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General Notes

The following notes may be useful:

Pages are edited on a test service which is not publically visible.
Pages may be edited as frequently as required.
Use the 'view test site' link on the left edit menu to thoroughly check the site.
You must PUBLISH the site to make it publically visible.

General Editing

The following notes may be useful when editing pages:

to remove an entry set the edit box or line to blank (remove all the text.
To create a new paragraph or line: place the cursor at the point where you want to create the line and press ENTER on your keyboard and then type therequired text. When 'Update Page' is clicked the new text will appear in a separate editing box.
You can use cut and paste in the editing boxes to move text around.
Depending on the edit features the line 'Insert entry above' check box appears - by default this is set to 'no' so you need to do nothing if you don't require to insert anything. If you do want to insert a new section set the button to 'yes' then click 'Page Update' and a set of dummy entries will appear into which new data may be entered.
You can delete whole sections either by individually setting each line to blank or by checking the 'Delete section' check box 'yes' button (by default this is set to 'no'). Once deleted the data cannot be restored.

Buttons and Messages

Messages

When an editing page initially opens it will always display the following two lines:

Editing: /path/to/folder/and/file.html
Edit file: edit-xxx.txt

These lines are displayed for information purposes and are generally only used for diagnostic purposes and are followed by the page content in a form suitable for editing.

After an 'Update Page' is performed the following three lines are displayed:

File Updated = /path/to/folder/and/file.html
Editing: /path/to/folder/and/file.html
Edit file: edit-xxx.txt

The 'File Updated' line confirms that the file being edited was successfully updated. If this message is not present typically an error will be displayed. In this case, note the error message and email or telephone your support contact.

Buttons

Buttons are displayed at the foot of the editing page and require that you scroll down to view them. There are always three buttons

Update Page

Clicking this button will cause the page to be updated - clicking this button when no changes have been made is harmless.

View Page

Clicking this button will display the page you are editing and is typically used to visually check the edits or changes you have made. To return to the edit page - use the BACK button of your browser (Explorer, firefox etc.).

Update Home

Clicking this button will take you to the main editing page.

Uploading Images or Files

Click the 'Browse' button to locate on your local PC the image or file to be uploaded, then click the 'Upload Image' or 'Upload File' button.

Depending on the features of your editing service, you may also be prompted for a 'Upload Folder:' name. If this line appears enter the name of the folder on your web site into which the file or image should be uploaded before clicking the 'Upload Image' or 'Upload File' button.