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Publishing SoM Web Sites with Contribute (C1)

Detailed Web-based multimedia training for Contribute is available now

Class Schedule

Not currently scheduled

All classes are held in the Lane Computer Lab in Room M202 (pdf) in the main School of Medicine building.

Recommended Reading: Introduction to SoM Web

How to publish a Web site in the SoM Web format, the standard for the School of Medicine Web using Contribute

Contribute is easier to use than Dreamweaver, however it is also limited in what it can do. It's ideal for editing existing pages or creating new ones from existing pages. It cannot be used to create site structure. A full comparison of Contribute and Dreamweaver is available.

Please register if you are currently maintaining a School of Medicine site using the SoM Web format, or expect to do so in the near future.

Topics Include:

  • Setting up and connecting with Contribute
  • Using Contribute to maintain and edit your exitsing pages in the SoM Web format
  • Creating new pages and linking to them
  • Rules and responsibilities for account holders on the system
  • Security
  • Accessing your department's web materials
  • Making simple changes
  • Issues of web site accessibility
  • Hands-on training
  • Lots of links and resources so you can learn more

For more general web development training, we recommend the courses taught by the Lane Medical Library, Computer-based Training (CBT) (free for all Stanford people, but Windows-only) and Stanford ITSS. At the end of the class, it is hoped that participants will have the tools and information to be able to make routine updates, additions, and improvements to their departmental web sites on medstaging.stanford.edu.

There are 12 spaces available in this class. Priority will be given to folks currently maintaining a SoM Web format site for the School of Medicine.

Online SoM Web & Contribute training - Don't have time to take the class, or need a refresher? Our new online documentation contains more information than we can fit into the regular classroom session. Now with multimedia tutorials!