Editing Web Pages in Contributor 3-9
To switch the template assigned to a contribution region, perform the following tasks:
1.
Open the web page containing the contribution region you want to assign a template to.
2.
Enter the required keyboard command to view the page in contribution mode see Contribution Mode
on page 3-2. The default is Ctrl+Shift+F5, but your site designer or manager may have changed this.
3.
Enter your login credentials if prompted to log onto the site as a contributor. The page displays in contribution mode.
4.
Click the menu icon in the contribution graphic beside the contribution region, and choose Switch Region Template from the menu.
The Switch Region Template dialog is launched see Switch Region Template
Dialog on page A-4.
5.
Select a region template for the contribution region. The site designer controls what templates you can choose from.
The site designer can give you more information about what impact each region template has on the web page in terms of information usage, layout, formatting,
and the like. The names of the available region templates may also provide some indication regarding what they do. Contact your site designer if you need any
assistance in this area.
6. Click OK to return to the web page.
3.8 Resetting a Web Page in Contributor
As you edit a contribution region, you can choose to reset all of the changes you have made since opening the contribution region for editing. This also resets any changed
metadata, if the metadata was available for editing.
To reset the changes you made to a web page in Contributor, click the reset icon Figure 3–4
in the editor window see Contributor Editor Window
on page 2-4. The contribution region is reloaded and returns to the state it was in before being edited
more precisely, the moment the page was updated last.
Figure 3–4 Reset Icon
Note: Contact your site administrator if you are not sure what key
combination to use to activate contribution mode.
Note:
You cannot reset a page after updating it. It is important to preview a page see
Previewing a Web Page on page 3-10 before
committing your changes.
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3.9 Updating a Web Page in Contributor
When you are done editing and you have previewed what the page will look like see Previewing a Web Page
on page 3-10, then you are ready to close the editor and update the web page, so its contents are displayed on the Web site.
To update a web page in Contributor, click the save icon Figure 3–5
in the editor window see
Contributor Editor Window on page 2-4. You return to the web page in
Contribution mode, where you can edit another contribution region or exit Contribution mode.
Figure 3–5 Update Icon
3.10 Previewing a Web Page
You can preview the page you are working on while you are still in the Contributor editor so that you can see what the web page will look like in a web browser before
updating it which commits your changes to the Web site.
To preview a web page in Contributor, click the preview icon Figure 3–6
in the editor window see
Contributor Editor Window on page 2-4. This opens a browser
window showing what the current web page will look like to site visitors. To return to your work, close the preview window.
Figure 3–6 Preview Icon
3.11 Comparing Different Versions of a Web Page
