Clicking Campus Tools, URL Mgmt, Cool URLs, Add New URL allows you to add a new Cool URL to CNAV. Note that this URL will not display on the Cool Stuff page until it has been authenticated (i.e. approved). Only users designated as Cool URL administrators can authenticate Cool URLs.
To add a new Cool URL, enter the following information:
Full URL: Enter the complete URL of the Cool URL you wish to add. For example, to add The Hunger Site, enter:
http://www.thehungersite.com
Site title: Enter the title you wish to display for the new Cool URL. This title is the title that will display on the Cool Stuff page. The site title does not need to exactly match the real title of the URL you add.
URL description: Enter a short, but useful description of the new Cool URL.
Expire date: Enter the date and time at which you wish this URL to be "retired" from CNAV. At the time specified here, the Cool URL will no longer appear on the Cool Stuff page.
Keyword crawl: Tick this checkbox to have CNAV automatically crawl the URL specified in search of keywords to be included in future searches.
Save to archive: Tick this checkbox to have CNAV archive this URL when it expires.
Request topic area: Select the topic area in which you want this Cool URL listed from the provided drop-down list. If this field contains two asterisks **, you may submit Cool URLs to this topic without needing to have those URLs subsequently authenticated.
Interest tree: Select the interest(s) you wish to associate with this Cool URL from the interest tree shown. The Interest tree consists of two panes. The right pane includes the interest tree defined for your institution. Navigate this tree as you would the Windows Explorer file tree. To select an interest to be added, click on the name of that interest in the right pane. As you click, CNAV will display the selected interest(s) in the left pane. To change your mind and remove a selected interest, click on that interest name in the left pane. Note that the interest tree is structured as a set of groups. If you select any top-level group, CNAV will automatically include all lower-level interests.
After entering all information about this URL, click Submit.
To clear this form and start again, click Reset.
To return to the Cool URLs menu, click Main.