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Two toolbars are referred to throughout this tutorial:

Primary toolbar
Located in the Contribute menu bar

Toolbar
Located on the floating dialog box
This toolbar changes according to the current activity

Create a New Web Page

This section discusses creating new pages, editing the homepage, and saving files.

Create the new page

  1. Click New (on toolbar)
    2. Figure 7. When creating a new page, the New Web Page or Blog Entry dialog box should appear.)

    Figure 7. When creating a new page, the New Web Page or Blog Entry dialog box should appear.)
  2. Choose Copy of Current Page, Figure 7
  3. Type in new page's title
  4. Click OK

Once you begin creating new pages:

Figure 8. The left column is the <q>Pages Panel</q>.

Figure 8. The left column is the Pages Panel.
  1. Select Browser:STC Rocky Mountain…, Figure 8, before clicking the New button

Editing the homepage

The original homepage is not editable:

  1. Click the Edit Page button (on toolbar)
  2. A draft version of the homepage will be created
  3. Choose Save for Later to save any changes in this draft version

    4. Saving your new files

    1. As you work, save your file using the Save for Later button (toolbar)
      1. Save for Later does not publish the page; it simply saves the draft
    2. If you choose to get rid of a file, choose Discard Draft (toolbar)
    3. All page files are saved with the file extension used with the original file, in this case, .shtml

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