This is one of the most popular activities on essexinfo but also causes the most problems.  The process consists of two stages - the first one loads the document to the Assets Library so it can be used and the second actually loads it to your site so it can be viewed by your visitors.

Add a document to the Asset Library

• Select the page from the side navigation bar and click ‘Edit this page'
• Click ‘Assets Library'
• Choose the option ‘Add Document'
• Add a title in the ‘Menu Title' box to describe the document
• Use the ‘Teaser' to give a brief summary of the document
• Optionally add Copyright details including author, author's email
• Click ‘Browse' to select a document from your computer (Word/Excel/PowerPoint/PDF/Text etc.)
• Click ‘Save and Publish'
• Add further documents as required. You can use the same method to upload as many documents to the site as you require
• Go back to the homepage

Add a document to a page

• Select the page where you want to add the document and click ‘Edit this page'
• Click ‘Assets Library'
• Click ‘Documents' (under the Assets Folder on the left hand site) - if the documents aren't already showing
• Select required document and a public URL (web address) will appear
• Highlight the URL (left click and hold, then drag)
• Right click it to bring up a small menu
• Select ‘Copy' to copy the address
• Click the ‘Back to homepage
• Click the page where you want to add the document
• Click ‘Edit this page'
• Enter the text that you wish to link to the document (e.g. Latest report...) and highlight it (left click and hold, then drag) or highlight any existing text in the same way
• Click on ‘Insert Link' icon - [the small chain link - second from the left, middle row]
• Paste link into box - select 'Open link in a new window' from the dropdown then click ‘Insert' and your text will become blue and underlined to indicate a live link
• Click ‘Save and Publish'
• Click ‘Back to homepage' and then the page/folder with the added document.
• You may need to refresh your browser screen to see the changes - press F5 on your keyboard or the Refresh icon  in your browser toolbar.
• Follow the same steps to add the other data types into the asset library e.g. audio & video files.