My (Final) Version of the Apture Wiki

So, I know the wiki is the same thing used on the apture help, so I edited it as such.

General Views:

I think the shorter, the sweeter. Also, if you guys could throw in some pictures into the dashboard help, that would be a lot easier to glance and get an idea of how to get started. I'll draw up some pictures later on what exactly I mean.

I think some hyperlinks from with the blog text would probably be a good think in case users forget terminology, like Apture linker panel, or bookmarklet (still have no idea what that means)...

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Getting Started

Welcome to Apture, the simple and easy way to enhance web pages with rich multimedia content from around the world!

Click *here* for an introduction to apture (probably have both a video option and a thumbnail snapshot/commentary option)

To learn how to add rich multimedia content to your pages with Apture, see Editing Pages with Apture.


Contents

1 Editing Pages with Apture
1.1 Adding links to words or phrases on the page
1.2 Adding related media items to an existing Apture link
1.3 Adding links at the ends of paragraphs

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Editing Pages with Apture

To begin editing Apture-enabled pages, you first need to open the Apture Dashboard and turn on the editing mode.

Opening the Dashboard

This panel is probably already open in the top-right corner of your screen, but if you turned off the automatic display option, you can get it back by doing....

• Hint: You can define a shortcut may be defined to open the Apture Dashboard in your user settings. By default, press the 'e' key on your keyboard. Be sure you click the body of the webpage before you press the 'e' key.

Turning on Editing

After the Apture Dashboard is open, you must log in to your Apture account before being able to editing the page.

Once the Apture Dashboard says "Editing On", you're ready to start adding multimedia to the page!

Adding links to words or phrases on the page

• Select any text in the page body. The Apture Linker panel will open.
• Choose the media you want to link to the selected text from the options provided.
• Click "Link this Item", and the text is transformed into a link!

Adding links to words or phrases on the page

To add links to existing words or phrases on the page:

1. Ensure that the Apture Dashboard is open and editing is on.
2. Select any text in the page body. The Apture Linker panel will open, with a selection of
available media types.
3. Choose the media you want to link to the selected text.
4. Click "Link this Item", and the text is transformed into a link!


Adding related media items to an existing Apture link

Apture links can contain links to more than just one type of media (perhaps a link to an example?). To add another link to an existing Apture link:

1. Ensure that the Apture Dashboard is open and editing is on.
2. Open any existing Apture link on the page. An apture media window will appear.
3. Click on the (+) button near the bottom of the window. The Apture Linker panel will open.
4. Choose the media you want to link to the open Apture window.
5. Click "Link this Item", and the new link appears in the related links bar inside the open Apture window!

[edit] Adding links at the ends of paragraphs

You may add "end of paragraph" links to the page should there be something you wish to link that is not directly referenced in the page text. To add an end of paragraph link:

1. Ensure that the Apture Dashboard is open and editing is on.
2. Hover the mouse over any paragraph on the page. A (+) icon should appear at the end of the panel. Click it.
3. The Apture Linker panel will open. Now choose media you want to link.
5. Click "Link this Item", and Apture will ask you to title the end-of-paragraph link.
Tip: Because the new link is not attached to a phrase in the text, Apture recommends using a title such as "See Steve's Keynote" rather than "Steve's Keynote"

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