How To Use The Text Editor

In the toolbar above you will find the controls in this order:

Code (Html)

Formatting (Header Sizes, Clear formatting "Normal Text")

Bold - Ctrl + B

Italic - Ctrl + I

Strikethrough

  • Bullet points - Ctrl + Shift + 8
  1. Numbered list - Ctrl + Shift + 7

Outdent (to the right) - Shift + Tab

Indent (to the left) - Tab

Insert Image - Ctrl + Y

Insert Video - Ctrl + Q

Insert Table

Link (Add URL) - Ctrl + K

Alignment (Left,Center,Right,Justify)

Horizontal Rule


Controls Not Listed:

Underline - Ctrl + U

Subscript - Ctrl + L

Superscript - Ctrl + H

Clear formatting - Ctrl + Shift + M

Undo Ctrl + Z

Redo Ctrl + Shift + Z


Save this photo for easy access to the most commonly used shortcuts:



Tags:

Tags are used to place the content into specific locations on the site. eg. the tag "Groups" could place the content under the Groups section of your site. A comma must be inserted after each tag.

Publish Status:

There are 4 options:

  1. Now - the content will be published to your site immediately.
  2. Later - the content will be published to your site at a specified time.
  3. Draft - the content will not be published to your site but will be available via direct link.
  4. Private - the content will only be visible to users that are signed in.

Set Expiration Date:

This will allow you to determine when the content will be removed from your site (it will still be accessible from the back-end, but will no longer be on the site).

Attach one or more photos:

This will allow you to choose photos and assign a "Primary Photo" to a piece of content, The first image (pirmary photo) will be the preview image for the piece of content, and will be the first image on the content page.

Attach a video from Youtube or Vimeo:

This will allow you to attach a video from these sites using the video link (URL).

Author:

This will be noted as the person who created the post.

Location:

The destination/location relevant to the post.

Date Created:

The date the post was created.

Order:

This will for a small number of items, order them on a specific page.

Adjust Permalink:

This will allow you to change the link(URL) of the post.

Link (URL) to other site:

This will allow you to insert a link from an external site.

Language:

The language of the post.

Attachments:

The pictures and videos attached will show here, the one that has a red "Primary" under it is the current primary image. You can simply click a different "Primary" to switch, you can also remove images by clicking the "x" beside "Primary".


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