This document explains how to upload files to the server and link them to your pages. For more information on creating links and managing your content, see the "Sitebuilder Manual".

NOTE: Only files of the following types are allowed to be uploaded to the server.

".jpg" (Image files)
".doc" (MicroSoft Word)
".pdf" (Adobe Acrobat)
".xls" (Excel)
".txt" (Ascii Text)

Other file types, such as executables (.exe or .bat) may have dangerous content and are not allowed. If you want to upload another type of file, contact webmaster@lincolnu.edu for help.

To upload a file to the server, log in to Sitebuilder and open the toolkit using the toolkit icon.

Select the 'files' tab at the top, and click on the 'Open File Upload Utility' button.

In the File upload utility, click on the browse button to select the file from your PC that you wish to upload to the server.

Next, select a directory on the server to place the file into. If your department doesn't yet have a file upload directory, contact webmaster to have a new one created.

NOTE: The default directory is for temporary use. Files in the default directory will be deleted regularly.

If you are uploading a newer or corrected version of a file, check the 'Overwrite File' checkbox. This checkbox allows files on the server to be overwritten by files with the same name.

It is always a good idea to leave the checkbox unchecked the first time you try to upload a file. You will have a chance to come back and check it later.

NOTE: the file upload utility automatically removes spaces in filenames. After a sucessfull upload, the modified filename will be shown.

To finish, click the 'Upload' button to upload the file.

Once the file has been sucessfully uploaded, a 'Success' message will be displayed that includes a link to your file. Copy the entire link (including the leading dots) and paste it into the URL textfield of a hyperlink that you create.

REFRESHER: CREATING A HYPERLINK

To insert a hyperlink into a page, highlight the text or graphic that you want to make into a hyperlink and click on the insert hyperlink button (that looks like the link of a chain). When the hyperlink properties box opens, paste the URL of the link (that you copied from the confirmation page) into the ‘URL:’ text field.

The 'target' text field can be populated with an 'underscore new' ( _new ) to open the link in a new browser window. This should generally be done when linking to a file.