Example Editing Form: Page Content
Adding Page Titles
Rylan added his titles first so that when he came back to edit his treehouse, he was be able to find it by its name.
Adding Page Text
Rylan added page text and media by choosing to compose text. He used the ToL Easy Editor (see image below) and simply typed his text into the text box. He used the pull down menus and buttons to format his text, add links and add images and media.
The ToL Easy Editor
Formatting Text and Adding Links
Links to other pages: To create the link to the National Weather Service, Rylan highlighted the text then clicked on the link button
Links to places on the same page: To link to an "anchor" in the same page Rylan highlighted the text he wanted to make into a link, clicked the link button and then wrote in the correct anchor with a # mark. In the example below #www will take someone to the Information on the Internet section of the page.
Rylan fixed a few problems by editing the HTML code directly. He did so by clicking the HTML button |
Images: To insert images Rylan used the insert image button in the toolbar. See Inserting Images below for details. Lists: Rylan used the ordered list button Page section headings: Rylan created a section called "What is a Weed?"
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and pasted the web address where it says "Link URL".
. He learned some HTML in the 
to format the bulleted lists he wanted. To created indented lists he clicked the indent button 
Inserting Images and Media
Inserting Images
- Rylan clicked the insert image button
in the ToL Easy Editor toolbar. - To search for images he created Rylan typed his last name, "higgins" in the "Copyright Owner" field. See Help Finding Media in the ToL Database for tips.
- The search results showed all images for which Rylan Higgins is the copyright owner. Rylan clicked the select button to insert the image shown below.
- The image Rylan selected was inserted into the Easy Editor. Copyright information and the scientific name were automatically added. Rylan added to the caption "Little mallow after being pulled". See Insert Media for information on formatting images.
Inserting Media
in the ToL Easy Editor toolbar.If Rylan wants to add media he would click the insert media button 
in the ToL Easy Editor toolbar. After that he would follow the same procedure that he did for inserting an image.