Contribute Introduction

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O.U.R. Web Site Development Team
Contribute An Introduction
Presented by Sam Davis O.U.R. CO-OP
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• SoHow do I Contribute to the new O.U.R. Web
  Site with my departments web page?
• Once you have content planned out, collected, and
  createdyou are ready to edit the template page
  for your department.

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What is Contribute?

• Contribute is an HTML editor. It is a tool that
  will enable the O.U.R team to collaborate in the
  editing of web pages.

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Getting Started
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Whats the Big Picture here?
How does this process work?
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The Big Picture
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• First - install Contribute Trial version on your
  computer from CD in .
• C\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Contribute CS3
• File is _at_ 250 MB in size.
• Open the program, Choose 30 Day Trial Version,
  dont buy it, then you should see this screen

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Review Tutorials Contribute How-tos
Connect to O.U.R. Web Site
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Under Development

• Step-by-step screen shots of connection wizard
  to be developed. You only have to do this once.
• Once this connection is set up, every time you
  click on the Contribute icon
• your departments web page will appear and you
  will be ready for editing and publishing.

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Example of Sams connection.Yours will be
slightly different, since you will be accessing
the web site from a network computer in the
office.
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Progress Check
Completed planning, collecting, and
creating content for my web page Contribute CS3
software installed Opened up Contribute
program Completed connection to server Reviewed
Contribute How-tos Ready to edit the
template web page my department
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SoWhat happens whenyou edit your page?
Contribute opens a draft copy of your existing
page from O.U.R.s server on your computer. You
can then edit its content and publish the
changes when you are finished.
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Click on Edit Page to begin editing your page.
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The webpage that you have permission to edit will
then be open in Contribute. In this case, Sam
is preparing to edit the O.U.R. Homepage.
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Example Sam is ready to edit a copy of the
O.U.R. Homepage from the server. When hes
finished, he has options to publish the new
page, send it to someone to review, save the copy
for later, or discard it.
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• Remember
• Contribute is much like most every
• other kind of software
• It is a tool.
• It will take practice to master.
• Avoid getting overwhelmed at first.
• There is built-in tutorial help.
• When you identify and focus on the
• few essential skills, you will grow
• confident and become successful.
• You dont have to be skilled at all
  functions, only the ones you need.
• There are always people around
• that will share their knowledge.
• New knowledge and skills will
• empower you in your job.