Archive for January, 2007

Using the WYSIWYG editor

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

If your are using the WYSIWYG editor (text form with buttons for styling text) and you need to paste content in the text form on some systems the right mouse button does not function so you need to use the keyboard shortcut “ctrl V” control or the Apple key on macs.

Adding images

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
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To add an image or a photos with your content, you should click on the Browse button under your text form and select an image or a photo from your hard drive (usaly jpeg, gif or png format) and then click on the Upload
button to transfer the file to the server. You have to wait for the upload to finish this can take from seconds to more than one minute depending on your connection speed and the size of your image.
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Once the uploads finished you will be presented with a thumbnail of your image, by clicking on this thumbnail you have a selection of links:

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  • Using Thumbnail image if you want to have a thumbnail of your image in your post o
  • Using Original to use the original size of your image.
  • Linked to Image making the thumbnail link to the origina so if clicked the original image opens on a new page,
  • Send to Editor after making the above selections cliking this link and your image appears in the editor next to your text.
  • Delete : to delete the image from the server

You can place the image to left right or center by using the buttons of the WYSIWEG editor after selecting the image in the text form.