Edit a web page or blog from your browser

You can use Contribute plug-ins to open your web pages and blog entries for editing in Contribute directly from your web browser. You can also directly edit a web page or blog entry within the web browser without opening Contribute. The web page will follow the workflow assigned to its template after the editing is complete.

Unlike the Contribute application, the in-browser editor opens in the edit mode only. Tasks like administering the website, creating a connection, and setting preferences cannot be performed in the in-browser editor. The in-browser editor honors site connection settings, permissions, and workflow settings in Contribute. The web pages follow the workflow assigned to their templates in Contribute.

You cannot connect to a web site using the Internet browser. Connect to your website or blog in Contribute before you edit a web page or blog entry in your browser. See Create a website connection and Create a blog server connection. You are prompted to connect to the page if you haven’t done so already.

When you choose to edit the web page or blog entry in the web browser, Contribute launches the in-browser editor (IBE). The in-browser editor is the editor in Contribute that runs within the web browser. You can only edit published pages in the in-browser editor. You cannot create new web pages or blogs using the IBE.

The in-browser editor has three areas: toolbar area, edit area, and status area. The edit area and status area look the same as in the Contribute application.

The toolbar in the in-browser editor is different from the one in Contribute in the following ways.

The IBE toolbar:

• Displays only those actions that can be performed in the in-browser editor and are available to the user.

• Does not have a menu bar. Some of the actions available only in the menu bar in Contribute have been moved as new icons to the toolbar.

• Does not have buttons for some of the tasks in Contribute that are not commonly used.

You can use the same keyboard shortcuts that you use in Contribute while working in the in-browser editor. You can drag and drop images into the in-browser editor during editing, like in Contribute.

When you open a page for editing in the browser, the URL changes to the one set by the in-browser editor. The original URL is displayed after you perform an action on the page.

Web pages must be sent for review, edit, or approval before they are published. When you complete editing a page, and choose the appropriate send action, you are prompted to select the reviewers, or approvers. The draft sent to the reviewers appears in the pages panel of their application. This step onwards, the draft follows the same pattern as it would if it had been edited in Contribute. Collaborative authoring is possible only if the draft has been set for editing in Contribute.

You can edit only one instance of a web page in the in-browser editor at a time. An error message is displayed if you try to open the same page in another instance for editing. Similarly, a web page open for editing is locked and unavailable to other users for editing.

Close all linked files open in Contribute or the in-browser editor before you publish a web page. Close a web page if it has a dependent file that is shared with the file being published.

Any of the following actions performed on the web browser closes the in-browser editor after asking you for confirmation. Contribute saves the web page before closing it.

• Closing the tab containing the in-browser editor

• Closing the browser

• Using the Back and Forward buttons to move to another web page in the in-browser editor window

This feature is available on the following browser versions and operating systems:

• Internet Explorer versions 6.0 and later on Windows Vista (SP 1) and Windows XP (SP 2)

• Mozilla Firefox versions 1.5 and later on Windows Vista (SP 1) and Windows XP (SP 2)

• Mozilla Firefox versions 1.5 and later on Mac OS X® (10.3.9) and Mac OS X (10.4.x).

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