Contribute Workflow Overview
Establishing A Process
The Contribute Workflow is key in establishing a sound web development process. Understanding and incorporating these steps will make it easy to not only edit existing web pages, but also create new web pages in the web environment at California State University, Northridge. The main steps to the Contribute Workflow is as follows:
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Browse To A Page Or Blog Entry
- Use the Contribute browser to find the web page or blog entry you want to edit. The browser toolbar has the normal navigation buttons plus a Choose button to help you navigate to files that aren’t linked on your website.
- Use the Contribute browser to find the web page or blog entry you want to edit. The browser toolbar has the normal navigation buttons plus a Choose button to help you navigate to files that aren’t linked on your website.
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Edit Your Content
- After you browse to the desired page or blog entry, click the Edit Page or Edit Entry button in the toolbar to open the web page or blog entry in the Contribute editor. If you do not have access to edit that page a status message will inform you. Contribute copies the file from your web or blog server, creating a draft, and locks the file on the server so that no one else can edit the page or blog entry while you’re working on it.
The Contribute editor works much like a word processor. You can edit text, images, tables, and links on the page or blog entry, and you can even add Microsoft Word or Excel documents to your website or blog entry. The toolbar contains familiar editing buttons as well as buttons for saving, canceling, or publishing your edits.
- After you browse to the desired page or blog entry, click the Edit Page or Edit Entry button in the toolbar to open the web page or blog entry in the Contribute editor. If you do not have access to edit that page a status message will inform you. Contribute copies the file from your web or blog server, creating a draft, and locks the file on the server so that no one else can edit the page or blog entry while you’re working on it.
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Publish The Changes
- When you finish editing your page or blog entry, you can publish the page or blog entry to your website or blog server. Click the Publish button, and Contribute replaces the existing page or blog entry on your web server or blog with the edited version. Contribute also unlocks the file on the server so other users can edit the page or blog entry.
Note: In Contribute, the permissions for the role you belong to determine whether you can publish web pages.
- When you finish editing your page or blog entry, you can publish the page or blog entry to your website or blog server. Click the Publish button, and Contribute replaces the existing page or blog entry on your web server or blog with the edited version. Contribute also unlocks the file on the server so other users can edit the page or blog entry.