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Use the guard page as a way to prevent users from accessing the _mm folder automatically added to the site when working with Contribute directlyfrom Dreamweaver or Contribute.. Rather th

interface (LDAP or Active Directory) Publishing Services provides a centralized interface, accessible from thescreen shown in Figure 12.15, where you can add users to a role and then assign permissions to them forthe site folder.

Figure 12.15 You can use Publishing Services as a centralized mechanism for setting folder

permissions.

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It's important to note that Publishing Services is a separate product from Contribute If you'd like moreinformation on Publishing Services, visit www.adobe.com/products/contribute/server/ In our examples,we'll keep it simple and just rely on the folder permissions that are already in place

Figure 12.16 Use options in this screen as a way to configure Contribute and Contribute users to

work with your web server.

For instance, options exist for setting alternative URLs that Contribute users could potentially access.

Generally, you will see URLs listed in two ways: by domain name and by IP address Although both

addresses work for connecting to the web server, Contribute uses this list to allow or deny access to the webserver if a user typed in what appears to be a valid address that is not listed

The second tab on this screen allows you to work with options for setting default pages within the webserver For the most part, the web server uses a traditional list of index files If your default file is not listed(maybe it's called mypage.html) you must manually add it here

The final tab in this screen allows you to specify a guard page Use the guard page as a way to prevent

users from accessing the _mm folder (automatically added to the site when working with Contribute) directlyfrom Dreamweaver or Contribute By default, Contribute sets the guard page to the main page (the samefile defined as the home page when you're working with site maps) in the directory For our purposes, thereshouldn't be anything we need to modify here

Note

The _mm folder is where Contribute keeps files that are being reviewed or worked on When a useredits a page in Contribute, a working copy is placed into this folder Technically, the user is makingchanges to the file that resides in the _mm folder, not the file that's live on the site After a file getsapproved/published, Contribute then copies the files from the _mm folder and overwrites the previouscopy on the live server

Rollbacks

Rolling back web pages is the process of going back to a previous version of a web page after it has beenpublished For instance, assume Cammy the Content Manager makes a few changes to a page in the websiteand then, using Contribute, publishes her finished work By default, Contribute stores a copy of the previous

version in a _baks folder within the _mm folder root As an administrator, you decide to review Cammy'swork and happen to find glaring errors Rather than bringing the site down to fix the mistakes, you canright-click (Control+click) the file in the Files panel and choose the Roll Back Page option Dreamweaver,interfacing with Contribute, digs the old version out of the _baks folder and replaces the live version withthe older, accurate version You can enable rollbacks and the specify the number of rollback steps in thescreen shown in Figure 12.17.

Figure 12.17 You can enable rollbacks by simply clicking the check box You can also set a

numeric value indicating the number of times to roll back.

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This is a feature I always implement in my sites It's a handy mechanism to have—especially if you

accidentally delete a file or simply want to revert to an older version To enable this feature, click the checkbox Keep the rollback steps at 3

Caution

Be mindful of the number you set for rollbacks Each rollback version consumes storage space on theserver The more rollbacks you enable, the greater the number If you're limited on server storagespace, you might think about keeping this number as low as possible or even disabling the featurealtogether

Note

You probably noticed the text label that appeared within the Contribute category in the Site

Definition window for Rollbacks This text label will display the status of rollbacks when it's enabled

or disabled for the Contribute-enabled site, as was shown in Figure 12.17

New Pages

Similar to the document encoding screen within the Page Properties dialog in Dreamweaver, you can use theNew Pages screen, shown in Figure 12.18, as a way to set the document encoding that should be used foryour web pages in Contribute

Figure 12.18 Set the document encoding type and the default extension of the page when a new

page or template is created within Contribute.

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You can also set the default file extension to use when creating new pages from a blank page or template in

a site Again, we'll keep this screen as it is

Compatibility

The Compatibility screen, shown in Figure 12.19, lets you provide editing and publishing access to olderversions of Contribute

Figure 12.19 Set a method of Contribute interoperability here You can decide whether to have

newer versions and older versions of Contribute work together.

Selecting the Transition Mode option allows you to share features between previous and current releases ofContribute Be aware, however, that only shared features are interoperable Choose the Compatibility Modeoption when you want to isolate all features exposed by newer versions of Contribute from older versions.Users who use an older version of Contribute will be required to install the most current version Because inour example we know everyone will be using the same version of Contribute, keep the Compatibility Modeoption button selected.

Enable PDF Embedding

The final set of options within the Administration screen is the Enable PDF Embedding option button group.You can use the options within this screen as an Administrator to restrict users from embedding PDFdocuments as objects in a web page If users are allowed to insert embedded PDF objects, they can choose

to insert the document either as a link or as an embedded PDF However, if users are not allowed to embedPDF objects, they only have the option to insert the PDF document as a link

Sending Connection Keys to Contribute Users

Now that you've successfully configured properties for the Publisher role, it's time to delegate access to thethree Contribute users (Ada, Cammy, and Tina) within our company This can be accomplished easily by

sending connection keys Taking the form of an STC file and accessible from the Users and Roles category,

the connection key can either be opened or imported into Contribute by the end user and contains all thenecessary configuration information our three users will need to successfully connect to the Vecta Corpwebsite as Publishers To send a connection key, follow these instructions:

1. Within the Administer website dialog, switch to the Users and Roles category and click the Send

Connection Key button The Send Connection Key dialog will appear similar to Figure 12.20

Figure 12.20 The Send Connection Key dialog allows you to create and send

connection keys.

2. As you can see from Figure 12.20, the first screen within the wizard allows you to set how you will sendthe connection settings to the individual Contribute users Options include the ability to send the sameconnection settings that you use (excluding role information) or to configure the connection settingsdifferently for Contribute users For our purposes, choose Yes, enable the Include my FTP usernameand password check box, and click Next

3. The next screen in the wizard (shown in Figure 12.21) allows you to set the type of role that the invitedusers will have Because we want to create three Publishers, select the Publisher option and click Next

Figure 12.21 Set the type of role that invited users will have.

4. The third screen within the wizard (shown in Figure 12.22) allows you to set the method for sendingthe connection key file (STC file).

Figure 12.22 Choose an option from this screen to either send the connection key in

an email or to save it to your computer.

Options include sending the STC file as an attachment via email or saving the STC file to your

computer If you select the email option, Contribute creates a nice email template and automaticallyattaches the encrypted STC file to the body of the email This is the option we'll select Second, you'llwant to enter a password that Contribute users will use to decrypt the emailed STC file After it isdecrypted, the STC file becomes usable within Contribute For security reasons, you'll want to verballycommunicate the decryption password to Contribute users Enter a password now (I'll enter

vectacorp) and click Next.

5. The final confirmation screen allows you to perform a final check on the settings to be emailed to theContribute users Double-check your settings and click Done

6. As you can see from Figure 12.23, the connection key is attached as an STC file to the generated email template In the To field, enter all the email addresses that this email will be sent toand click Send

Contribute-Figure 12.23 Enter the email addresses of the users that will receive the connection

key and click Send.

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That's it! You've effectively sent the connection key to users within your organization The next step is forthe receiving users (Ada, Cammy, and Tina) to check their email and open the connection key withinContribute After they've done this, they'll be able to make edits to the Vecta Corp site within Contribute.

Using Contribute to Make Basic Edits

Assuming the role of Ada, Cammy, or Tina, we'll now walk through the process of opening the connectionkey within Contribute After the key has been imported into Contribute, we'll use the program to make basicedits to the Vecta Corp site and then publish our changes to the web server To import the connection keyinto Dreamweaver, you can do one of two things: You can double-click the STC file from the email, or youcan open Contribute and click the Import button from the My Connection dialog (available from the Editmenu in Contribute) To make things easy, we'll use the first option To open the key in Contribute, followthese steps:

1. To get the full effect of how connection keys work, try using a completely different computer andlogging in with the account that has access to the email account that contains the Contribute

connection key If you don't have access to a second computer, that's fine—simply double-click the STCconnection key file Contribute will open and the Import Connection Key dialog will appear similar toFigure 12.24

Figure 12.24 Double-click the connection key file Contribute will open and the

Import Connection Key dialog will appear.

2. Assume that I'm logged into Ada's, Cammy's, or Tina's computer Notice the dialog shown in Figure12.24; it allows me to enter my name, my email, and the secret decryption key (that I specified as

vectacorp) Add the unique information for the first user, entering Ada for name,

ada@vectacorp.com for email, and vectacorp for the password and click OK As you can see from

Figure 12.25, the dialog disappears and the Vecta Corp site opens within Contribute

Figure 12.25 The Import Connection Key dialog disappears and the Vecta Corp page

appears within Contribute.

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3. To see the defined connection for the Vecta Corp site, choose the My Connections option from the Editmenu The My Connections dialog will appear similar to Figure 12.26 You'll see that the website Name,Address, Role, and Administrator values appear, as they've been defined, in the row

Figure 12.26 The defined Contribute site appears within the My Connections dialog.

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As a content contributor, you're now ready to make changes to the Vecta Corp site using Contribute To dothis, click the Edit Page button at the top-left corner Immediately, the page opens in Edit Mode, shown inFigure 12.27, with the same structure it had when it was defined in Dreamweaver

4. To close the My Connections dialog, click Close.

As a content contributor, you're now ready to make changes to the Vecta Corp site using Contribute To dothis, click the Edit Page button at the top-left corner Immediately, the page opens in Edit Mode, shown inFigure 12.27, with the same structure it had when it was defined in Dreamweaver

Figure 12.27 Clicking the Edit Page button launches the Vecta Corp website in Edit Mode.

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Try making changes to the page (remove rows from tables, remove images, and so on) You'll quicklyrealize that all you're allowed to do as a Publisher is edit text Of course, this is by design As an

Administrator, you edited the Publisher role to allow only text edits To demonstrate how easily text editscan be made, I'll highlight the last sentence of text within the opening paragraph, and press the Delete key

on the keyboard

With the text now gone, you have two options for saving: You can publish the page to the live server byclicking the Publish button Alternatively, you can send the page for review by clicking the Send for Reviewbutton located just to the right of the Publish button Doing this allows Content Managers or Site

Administrators to review your changes and then approve or reject them before they go live

Note

Had we created users under the Writer role, the Publish button wouldn't be available Instead, theWriter would have to send the content for review and allow either a Publisher or Site Administrator toapprove or reject changes

For our purposes, click the Publish button Dreamweaver displays a Contribute dialog congratulating youthat the changes have been published to the live server Click OK to see the final results within the browserview.

Rolling Back Pages in Dreamweaver

Assuming the role of the Site Administrator once again, assume for a moment that the change Ada justmade is unacceptable Under these circumstances, you might want to roll back the change to its originalversion Because we've enabled the Roll Back Page option in the Rollbacks category in the AdministerWebsite dialog, this will be possible Before we walk through the process of rolling back a design, let'sreopen the Administer Website dialog (assuming it's not already open) so that you can see the addition ofthe new user within the Publishing role When you open the Administer Website dialog, shown in Figure12.28, you'll see the new user (Ada) in the Publisher role

Figure 12.28 The new content publisher (Ada) appears within the Publisher role.

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To remove this user, you would select the user's name and click the Remove button Although we're

certainly angry with Ada for making unacceptable changes to the site, we don't want to remove her from thePublisher list Instead, we'll roll back her changes To do this, follow these steps:

1. If you haven't done so already, close the Administer Website dialog by choosing the Close button.Close the Site Definition dialog by choosing the OK button.

2. To see the changes Ada has made to the pages on the live server, we must synchronize the files on theremote server with those on our local computer To do this from within Dreamweaver, select theSynchronize Sitewide option from the Site menu The Synchronize Files dialog appear

3. Select the Entire Vecta Corp Site option from the Synchronize menu Choose the Get Newer Files fromRemote option from the Direction menu and click Preview

4. When the Preview dialog appears, make sure the index.html file is listed and click OK The files shouldnow be synchronized

5. Now open the local copy of index.html You'll notice that the changes Ada sent to the site have indeedbeen made

6. To roll back the page, close it from the document window, check it in (right-click/Control+click on thefile within the Files panel and choose the Check In option), and then click the Expand/Collapse iconfrom the Files panel, if necessary, to expand it

7. Now right-click (Control+click) the index.html file in the Remote Site pane to access the context menuand click the Roll Back Page option The Roll Back Page dialog will appear similar to Figure 12.29

Figure 12.29 The Roll Back Page dialog displays older versions of the design.

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8. Select the version you want the page to be rolled back to (by date or name) and click the Roll Backbutton

Now view the site in the browser You'll notice that the original page replaces the one Ada created

As you have seen, Contribute is a powerful program that allows organizations to share web-based publishingrights with users who wouldn't ordinarily be given access to the site using Dreamweaver Contribute allowssite administrators to feel comfortable with nontechnical users making changes to the company's onlinepresence because they can ratchet down the number of options available to the user within the AdministerWebsite dialog Even better, through Contribute's draft review process and Dreamweaver's rollback feature,changes can easily be reverted back to their original state with little or no harm to the company's overallidentity

In the next chapter, we'll begin to move away from the team collaborative aspects of Dreamweaver andbegin to review some of the task automation features built in to Dreamweaver's framework

Chapter 13 Enhancing Workflow

IN THIS CHAPTER

Working with the Assets Panel

Using Favorites to Increase Productivity

Using Find and Replace

Using the History Panel

Working with Commands

As you've seen, Dreamweaver outlines numerous features for simplifying the development and management

of your websites Features such as the Site Files panel, File Check In and Check Out, CSS integration, theInsert bar, Layout Tables, Contribute integration, and so on all make Dreamweaver's support unmatched fordesigning web pages unassisted or within teams In this chapter, we'll discuss some of the simple, yetsometimes overlooked, nuances that further improve how you work with your websites in Dreamweaver As

we progress through the chapter, we'll discuss asset management using the Assets panel, simple find andreplace using the Find and Replace dialog, pinpoint reversal of changes using the History panel, and taskautomation using various commands The features that we discuss in this chapter should further support thenotion that Dreamweaver is unprecedented in its support for creating spectacular websites effortlessly.Like the rest of the chapters within this book, you can work with the examples in this chapter by

downloading the files from www.dreamweaverunleashed.com You'll want to save the files for Chapter 13 in

an easy-to-find location I'll place mine in C:\VectaCorp\Chapter13 Also, make sure to update your sitereference in Dreamweaver so that it points to this newly created folder

Working with the Assets Panel

Similar in concept to the Assets folder, we defined within the root of our Vecta Corp site, the Assets panel is

a central repository for website elements However, unlike the Assets folder contained within our Vecta Corpproject, the Assets panel contains items that our website can and will use Items such as images,

Shockwave files, QuickTime files, Flash files, JavaScript files, and even colors and links are all consideredassets and are all managed in the Assets panel by Dreamweaver By having access to these items in onecentral location, you're offered the benefit of quick access to any one of these items in Dreamweaver Nomore shuffling around, searching for the same content in the local root folder Furthermore, the Assets paneloffers a Favorites feature that allows you to filter out more commonly used assets Often, websites havethousands of assets—and for the most part you're not going to need immediate access to all of them at thesame time In this situation, the Favorites feature allows you to store more commonly used items such as acompany logo, colors that you've been using throughout the site regularly, or even commonly used

hyperlinks that you use most often into a small subsection of items

Note

Because the Assets panel more or less indexes all your site's content, you must have a local root

folder already defined Dreamweaver then scans the files within your defined site and makes themvisible within the appropriate categories in the Assets panel

To open the Assets panel, choose the Assets option from the Window menu or press (Option+F11 on a Mac)

or, if you have the Files panel already open, simply choose the Assets tab located just to the right of theFiles tab As you can see from Figure 13.1, the Assets panel comes into view

Figure 13.1 The Assets panel is a central repository for usable items within your defined site.

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As you can see from the callouts in Figure 13.1, the Assets panel is divided into separate sections:

Asset Category Selector— The Assets panel is a repository for different types of usable items within

your site, including images, links, colors, media files, library items, and so on All these items aredivided into categories represented by the vertically listed icons in this menu

Assets List— The lower-middle portion of the panel is a list of all the assets within the site for the

particular category

Asset Preview— The top portion offers a preview of the selected asset in the list.

Site/Favorite View— Choose an option from this group to either display every asset within your

defined site or only those assets that you've manually added to your Favorites list This option isdiscussed in more detail later in the chapter

Assets Panel Options menu— Like every other panel in Dreamweaver, the Assets panel Options

menu gives you quick access to alternative options Options listed within this menu include the ability

to copy an asset to another defined site, locate an asset within the site, refresh and re-create the sitelist, and more

Insert, Refresh, Edit, Add to Favorites icon group— Use the icons listed in here to insert a new

asset into your document, refresh your site list, edit an asset within the appropriate internal or

external editor, and add an asset to the Favorites list

As you've probably noticed, the Asset Category Selector within the Assets panel lists several types of icons,each representing the different types of assets that are managed within the panel These options include thefollowing:

Images— Any image that is stored within your defined site, such as JPEG, GIF, or PNG, will

automatically be added to the images assets list In our scenario, the Assets panel will read all theimages located within our Images folder because that's where all our images happen to be contained

Colors— This category contains all the colors used throughout your site, including background colors,

link colors, text colors, and so on

URLs— This category lists all the external links used throughout the site, which include absolute paths

such as http, https, ftp, and even other URLs used by JavaScript, email (mailto), and local file links

Flash— This section stores all your SWF files Any SWF file found within your defined site will appear

here

Shockwave Movies— Any Shockwave movie (SWD), typically generated by Director, that is found

within your local root folder or defined site will be available in this section

Movies— This section stores QuickTime and MPEG movies found within your local root folder.

Scripts— This category will contain external scripts found within your defined site It's important to

note that only external script documents appear in the Assets panel Scripts written within the <head>

tag of your HTML pages are not listed here

Templates— Templates can add a great deal of consistency and organization within a site design You

can access all your site templates here Templates are covered in great detail in the next chapter

Library— In the Library section of the Assets panel, you can create, access, and manage a site's

Library items Library items are similar to templates in terms of their functionality; however Libraryitems are single components that are meant to be used throughout the entire site (such as navigationbars) Library items are covered with more detail in Chapter 15, "Working with Library Items."

Note

For the most part, Dreamweaver automatically scans your defined site and picks out the assets it canwork with You can always use the Cloak feature to prevent Dreamweaver from scanning files locatedwithin a particular folder The Assets folder (remember, separate from the Assets panel), for

instance, is an excellent candidate for cloaking For the most part, the Assets folder in our site

contains PSD, FLA, TXT, and DOC files we can't use within our site anyway Cloaking this folder wouldprevent Dreamweaver from scanning that folder and importing any unneeded files into the Assets

panel

How the Assets Panel Works

Now that you have a simple understanding of what the Assets panel provides, it's important to understandhow the Assets panel works The Assets panel doesn't scan the structure of your site every time

Dreamweaver is opened, nor does it scan the structure of your site when you open the Assets panel

Instead, the Assets panel, like many of the other features within Dreamweaver, works off of the site's cache

In Chapter 3, "Dreamweaver Site Management," we discussed that the site cache was Dreamweaver's way

of taking a digital "snapshot" of the folder and file structure of your site Many features in

Dreamweaver—namely the Check Links feature, the Site Map feature, and more importantly the Assetspanel—rely on this snapshot for quick and efficient management of files Therefore, it's important that thisfeature is enabled when you're defining or editing a site within Dreamweaver If your Assets panel isn'tlisting items, chances are you've disabled the Site Cache check box To reenable it, follow these steps:

1. Select the Manage Sites option from the Site menu This launches the Manage Sites dialog

2. Select the Vecta Corp site and click the Edit button The Site Definition dialog appears

3. Be sure the Advanced tab is selected and you're in the Local Info category Click the Enable Cachecheck box located toward the bottom of the Local Info screen, as shown in Figure 13.2

Figure 13.2 Enable the site cache in the Site Definition dialog box to ensure that your

assets will appear in the Assets panel.

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4. Click OK to close the Site Definition dialog Immediately Dreamweaver scans the files within your siteand closes the Site Definition dialog.

5. Click Done to close the Manage Sites dialog

For the Assets panel to display your site assets, you'll want to refresh the panel This process is outlinednext

Refreshing the Assets Panel

At some point in the development of your website, you'll find that you'll need to refresh the Assets panel sothat the content is being displayed correctly The Assets panel automatically updates every time you restartthe site, but if you're in the middle of a project, that's not the case That's why there's a Refresh button,located in the bottom portion of the panel, as shown in Figure 13.3

Figure 13.3 The Assets panel has a Refresh button to ensure that the most up-to-date content is

being viewed.

There are numerous instances when you'd need to update or refresh the Assets panel, such as the following:

If you exported a graphic from Fireworks or Photoshop into the local root folder while Dreamweaverwas running In this scenario you would need to refresh in order to make that content viewable in theAssets panel

If you use the Site Files panel to remove an asset, which would ultimately delete the file from thedefined site, you would need to refresh the Assets panel to see the change

If you deleted an image or asset outside of Dreamweaver, such as in Windows Explorer, you would notonly have to refresh the Assets panel for it to reflect the change, but you will have to re-create theentire site cache To re-create the entire site cache, you can access the Assets Panel Options menulocated in the top-right corner of the Assets panel and choose Recreate Site List, as shown in Figure13.4, or you can hold down the Ctrl ( ) key while clicking the Refresh icon within the icon barlocated near the bottom of the panel Finally, you can right-click (Control+click) in the Assets paneland choose the Recreate Site List option from the context menu

Figure 13.4 Use the Options menu in the Assets panel either to refresh the Assets panel or

re-create the site cache.

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If you've deleted some files that contain the only or last instance of a color or link asset, you shouldrefresh the Assets panel to completely remove the color references from the Assets panel

Inserting Assets into Your Web Pages

A couple of methods exist for inserting assets into your documents What you want to insert will determinewhich method you should use By far the simplest method of inserting an asset is to highlight the asset inthe Assets panel and click the Insert button located near the bottom left of the panel Doing this inserts theasset at the point at which your cursor was placed

Alternatively, you could drag an asset out of the Assets panel and drop it into a spot within your document

To try this, follow these steps:

1. Create a new document by choosing File, New The New Document dialog will appear Select BlankPage, HTML, <none>, and click Create.

2. Make sure your Assets panel is open To open the Assets panel, choose the Assets option from theWindow menu, press F11 (Option+F11), or select the Assets tab if the Files panel group is open

3. Now select the Images category within the Assets panel, if it's not already selected Remember, this isthe first icon in the category group along the left side

4. You can browse through the images, looking at the previews within the Asset panel's preview window.When you find one that you're happy with, select it

5. With the image selected, click and drag the graphic into the page After you let go of the mouse

button, the image will be added to the page

Another way to get assets into your page, as I mentioned earlier, is to select the asset and click the Insertbutton on the Assets panel This technique is important, especially when applying links to images or colors

to text To apply links to an existing image, follow these steps:

1. Select the image that you've just added within the document

2. With that image selected in the document, switch to the Link category in the Assets panel (the thirdicon down in the Category group) As you'll see, you should only have one link asset (the mailto link)

3. To attach the link to the image, click the Apply button (formerly the Insert button) The link text field

of the Property inspector now shows the link you applied to the graphic

It doesn't stop there You could also apply colors to elements on the page, apply links to text, drag mediafiles into the page, and so on The possibilities are limited only by the types of assets in your site

Customizing the Assets Panel

The Assets panel was incorporated into Dreamweaver to enhance workflow The Dreamweaver developmentteam knew that for workflow to be enhanced, it was important to allow people to customize features tobetter suit their work habits The Assets panel is no exception One of the more important workflow featureswithin the Assets panel is the Favorites list This list can save you a tremendous amount of time shufflingthrough thousands of images, links, and so on A section in this chapter titled "Adding Assets to Your

Favorites" covers the process in greater detail

Another option you have for customizing your experience with the Assets panel is changing the listing order

of the assets For example, switch to the Images category in the Assets panel As you'll notice, the defaultlisting order is alphabetical, from A to Z for the name or value of the asset If you click the Name titleheader in the Assets panel, you flip the order from ascending (A to Z) to descending (Z to A) You can clickany one of the headers to sort the list by that particular category For example, if you wanted to sort by thesmallest to largest file size, click the Size header; if you wanted to sort by the type of asset, click the Typeheader, and so on

You can further customize the appearance of the Assets panel by resizing the columns To do this, hold yourmouse pointer directly over the line dividing the columns When the mouse pointer changes into a two-wayarrow, click and drag the dividers in whichever direction you want to resize the columns By resizing thecolumns, you can see additional content, such as the type and possibly the full path of the asset within yourcomputer

Managing Your Assets

Now that you've been working with assets, let's look at how you can manage them in your own sites andhow you can share them with other sites Often, you'll be working in a site and wishing you could have

access to another site's assets This is not an unreasonable request—it will just take a few steps of

preparation To copy assets from one site to another, follow these steps:

1. Select the assets you want to copy in the Assets panel To select multiple assets, you can either holddown the Ctrl ( ) key while clicking the assets of your choice, or hold down the Shift key to select arange of items

2. Right-click (Control+click) the asset within the list, or you can access the Options menu in the top-rightcorner of the Assets panel In the menu, choose Copy to Site, as shown in Figure 13.5

Figure 13.5 With assets highlighted, you can copy them to other sites by choosing

the Copy to Site command in the context or Options menu.

3. When you choose the Copy to Site option, a submenu appears offering all the possible sites you cancopy the assets into Choose the site that you want the selected assets to be available in These fileswill then be copied into the site's corresponding folders If the site does not contain the same foldersfor the files to be copied into, the folder will automatically be created to accommodate the assets

Copying assets to other sites is that simple! Open the site that you copied the assets into to make sure thatthey appear in the Assets panel on that site; keep in mind you may have to refresh the panel

Another concern you may have when working with Assets is where the actual files are located As you know,