Deleting Pages

Launch Contribute

  1. Launch Contribute
    • Windows: Double click the desktop icon (purple 'C' icon) or choose Contribute from the Start menu (Start > Programs > Macromedia > Macromedia Contribute 3)
    • Macintosh: Click the Contribute icon (purple 'C' icon) in the dock or double click Contribute in the Finder (Applications > Macromedia Contribute 3 > Contribute)
  2. Under Begin editing my websites (center of window), click the connection to your web site
  3. Your web site will load in the Contribute window.
    1. If you receive an error that says "Please contact your administrator," clickConnect (top left of Contribute's browser).

      (screenshot of error message and connect button)

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Delete Your Page

  1. In Contribute, browse to the page you want to delete as you would in a web browser
  2. Click the File menu (top left of window)
  3. Click the Actions submenu
  4. Choose the Delete Page option
    (screenshot of menubar)

    5. If "Delete Page" is not available, e-mail web@wcas.northwestern.edu or visit the Contact Us page.

    You will be prompted with the following question: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this web page? Doing so might cause broken links on other pages on your website." 

    (screenshot of prompt)
    Click Yes to complete your action.

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Delete Your Documents

These are instructions on deleting pages that Contribute cannot edit. This includes ".doc" files, ".pdf" files and other linked documents.

  1. In Contribute, using the process below, browse to the document you want to delete
    • Go to the View menu
    • Click on Choose File on Website...

    Browsing to View Menu
  2. Browse through the folders until your file is located

    Finding File 

  3. Now that you've opened your file, follow these steps to delete
    • Click the File menu (top left of window)
    • Click the Actions submenu
    • Choose the Delete Page option

      (screenshot of menubar)

      You will be prompted with the following question: "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this web page? Doing so might cause broken links on other pages on your website." 

      (screenshot of prompt)
      Click Yes to complete your action.

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Adobe Contribute Tips

#1: To create a line break without a line space, hold the shift key as you tap the "Enter" key.

Contribute indent button

#2: Need to indent a single line, or one or more paragraphs, of text? Use the indent button (see image) NOT the space bar. Why? Because using the spacebar will result in a string of non-breaking spaces that could size differently on different browsers, resulting in a ragged left margin, or create awkward and unnatural sentence wrapping.

Detailed information about using Contribute is also available on this site.

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July 12, 2010