Web Content

Overview
Adding, editing, or deleting a Web Content item in a subject site
Adding, editing, or deleting a Web Content item in a project site
Adding a Web Content item to My Workspace

Additional material

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Overview

What it does

The Web Content tool allows site owners to choose external websites to display within their worksite.

Key concepts

Links: To set up Web Content links, you can specify the URL for any website, and a brief descriptive title. A link will appear in the menubar with the title you've chosen; when you click the link, the website will open within your worksite. You may add multiple Web Content links to your menubar.

Things to consider

If you want to provide many links to websites for your site participants, you can avoid cluttering your menubar by listing most of them in the Resources section.
Departments, collaborations, or other groups may use the Web Content tool to provide a prominent link to their public worksite. (back to top)

Adding or editing a Web Content item in a subject site

For information regarding turning a Web Content item on in a subject site, Subject Coordinators should first be aware of issues relating to turning tools on or off in a subject site and other tool issues on the Subject Coordinators' support page.

Adding a Web Content item in a subject site

In the relevant subject site, click Site Info.
On the Site Info page, click Edit Tools. If your worksite already contains Web Content items, they will be listed here under the names assigned to them.
Select to make the Web Content tool either available to "Coord" or" All". Click Continue.
A Web Content tool cannot have its name changed after it has been created. The URL can still be modified, however. If the name is incorrect or the tool is no longer required the Subject Coordinator can remove the tool (Site Info ...Edit tools)

On the "Customize Tools" screen, under "Web Content" you will also see fields where you can enter information for a new item, as follows:

In the "Title:" field, add a title.
In the "URL:" field, enter a URL after the "http://" that already appears in the field.
Click Continue. You will see information about the changes you have made to your worksite.
Click Finish, or if you would like to make further changes, click Back. Click Cancel to cancel your changes.

Editing or Deleting a Web Content item in a subject site

As is the case with any other tool, Subject Coordinators are able to change the access for a tool from ‘Coord' to ‘None'. Web Content and News tools are different from other CSU Interact tools in that they are able to be removed by anybody with a Subject Coordinator role.

Note: Although the "Options" link in a subject site's Web Content tool appears to give Subject Coordinators the same ability to edit a Web Content link as there is in a project site, changing the name of the Web Content tool in this way will result in a loss of function in the tool in a subject site. Instead, a new Web Content tool should be selected and the required new information entered, or web content links should be made available on a html page within Resources. (back to top)

Adding, editing, or deleting a Web Content item in a project site

You can add a link to an external website, or Web Content item, in the menubar for your project worksite if you have the appropriate permissions.

For additional instructions on editing or removing items from your project worksite, see Site Info - adding or removing tools in a project site.

Adding a Web Content item in a project site

Note: You must have the appropriate permissions to add a Web Content item to a project site.

In the relevant project site, click Site Info.
On the Site Info page, click Edit Tools. If your worksite already contains Web Content items, they will be listed here under the names assigned to them.
Tick the box next to Web Content. Click Continue.

On the "Customize Tools" screen, under "Web Content" you will also see fields where you can enter information for a new item, as follows:

In the "Title:" field, add a title.
In the "URL:" field, enter a URL after the "http://" that already appears in the field.
If you'd like to add more than one item, select the appropriate number of items from the More Web Content Tools? drop-down menu.
Click Continue. You will see information about the changes you have made to your worksite.
Click Finish, or, if you would like to make further changes, click Back. Click Cancel to cancel your changes.

Editing a Web Content item in a project site

Note: You must have the appropriate permissions to edit a Web Content item in a project site.

To edit an existing Web Content item, follow these steps:

In your site's menubar, click the title of the appropriate Web Content item.
Near the top of the Web Content frame, click Options.
On the "Customize Web Content" form, you can change the the following:

• Tool Title: The title that appears in your site's menubar
• Page Title: The title that appears at the top of the Web Content frame
• Frame Height: The height (in pixels) of the Web Content frame
• URL: The URL for the Web Content item
To make your Web Content item open in a new browser window, click in the box next to Open in a new window?
When you're finished, click Update Options to save your changes, or Cancel to cancel your changes.

Deleting a Web Content item in a project site

Note: You must have the appropriate permissions to delete a Web Content item from a project site.

To delete an existing Web Content item, follow these steps:

In the relevant project site, click Site Info.
On the Site Info page, click Edit Tools.
Remove the tick from the box next to the Web Content item that you wish to remove.
Click Continue. You will see information about the changes you have made to your worksite.
Click Finish, or, if you would like to make further changes, click Back. Click Cancel to cancel your changes.

Note: If your Web Content item still appears in the site's menubar, click Home to refresh the menubar. (back to top)

Adding a Web Content item to My Workspace

Anyone can add a Web Content item to My Workspace.

From My Workspace, click Worksite Setup.
On the Worksite Setup page, you will see all your worksites listed. To add a Web Content item to your My Workspace area, tick the box next to My Workspace . To add a Web Content item to one of the sites that you manage, tick the box next to the site's name.
Click Edit. On the next page, click Edit Tools.
Tick the box next to Web Content. Click Continue.

On the "Customize Tools" screen you will see fields where you can enter information for a new item, as follows:

In the "Title:" field, add a title.
In the "URL:" field, enter a URL after the "http://" that already appears in the field.
If you'd like to add more than one item, select the appropriate number of items from the drop-down More Web Content Tools? menu.
Click Continue. You will see information about the changes you have made to your worksite. Click Finish, or, if you would like to make further changes, click Back. Click Cancel to cancel your changes.
You should now see a link in the menubar to the Web Content item with the title you provided.