Adding content to a webpage

Text entry areas

There are two editable areas of each mini-site webpage, the page title and a free text entry field.

The page title

On this page the page title is 'Adding content to a webpage', this title also becomes the name of the link for this page, that appears in the left-hand navigation of your mini-site.

Normally the page title and the navigation link title are the same. But occasionally the page title needs to be longer than the navigation link title. The navigation link title can be changes in PROPERTIES. To find out how to do this see 'advanced features'

Free text entry area

The free text entry area is found just below the page title. Click into the text area using the right-hand mouse button. The text entry area will expand to accommodate your text, as you add it.

Text editing tools

Once you are clicked into a text entry area more text editing tools will become avaialble. These tools include:

editor tools

cut

copy

paste

bold - hint: don't over use bold, use bold to pick out keywords in a paragraph

italic - hint: don't over use italics, as too much text in italics can be difficult to read

text colour 

Highlight the text that you wish to colour , select 'text colour', click on your preferred colour from within the dialogue box and select 'OK' to confirm.

background colour

Highlight the text that you wish to add a background colour to, select 'text colour', click on your preferred colour from within the dialogue box and select 'OK' to confirm.

text align left - hint: most website are designed using text that is aligned to the left

text align centre

text align right

numbered list

bulleted list - hint bulleted lists are very good for highlighting key points on a webpage

indent text

outdent text

advanced tools - see 'advanced features' for further information

Line breaks and paragraph breaks

Using the 'Return' key on its own will create a double line paragraph break.
Using the 'Shift' and 'Return' keys together will create a single line break.

Warning - There is a time limit on editing a webpage

Please note that there is a twenty minute time limit on editing a webpage. If you have not 'PUBLISHED' your webpage or saved your webpage using 'SAVE DRAFT' within twenty minutes the system will assume that you have left your computer and that someone else may come along and attempt to edit your website without permission.

Once this time limit has been exceeded the system will automatically terminate the editing session and return to the login screen, without saving any changes. So remember to 'SAVE' your work regularly.

Next steps..

To understand fonts and headings click on Font size and headings