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Assigning Content to a Contribution Region

When you browse to a web page containing a contribution region, you can begin editing the content right away using Contributor (for contributor data files) or a third-party application (for native documents).

There may be times, however, when the contribution region has no content assigned to it yet; it is essentially "empty." This will typically happen if the site designer decides to leave it up to contributors to create the initial content for a web page. You, as the contributor, must then assign a content file to the contribution region so that you can edit it in Contributor or a third-party application.

To assign content to a contribution region, perform the following tasks:

  1. Open the web page containing the contribution region you want to assign content to.

  2. Enter the required keyboard command to view the page in contribution mode (see Contribution Mode). The default is Ctrl+Shift+F5, but your site designer or manager may have changed this.


    Note:

    Contact your site administrator if you are not sure what key combination to use to activate contribution mode.

  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 close to the contribution region, and choose Switch Content from the menu.


    Note:

    If the menu does not have a Switch Content option, the site designer has chosen not to allow contributors to change the content file assigned to a contribution region.

    The Switch Content wizard is launched (see Switch Content Wizard).


    Note:

    You can step through the wizard faster by clicking the blue arrow to the left of the option you want to use. This automatically selects the option and moves the wizard to the next step.

  5. Depending on how the site designer set up the contribution region, you may first be prompted to select the region definition or subtemplate that the region content should be based on. If you are not prompted, you can skip this step and proceed with the next one.

    If you select a region definition from the list, you associate the contribution region directly with a contributor data file or native document (to be selected in the next wizard step). Its contents will display in the contribution region in accordance with the selected region definition and its associated region template. The site designer controls what region definitions are available for the contribution region.

    If you select a subtemplate from the list, you associate the contribution region with a subtemplate that defines what the region will look like and typically divides it into several smaller contribution regions (each of which needs separate content assigned to it). The site designer controls what subtemplates are available for the contribution region.

    The site designer will be able to give you more information about what impact each region definition and/or subtemplate has on the web page in terms of information usage, layout, formatting, and the like. The names of the available region definitions and subtemplates may also provide some indication regarding what they do. Contact your site designer if you need any assistance in this area.

    Click Next to continue.

  6. If you selected a subtemplate in the previous step, you can skip this step and proceed with the next one.

    If you selected a region definition in the previous step or if the previous step did not apply, you are prompted to choose the type of content file that will be used for the contribution region. The available content file types depend on what the site designer has chosen to make available. Select an option:

    • To use a new contributor data file, select New Contributor data file. You are taken to a content check-in form, where you can provide the metadata for the contributor data file and check the file into the content server. The file is empty until you (or another contributor) edits it in the Contributor editor.

    • To use a new native document, select New native file and choose the file format. (The site designer decides what file formats are available.) You are taken to a content check-in form, where you can provide the metadata for the native document and check the file into the content server. All required metadata fields are marked red. The file is empty until you (or another contributor) edits it in its native application.

    • To use an existing file on the content server, select Existing file from server. You are taken to a search results page, which lists all items on the content server that you can choose from. (The criteria for the search query are defined by the site designer.) Select the file you want to use by clicking its associated Select button.

    • To use an existing file on your computer, select Existing local file. You are taken to a content check-in form, where you can provide the metadata for the file and check the file into the content server. All required metadata fields are marked red. Use the Browse button next to the Primary File field to navigate to the file on your computer you want to use and select it.

    • To remove the existing association of a content file with the contribution region, select None. This means that the contribution region no longer has a content file assigned to it.

  7. Click Finish to return to the web page.

You can now edit the file you assigned to the contribution region (see Editing the Content in a Contribution Region).