Using CommonSpot to Maintain
Ohio University Web Sites

1. Introduction
   • Overview
     • Advantages of CommonSpot
     • Limitations of CommonSpot
     • Transition of Front Door Servers
   • Terminology
   • Page Security
   • The Approval Process
   • Jumping In
     • Explore your CommonSpot Demo Site
     • Investigate the Shortcut Icons
     • Modify Your Demo Homepage
   • Planning a New Site or Migration of an Existing Site
     • Site Migration Issues
       • Finding the New Site
       • Default Home Page Name
       • CommonSpot Infrastructure
     • Subsite Creation and Migration Check-List
     • Create Sub-Subsites

2. Creating New Pages
   • Introduction
   • Create New Page (from template)
     • Templates
     • Template-based Page Creation: Step-by-step
     • Change the Render Option Settings
     • Using Custom Footer Text
     • Set the Page Background Color
   • Create Derived Templates
     • Step-by-step
     • Design Issues for Authoring and Browsing Performance
     • Preserving Element Inheritance
     • Steps to Preserving Element Inheritance
       • Locking Down the Elements
       • Locking Down the Layouts
       • Locking Down Pop-up Menus
     • Revising a Derived Template
     • Blank Pages Built on a Template
       • Steps for Creating a Blank Page
       • Steps for Using a Blank Page
   • Create New Page (copy existing page)
   • Document Information
   • Locate a Page
     • Locate One of Your Own Pages
     • Locate Any Page in Your Subsite

3. Building Pages by Adding and Editing Elements
   • Insert Different Kinds of Page Elements
     • Simple Text Blocks
     • Using the Rich Text Editor to Import or Edit Existing Content
     • Links
     • Marking and Using Jump Destinations
     • "Printer-Friendly Version" Links
     • Image Gallery
     • Images
     • Binary Files as Clickable Resources
     • Tabular Layout Elements
     • Copying and Pasting Whole Elements
     • Deleting Elements
   • Microsoft Word document as an HTML element
   • Pop-Up Menus
   • Image Grids
   • Changes that Take Effect Immediately
   • Validate Links
   • Referring Pages
   • Create Page Sets
   • Use Page Sets
   • Manage Page Sets
   • Style Sheets

4. Conclusion
   • Practice and Experimentation
   • Post-Seminar Housekeeping
   • Getting to Work

Dick Piccard revised this file (http://www.ohiou.edu/pagemasters/commonspot/pageint/index.html) on January 9, 2006.

Please E-Mail comments or suggestions to "webteam@ohio.edu".