Editing Basics
Table of Contents
Web Form Based Contribution Basics
Native Document Contribution Basics
Web Form Based Contribution Basics
Once you log in to the web based form to contribute or edit content, you will see the editing tools. Depending on the type of content you are editing, you will see different types of editing options within the web-based form. These options include a Plain Text editor, a WYSIWYG editor, and a Static List editor.
Note: To edit Web site content with the web-based form, you must set a configuration within the content server on your system. View the instructions on how to make this configuration update.
Plain Text Editor
The Plain Text Editor offers limited editing tools for Web site contributors. This feature allows the site developers to control the text styles that are applied to the content entered in the web-based form. This maintains the look and feel of certain editable regions so the content is styled consistently across multiple Web sites. An example of this would be the Group Contact box on the ITS Web site.
Group Contact box using the Plain Text Editor feature:
Example of the Plain Text Editor:
WYSIWYG Editor Tools
The WYSIWYG editor offers many options for formatting text, applying CSS styles, inserting images, applying links, creating lists, and much more. A glossary of the tools is available to give an overview of the function of each tool.
Example of the WSYIWYG tools:
Native Document Contribution Basics
Native documents, such as Microsoft Word documents, are edited within their native applications. (See Editing Content for an overview of native document contribution.) Built-in styles in applications such as Word can be applied to content. These styles are converted to CSS styles that exist within the Web site when the content is saved. This is an automatic process developed in the CarolinaContent system called Dynamic Converter.
Note: Native documents must be checked into the content server with the .doc extension in order for the document to pick up the correct styles. The .docx extension will not format the styles correctly.
The Heading 2 style applied to text in a Microsoft Word document:
A screenshot of the same Heading 2 style when viewed in a web browser on the Help Web site:
