How This Site Is Organized

Articles, forums and resources are organized by categories. To add an article, forum post or resource to a category, click 'create content' and choose the category in the Topics pulldown menu.

If you think we should add a new category in articles, forums or resources, let us know.

Topic pages aren't a content type. They're indexes of already existing major categories. Usually we wait to see if a category generates enough resources, forum topics and articles to warrant a topic page of its own.

How to Contribute Content

Articles

Under your username in the left side bar, click Create Content, then Articles. In the submission form:

1. Create a title.
2. Pick a topic. (If an exact category doesn't exist for your subject, choose General.)
3. Type your article in the Body field. (See "Tips for Using the Rich-Text Editor.")

You can choose Preview to see what your article will look like or Submit to publish it. That's it!

Forums

Under your username in the left side bar, click Create Content, then Forum topic. In the submission form:

1. Create a Subject line.
2. Choose the forum you want your post to appear in.
3. Pick a topic. (If an exact category doesn't exist for your subject, choose General.)
4. Type your forum post in the Body field. (See "Tips for Using the Rich-Text Editor.")

You can choose Preview to see what your forum topic will look like or Submit to publish it. That's it!

Resources

Under your username in the left side bar, click Create Content, then Resource. In the submission form:

1. Put in the title of the resource.
2. Pick a topic. (If an exact category doesn't exist for your subject, choose General.)
3. Type the URL of the resource.
4. Type a breief description in the Description field. (See "Tips for Using the Rich-Text Editor.")

You can choose Preview to see what your resource will look like or Submit to publish it. That's it!

Source code

Please see Using the ASU Code Repository.

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Tips for Using the Rich-Text Editor

The rich-text editor is similar to using MS Word or other word processing toolbar.

• To use plain text or HTML, disable the rich-text editor. Need a brief primer on HTML? Remember: The remainder of these tips will not be available to you with rich-text disabled.
• To insert a link, click on the anchor icon .
• To insert a photo, move your cursor to the spot in your text where you want the image to be placed.
1. Click on the picture icon .
2. In the popup, click on the browse icon .
3. Another popup will appear. Click the "Browse" button.
4. Find the image you want to upload on your hard drive. Highlight it and choose "Open."
5. Click "Upload file" on the popup panel.
6. If the upload is successful, at the top of the popup panel you will see the name of your file. Click on the "add" link under "Operations."
7. You can add a description, alignment, dimensions, borders, and vertical and horizontal space.
8. Click the Insert button to place the image in your text.
• Clicking on the question icon will bring up the editor's popup help panel.
• You also can choose to enable or disable the rich-text editor by editing your user profile.