Resources & Documentation

Please find below resources for departmental Web maintenance as well as general help documents to get you started with web and image software. You can also Watch video tutorials or Download the videos to watch later (PC only).

Connecting to a Departmental Web Site

Use this documentation to connect to your departmental site at USD with either Adobe Dreamweaver or Contribute software.

Setting Up Your Site in Dreamweaver	Read | Watch | Download
Setting Up Your Site in Contribute	Read | Watch | Download

Connecting to a Personal Web site

Use this documentation to connect to your personal site at USD using either Adobe Dreamweaver or Contribute software.

• Setting Up Your Site in Dreamweaver [pdf 200 KB]
• Setting Up Your Site in Contribute [pdf 2300 KB]
• Connecting to Your Site via FileZilla (Windows)
  
• Connecting to Your Site via Fugu (Macintosh)
  

Departmental Web Maintenance

Use this documentation for help creating and updating Web pages within the USD Web site templates.

• Dreamweaver for Departments [pdf 1.3 MB]
• Contribute for Departments [pdf 1.7 MB]
  

School and College Resources

Use this documentation for help creating and updating Web pages within the various School or College template systems.

• College of Arts & Sciences Web Maintenance (Contribute) [pdf 1.5 MB]
• College of Arts & Sciences Web Maintenance (Dreamweaver) [pdf 1.5 MB]
• School of Business Administration Web Maintenance [pdf 2 MB]
• School of Law Web Maintenance [pdf 1.2 MB]
• School of Leadership and Education Sciences [pdf 1.3 MB]
• USD Template Overview [pdf 500 KB]
  

Deleting Files from your Site

• Deleting Files with Dreamweaver [pdf 500 KB]
• Deleting Files with File Manager [pdf 400 KB]
  

Information Posting System

Use this documentation for help in using the MyPostings information system. The MyPostings system allows you to post news and events to your departmental Web sites as well as the MySanDiego portal.

• Information Posting System [pdf 400 KB]

Light Window for Videos

Use this documentation for adding a lightwindow effect to videos uploaded to the USD Streaming Server. An example of the effect can be seen by clicking on one of the play buttons on the SOLES Web site.

• Light Window Effect [pdf 400 KB]
  

Cascading Style Sheets

• Dreamweaver CSS Development [pdf 180 KB]
  

Database/Web Applications

• Dreamweaver Database Development [pdf 400 KB]
  

General Help

• Dreamweaver Tips & Tricks [pdf 200 KB]
• Creating Banners for Sites [pdf 200 KB]
• Introduction to Contribute [coming soon]