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Pre-Tutorial Setup Process

Introduction

• Introduction to OnRamp

Content Management

• Introduction to Content Management

• Adding Content
  • Choosing a Location
    • Where am I allowed to create records?
    • Browsing to a Collection
  • A Word About States
  • Creating a Record
    • Selecting the Document Type
    • Entering Required Metadata and Saving
    • Where's my new record?
    • Editing a Saved Record
    • Entering Metadata and Saving
  • Content Beyond Metadata
    • Adding Related Links
    • Viewing and Editing a Saved Record
    • Uploading Files
  • Giving Feedback
  • Getting Feedback
  • Modifying Content
    • Removing Uploaded Files
    • Modifying Metadata
    • Modifying Related Links
    • Modifying Uploaded Files
  • Publishing a Record
  • Viewing a Record

• Locked Records
  • What to do if a record is locked?
  • How to release a record?

• Common Problems
  • Lost Edits with Purge
  • HTML in the Title or Abstract/Summary
• Deleting a Record

Advanced Content Management

• Creating a Place for Content
  • Creating a Community
  • Creating a Collection
  • Creating a Sub-Collection

• Advanced Editing Content
  • Moving Content to a Different Collection

• Introduction to Security
  • Who can set security?
  • What can have security settings?
  • How do I set security?

Distribution System

• Introduction to Distributing Content
  • Types of Destination

• Managing Destinations
  • Creating a Destination
  • Configuring a Destination
  • Ranges

Lesson: Adding Related Links

You learned how to edit records in a previous lesson, Editing a Saved Record. If you need a refresher, jump back to that lesson, and then come back here.

Adding Links

To add a reference to an external site's URL that is related to the content of the record...

1. Find the section labeled Add Links near the bottom of the new record.
2. Type NCore Website in the field Description for Link 1

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Notice that Description for Link 2 appears, but not URL 2.

3. Type http://ncore.nsdl.org/index.php?menu=services&submenu=services!OnRamp in the field URL 1

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Notice that URL 2 appears. Also notice, that the descriptions are grouped together and the URLs are grouped together. You match up the description and URL based on the appended number.

4. To add a second related link, type OnRamp Project Documentation in the field Description for Link 2

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Notice that Description for Link 3 appears, but not URL 3.

5. Type ../index.php/Community:OnRamp in the field URL 2

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Save Your Work

Save the record.

1. Click either of the Save buttons, which are located at the top and bottom of the entry form.

OnRamp will do some processing to save your record. You will see a message saying the record is saved. Then you will be automatically returned to My OnRamp.

Note:

Notice that in My OnRamp, the status is listed as Saved.