Bigrockdesigns training course, demonstrates how to customize Contribute 3, create connections, build and edit web content, create links and tables, use templates, and administer a website. New Contribute 3 features such as FlashPaper and PayPal E-Commerce are also discussed. Ideal for those who wish to avoid expensive web site updating costs.
Course Outline
The Interface
Document window and menus
Sidebar
Start page
Toolbars
Getting onscreen help
Making a Site Connection
Using a Site Connection Key
Preparing to connect
Understanding the connection types
Using the My Connections window
Creating Web Pages
Creating new pages
Building new pages from Starter Pages
Building new pages from Dreamweaver templates
Copying an existing page
Editing a page on your website
Setting page properties
Setting page keywords and descriptions
Working offline
Manually saving page drafts
Sending pages for review by email
Sending pages to other Contribute users for review
Reviewing other people's draft pages
Using the Draft Console
Publishing existing pages as new pages
Publishing edited pages as new pages
Rolling back to previous page versions
Editing Page Content
Using and formatting HTML styles
Using CSS styles
Working with lists
Inserting automatic dates
Adding horizontal rules
Inserting special characters
Finding and replacing text
Checking your spelling
Editing Web pages in an external application
Previewing in an external browser
Adding PayPal buttons
Adding Google search fields
Working with Images and Movies
Inserting images from your computer or the website
Inserting images from shared assets
Adjusting image properties
Editing images in external applications
Adding Flash and FlashPaper content
Inserting movie files
Dreamweaver Templates
Site Administrator Fundamentals
Assign Permissions
Summary
Building Links
Creating new pages from links
Linking to Web addresses
Creating e-mail links
Linking to local files
Adding page anchors
Editing and removing links
Creating Tables
Creating a new table
Selecting table elements
Resizing table elements
Inserting and deleting table elements
Formatting tables
Setting table properties
Merging and splitting cells
Working with External Documents
About external documents
Importing Word or Excel documents (Win)
Inserting external documents as FlashPaper
Editing other document types
Administering Your Site
Becoming a site administrator
Removing administration from the website
Changing Web address mapping, index, and guard pages
Enabling rollbacks
Assigning settings for new pages
Creating, modifying, and deleting user roles
Assigning permissions for user roles
Sharing site connections
Who Should Do This Course
This course is ideal for the individual with a general knowledge of computers and wishes to learn to update a website without learning a complex design application.
