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Instructions for using the Website Information window on your site's homepage?

- Click the Changing the Worksite Information on a Site's Homepage link under Using theTools in the left-hand menu of this online help.

Information about the following left-hand menu items on the CTools gateway (opening page): Welcome, About, Sites, Features, Training?

- These are tools used by CTools administrative staff to provide information for users. They can only be edited by CTools administrative staff.

Information about using the Web Content tool?

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Includes

Description
Examples of use
Putting information into the Web Content window and creating a new Web Content window
--- If you already have a Web Content Tool and would like to specify what appears in it
--- If you are in the process of creating a new site and you want to create a Web Content window and specify what appears in it
--- If you have completed a site and would like to go back and add a Web Content window and specify what appears in it

Description

The Web Content feature allows site owners to choose a website to display within the CTools main window. The name of the Web Content button in the left-hand menu can be customized so you can create a label that matches the website you've chosen to display.

Examples of use

Instructors who want to provide many links to websites for their students may choose to list them all in Resources, and then use the Web Content feature to display the most important.

Departments, project collaborators, or other groups may choose to use Web Content to provide a prominent link to their public website within their CTools website.

Putting information into the Web Content window and creating a new Web Content window.

If you already have a Web Content tool in the menubar and would like to specify what appears in it.

1...Open your course or project site.

2...Click Web Content in the left-hand menubar.

3...Click the Options... button in the Web Content window.

4...Type a title for the button that will appear in the left-hand menubar. For example, if you want the Web Content window to contain a weather website, you can give the button the name Weather.

5...If you would like to change the height of the window the external site will appear in, pull down the Frame Height menu and choose another height.

6...Type the URL into the box. (You do not need to include http://)

7...Click Update Options.

If you are in the process of creating a new course or project site, and you want to create a Web Content window and specify what appears in it.

1...In the Site Setup process, when you reach the page where you choose which tools to include in your site, check the box next to Web Content.

2...In the form that appears, type a title for the button that will appear in the left-hand menubar. For example, if you want the Web Content window to contain a weather website, you can give the button the name Weather.

If you leave "Web Content" as the title or if you leave the box blank, the button will be named "Web Content." (You can change the button name later.)

3...Type a URL for the website you want to have appear. (You do not need to include http://)

4...You can pull down the menu to add more Web Content tools at this time. Whether or not you add more at this point in the process, you will be able to add more if you revise the site later -- a new Web Content page will appear in the tool list. (See the next section, below, for more information on adding a new Web Content window to a completed site.)

5...Click Continue and complete the site creation process.

If you would like to change the height of the window in which the external site appears, click the Options button in the upper-left corner of the Web Content window and use the Frame Height pull-down menu to choose the height.

If you have a completed course or project site and you would like to go back and add a new Web Content tool to the menubar and specify what appears in it.

1...Click Site Info in the left-hand menubar while you are in the course or project site.

2...Click the Edit Tools button along the top of the main window.

3...Click the box next to Web Content... For accessing an external website within the site.

4...Click Continue.

5...In the form that appears, type a title for the button that will appear in the left-hand menubar. For example, if you want the Web Content window to contain a weather website, you can give the button the name Weather.

If you leave "Web Content" as the title or if you leave the box blank, the button will be named "Web Content." (You can change the button name later.)

6...Type a URL for the site in the space provided. (You do not need to include http://)

7...You can pull down the menu to add more Web Content tools at this time. Whether or not you add more at this point in the process, you will be able to add more if you revise the site later -- a new Web Content page will appear in the tool list.

8...Click Continue to complete the site creation process.

9...Click Finish to return to the Site Info page.

You may need to refresh your browser to view your new web content page.

If you would like to change the height of the window in which the external site appears, click the Options button in the upper-left corner of the Web Content window and use the Frame Height pull-down menu to choose the height.

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