Previous file structure on the NASIG website did not allow for the files to be organized in folders or directories. This means that files loaded until early 2012 are contained in a single large folder. Naming conventions were established to assist in maintaining some kind of organization in this file, and the following had been adopted:

CommitteeName_Year_FileName, for example ecc_2009_websitemanual.pdf

Since March 2012, ECC has begun to create folders and will work with committees, the Board, and others as needed to set them up. This convention will allow all of your files to sit together within a folder in the directory as well as to be organized by date. If you are loading files that don't refer to a specific committee consult ECC on placement. Existing files should NOT be moved into the new structure unless your committee has time to update all existing links to that file. Moving old files will break existing links.

For those working with images, see Uploading and Removing Images and/or Sponsor images.

If you are working with a word document, be sure the file extension is .doc and not .docx. Also, be sure that your filename does not include any apostrophes.

To upload an existing file, like a word document or PDF, follow these steps:

Step #1: Navigate to the webpage(s) you wish to add a link to a your document. When you get there you will notice that there is a light yellow background to the content on the page and when you mouse over the page, the yellow background turns bright yellow. This means you have editing rights over this content. Click on the yellow area and this will open the page in editing mode. You can add, delete and revise the content on this page in the editing window.

Step #2: Type and/or highlight the text which you would like to be the hyperlink to your file. For example, if you are uploading the 2008/2009 budget spreadsheet then you can type 2008/2009 budget spreadsheet and then highlight that text as it will become the link to your document once you have uploaded it.

Step #3: Click on the Insert/Edit Link icon (it looks like a chain) in the menu at the bottom of the editing window.

Step #4: A pop-up window will appear and next to the textbox labeled Link URL, click on the Browse icon.

Step #5: Another pop-up window will appear showing you files that have been previously uploaded. Click on the Upload tab at the top of the window. Navigate to the folder where you want the files to go.  This sometimes work and will mean step 8 will not be necessary.

Step #6: Click on the Browse button at the bottom of the window and navigate to the file you wish to upload. Click on the file, you wish to upload and then click the Open button. You can select more than one file to upload up to five files simultaneously.

Step #7: Once you have returned to the pop-up window, click on the Upload button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

Step #8: After the file uploads, find the file and navigate to the far right of the screen.

• Click on move/copy.
• Scroll to the top of the screen.
• Use the drop down menu to choose the location you want to move the file to. Click Go.
• Open the folder to browse the files and click your new file in the list of uploaded documents. This will insert the URL for document into the Insert/edit link pop-up window.

Step #9: In the Insert/edit pop-up window, next to Target, choose Open in a new window. Then click the Insert button and your link to this document should be active.

Step #10: Click the Update button below the editing window to save the changes to your page.

Click here for downloadable PDF of instructions from ArcStone.

If you need to remove files from the website, follow these steps:

Step #1: Navigate to the webpage(s) you wish to remove a link to a your document. When you get there you will notice that there is a light yellow background to the content on the page and when you mouse over the page, the yellow background turns bright yellow. This means you have editing rights over this content. Click on the yellow area and this will open the page in editing mode. You can add, delete and revise the content on this page in the editing window.

Step #2: Click on the text that is hyperlinked to your file.

Step #3: Click on the Insert/Edit Link icon in the menu at the bottom of the editing window.

Step #4: A pop-up window will appear and next to the textbox labeled Link URL, click on the Browse icon.

Step #5: Another pop-up window will appear showing you files that have been previously uploaded. Click on the Edit tab at the top of the window.

Step #6: Find the file you wish to delete and click in the checkbox in the Delete column on the right for that file.

Step #7: Scroll down to the bottom of the window and click on the Delete Files button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

Step #8: Once your file has been deleted, close the pop-up window. Click on the Cancel button in the Insert/edit link pop-up window.

Step #9: With your cursor still on the text that was hyperlinked to the file you just deleted, click on the Unlink icon in the menu at the bottom of the editing window to remove the link to the file that is no longer there. You can also just delete the entire text to get rid of the link.

Step #10: Click the Update button below the editing window to save the changes to your page.

Click here for downloadable PDF of instructions from ArcStone.