Instructions for Adding or Updating Landmark Pages

Links to landmark pages are contained in a separate html table for each ASCE Section.

A Section’s table can be accessed and downloaded for off-line editing by opening the landmarks list in edit mode.

For example, to add or remove a landmark from the San Francisco landmark list, access the page entitled, “— — San Francisco Section Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks — Elementor”, and click on , “Edit with Elementor,” then click on the first landmark link in the list.

The edit page will then be displayed as shown in the following image:

The column at the left, with heading “Edit HTML”, contains the two-column html table of landmarks for the San Francisco Section. To download the table. right-click in the column and click on “Select All”, then copy the file to to the clipboard on your computer. From the clipboard, paste the file into a blank page in your text editor and save it with any name you choose.

When revisions to the table are completed, copy the html code to your clipboard, open the landmark list in edit mode and again click on “Select All” and paste the revised table into the “Edit HTML” column, then click on “Update” or “Publish” to save the table.

Example: San Diego Section Landmarks Table

<th colspan=2>
(N) – National
            
(L) – Local </th>

<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/All-American-Canal-System-Nomination-9-15-15.pdf”>All-American Canal</a> (N)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/Georgia-St-Bridge-CE-Landmark.pdf”>Georgia Street Bridge</a> (L)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/07/BalboaParkandCabrilloBridgeCELandmark.pdf”>Balboa Park and Cabrillo Bridge</a> (L)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/North-Park-Water-Tower-CE-Landmark.pdf”>North Park Water Tower</a> (L)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_Canyon_Trestle”>Carrizo Gorge 
      
(Goat Canyon) Trestle</a> (L)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/SDA-Railroad-CE-Landmark.pdf”>San Diego and Arizona Railway</a> (L)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/Escondido-Canal-CE-Landmark.pdf”>Escondido Canal</a> (L)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/San-Diego-Electric-Railway-CE-Landmark.pdf”>San Diego Electric Railway</a> (L)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/First-San-Diego-Aqueduct-CE-Landmark.pdf”>First San Diego Aqueduct</a> (L)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/San-Diego-Flume-CE-Landmark.pdf”>San Diego Flume</a> (L)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/NASNI-Hangar-CE-Landmark.pdf”>Fleet Hangar Building 340, 
    
North Island Naval Air Station</a> (L)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/Spruce-St-Suspension-Bridge-CE-Landmark.pdf”>Spruce Street Suspension Bridge</a> (L)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/Old-Mission-Dam-CE-Landmark.pdf”>Old Mission Dam</a> (L)</td>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/Sweetwater-Dam-CE-Landmark.pdf
“>Sweetwater Dam</a> (N)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href=”http://history.r9-asce.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/2024/08/Palomar-Observatory-CE-Landmark.pdf”>Palomar Observatory</a> </td>
<td><a href=””></a> </td>

</tr>
</table>

The revised list will now be displayed whenever the landmarks list is accessed.

Instructions follow for building the individual landmark pages.

Building the Media Pages

In the Dashboard, the column at the left contains a link to “Media.” Click this link and the “Add New” link to upload a new or revised page. All of the initial landmark pages were created in Adobe Acrobat and saved as .pdf files.

The Elementor “Upload” function will accept .pdf files, but will display the following error message if an attempt is made to upload an .html file:

“Sorry, you are not allowed to upload this file type.“

(Note: The html table file listed above is inserted into the Elementor list as a plain text file.)

The “Add New” link will display a prompt to select the file to to be uploaded and allows a search of your local file system to select the file. When the file is selected, click on “Upload”. When the file is uploaded, click on the “Unassigned” link and assign the file to the landmarks page of interest, then click on “Copy URL” and paste the URL into the table file on your computer. Save the file to your computer, copy the file to your clipboard, then access the page of interest and paste the file into the landmarks list as described above.