navigation buttons, discussion boards

[divapete]

:confused; I am a real amateur at all of this. Can I create navigation
buttons with Contribute? Can I create a discussion board? Do I need to use
more software along with Contribute in order to do these things or am I missing
some commands on Contributethat will allow me to do this? I also haven't been
able to do a lot of different graphics and positions with words. Please help. I
don't see anything in the edit mode that allows me to do any of this.

--Lost and Confused

[Joeyb]

"Create nav buttons?" You can insert button images and then link them to other
pages if that works for you. You can't do image rollovers or automagically make
them appear on multiple pages. Need an editor like Dreamweaver to add that
stuff.

"Discussion board?" You'll need a way to store the postings. A database
backend is the most common way. So you'll need a programming language that can
access a database to display the stored messages. PHP and MySQL are the most
common way. There are tons of free software choices out there that you could
just install on your site without having to code it yourself. Make sure your
web hosting supports php / mysql. Most paid ones do.

"Do I need to use more software along with Contribute in order to do these
things or am I missing some commands on Contributethat will allow me to do
this?" Yes. See above.

Ctb is built so that a techie person (or anyone that is comfortable with html)
can create templates using an editor like Dreamweaver. These templates will
allow novice user to edit text and add images -- display items rather than
functionality. You CAN use ctb without an editor (DW) but then you're very
limited as to what you can do to the web pages since ctb doesn't let you touch
the stuff behind the html being displayed.

Sounds you like you need an html editor rather than ctb. :beer;