of Changes section.
The action performed and Date columns
Describe the action performed by the user, and the date of the action.
Recipients
The names of users to which the document was sent.
More Help topics
“Edit web page drafts” on page 63
Completing the Template Properties dialog box
Use the Template Properties dialog box to show or hide content in a template-based page.
1 In the Name list, select a property.
Contribute updates the bottom of the dialog box to show the label of the selected property and its assigned value.
2 In the field to the right of the property label, edit the value to modify the property.
3 Click Apply to apply changes without closing the dialog box, or click OK to apply changes and close the dialog box.
More Help topics
“Set template properties for a web page” on page 66
Completing the Select Website Folder dialog box
Use the Select Website Folder dialog box to select the local folder that contains the website for the page you’re opening.
This enables Contribute to locate any dependent files used by the page.
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Select the folder that contains the website for the page you’re opening, and then click OK.
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Completing the Send New Page dialog box
Use the Send New Page dialog box to change the filename of the draft you are sending for review, before you send it.
1 In the Filename field, change the filename of the draft you are sending for review.
2 Click Choose Folder to select the folder from where you want to publish the file.
3 Select an expiry date for the page from the Page Expires On pop-up menu.
4 The selected folder location appears in the web address under the filename.
5 Click Send.
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Chapter 5: Adding pages, blog entries, and
documents
With Adobe® Contribute® , you can add pages to your website. You can create a blank web page, a copy of a web page, a
copy of a sample web page, or a web page based on a template. In addition to creating web pages, you can add existing
content from Microsoft Office documents, such as Word or Excel files, to your website, and add video files to a web page.
You can also use Contribute to create a stand-alone page that is not associated with one of your websites by saving the
new page to your computer.
With Contribute, you can create and post blog entries to your blog. You can also create a blank blog entry, create a blog
entry by quoting a selection from a web page you are viewing, or create a blog entry from existing information you
select in your browser or in Microsoft Office documents, such as Word or Excel files. Contribute also supports a special
kind of blog entry called Pages, which are supported by some blog sites.
Create or copy a page on your website
You can create or copy any of the following types of pages on your website:
• Copy of current page
• Blank web page
• Starter web page
• Template
Note: If your Contribute administrator has restricted the types of new pages you can create, you won’t see all of these
options when you create or copy a page. For more information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Specify
settings for new web pages” on page 306.
More Help topics
“Create a stand-alone web page” on page 87
Copy a page on your website
You can create a copy of the page you are currently viewing on your website. You must be viewing the page in the
Contribute browser.
You cannot create a copy of a page that is a draft in the Contribute workspace. Also, you cannot copy a page from one
website to another website. You cannot create a copy of a page that contains frames.
Remember to add a link to the page before you publish; otherwise, website visitors cannot navigate to the page.
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For web pages, the copied page has the same workflow that is assigned to the page from which it has been created.
1 Navigate to the page you want to copy, and click the New button in the toolbar or select File > New.
The New Web Page Or Blog Entry dialog box appears.
2 In the Create New Web Page Or Blog Entry For pane, select Copy Of Current Page.
Note: If you cannot select this option, you are viewing a page in your browser that you cannot copy. If you do not see
this option, your Contribute administrator has restricted the types of new pages that you can create. For more
information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Specify settings for new web pages” on pag e306.
A preview of the page appears in the Preview pane on the right side of the dialog box.
3 Enter a page title in the Page Title text box.
This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself.
4 Click OK.
The new page opens as a draft in Contribute. Be sure to add a link to your new page before you publish it (see
“Create text and image links” on page 187).
Note: Contribute creates the new page in the same folder as the page you copied. You can change the folder location
when you publish the new page.
Create a blank web page
You can create a blank web page to add to your website. Remember to add a link to the page before you publish;
otherwise, website visitors cannot navigate to the page.
Blank web pages are assigned the default workflow Author > Publish.
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Note: It’s a good idea to create the new page and a link to that page at the same time. To do that, see “Link to a new page”
on pag e188.
1 In the Contribute browser, click the New button in the toolbar, or select File > New.
The New Web Page Or Blog Entry dialog box opens.
2 In the Create New Web Page Or Blog Entry for pane, expand the website in which you want to create the new page,
if it is not already expanded, and select Blank Web Page.
Note: If you don’t see this option, your Contribute administrator has restricted the types of new pages that you can
create. For more information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Specify settings for new web pages” on
pag e306.
3 Enter a page title in the Page title text box.
This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself.
4 Select a template that you want to assign to the web page. The page workflow assigned to the template is displayed
below the Preview panel.
5 Click OK.
The new page opens as a draft in Contribute. Be sure to add a link to your new page before you publish it (see
“Create text and image links” on page 187).
Contribute creates the new page in the same folder as the page you were viewing when you created the page (unless
you selected another website in step 2). You can change the folder location when you publish the new page.
More Help topics
“Set page properties for a web page” on page 92
“Add keywords and a description for a web page” on page 93
Copy a starter web page
Contribute comes with built-in starter web pages that you can copy and use on your website. Use any of these pages as
a starting point for your web page.
Starter web pages are assigned the default workflow Author > Publish.
Remember to add a link to the page before you publish it; otherwise, website visitors cannot navigate to the page.
Note: It’s a good idea to create the new page and a link to that page at the same time. To do that, see “Link to a new page”
on pag e188.
1 In the Contribute browser, click the New button in the toolbar, or select File > New.
The New Web Page or Blog Entry dialog box opens.
2 In the Create new web page or blog entry for pane, do the following:
a Expand the website in which you want to create the new page, if it is not already expanded.
b Expand the Starter Web Pages folder, and then select a starter web page.
Note: If you don’t see the Starter Web Pages folder, your Contribute administrator has restricted the types of new
pages that you can create. For more information, talk to your Contribute administrator or see “Specify settings for
new web pages” on page 306.
A preview of the page you select appears in the Preview pane on the right side of the dialog box.
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