Part 1: Using the WYSIWYG Editor (Text Editor)
This tutorials is the first in a three part series showing you how to use the text editor that comes with your site. Topics covered:
- Source (Switch to Plain Text)
- Cut, Copy and Paste
- Paste as Plain Tex or from Microsoft Word
- Spell Check and Spell Check as You Type
- Undo/Redo
- Find/Replace
- Select All
- Remove Formatting
- Inserting Images
- Embedding Media (e.g. Google Maps or YouTube Videos)
- Inserting Flash Objects
- Tables and Horizontal Lines
- Smilies
- Inserting Special Characters
*Important
- When copying and pasting content form other sources (e.g. Microsoft Word or another website) make sure to use the "Paste from Word" or "Paste a Plain Text" Buttons. This will strip out any hidden markup or code from the originating source.
- Font styling is derived from the CSS File that sets the styling for the entire site (Set by the Theme and is not controlled by you). When you edit a page the text areas does not us this styling. it is not until you save it that it uses the site styling. The only way to override this is by using the font colour selection in the WYSIWYG editor.
- Try not to get carried away and apply lots of font colours, styles, sizes etc. The WYSIWYG Editor isn't perfect and lots of extra "code" can sometimes give you undesired results. Plus keeping it simple and clean will be better for your users.
- Make sure you check out Part 2 of this video series
