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Homepage Back Site Contents Map Main Pages Audit Standards Procedure Clickboard Sections Steps Various Emails Toolbar Etc Downloads Reference Download Plexel Page Index A to Z Contact us Various Emails - Quite a lot of help on Plexel and making websites. BRS Button. Also wrapping long lines, test pages. SEE BOX AT BOTTOM OF PAGE

BRS Button, Wrapping long lines. TEST PAGES, MOVING BLOCKS AROUND ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Yes, I did contemplate whether those exceptionally long sentences were laid out correctly. I found it time consuming checking what I had done by scrolling the entire width of the screen. However, using the control+C and control+V method it pasted onto the screen automatically in that layout. Considered it odd, but saved and clicked the back button ? and your quite right ? it doesn?t affect the layout visible on the site. But, if I can make it readable without it affecting the online layout, and without having to scroll, it would be much easier for both of us! To make this easy for you please click the 'Brs' button + OK in the edit window before pasting in clipboard text. This will analyse the clipboard and the long lines will be wrapped to approx 70 characters per line max automatically. It will also put the paragraphs in using <BR><BR> for paragraphs. You can also use it on existing text by highlighting and using ctrl+c to copy in the text, then click 'Brs' + OK and paste back the altered clipboard text using ctrl+v Looking at the Kittens page could you try out the Brs button for col3. Do Edit + col3 then highlight the text from <B>Basic Kitten Care</B><BR><BR> down to the end of the line starting 'If you notice your kitten...' Then do CTRL+x and click the Brs button. This will format the text to 70 characters per line. Click OK and then do CTRL+v to paste back the formatted text. Now it looks a lot better and is more easily edited. If you copy text from the web you can always use Brs before pasting it in since Brs operates on the clipboard. > John, as a matter of interest, is there any difference at all in the use of <P> or <BR> for a page break? <BR> is a single break whereas <P> is two breaks equivalent to <BR><BR>. No problem in using <P> except don't change existing <BR><BR> to <P> in the bold links for example the 'Kitten' and 'Cat Names' links at the top of col3 on the homepage. Plexel uses the <BR> in these when doing 'Spread Summary' and changing to <P> will mess it up. I should probably have used <P> from the start but it's a bit too late now. > I also noticed whilst trying to insert the bullet list the use of <P> not only starts a new line but also spaced down. For example: > > · Cat > > · Cat names > > · Kitten > > So, to compile a list without all the extra spacing, like the list below, you don?t need to use <P> or <BR> at all - just the code for bullets? > > · Cat > · Cat names > · Kitten Yes, the bullet HTML puts in it's own breaks so you don't need the <P> or <BR>. > For practicing purposes though, is there any where on the site I can use? TEST PAGES ---------- You can reasonably safely make some test pages in pusscats. Call them test1 test2 etc and make them from the homepage. Just remember to delete the test pages later using Edit + Delete Display. Probably best not to upload though before deleting them. Alternatively you can make some test pages from your control page. Just click Load + Control to go there. It is a completely separate root folder disconnected from your websites. In fact here is where you could also store personal notes, memos etc, you can build up a whole network of pages and even use the A-Z index (or dicdex) to find them if you forget. Just type info straight into the white text boxes. It is possible occasionally for such info not to save for example if you click any of the Netscape buttons just after typing. To be sure just click somewhere on the Display page and your info will be saved. > What are your thoughts on page layout, do you require text in > the columns to line up? You also mentioned in your last email to try and keep it to around 350 words per column, but in circumstances where there are bullets for instance and not many words, or lots of images even, do you stick to a set criteria/formula, where for instance I am not to work further down the page than say the bottom of the clickboard in col.1, or something like that? - Just trying to visualise what I?m to adhere to if anything? I don't think text needs to line up in the columns. 250 to 350 words per page not column. We were criticised for being too brief by one of the directories. I don't think there can be any solid rules on this, except to say that the page title should repeat every 70 words or so in the main content. Column 1 is not much use for text since the clickboard pushes it right down, I would put the odd small image in there or just leave it and always start new text below the summary in col2, moving onto col3 like a newspaper. However col3 is different because it should contain the links to sub-topic pages at the top and also any cross reference links to other pages. So you have to be a bit careful and it is best to make all the links and pages before doing the content. If you do have to add links to col3 after putting text in, then you can easily move the links above any text you have written by using Link + Clicked Block Move Below, then click first the link at the top of col3 where you want to move below and click second the new link. You should see the Display page reload and the link will have 'jumped up' from the bottom of col3 above the text and should now be below the first link you clicked. It is a crude form of 'drag and drop' but works when you get the hang of it. If ther are no links in col3 then you can use Link+Clicked Block Cut, then click the link, then Link+Paste clipboard to col3, it should put the link at the top of col3. Alternatively you can jujst Edit+col3 and cut and paste the link manually. You just have to practice and keep the questions coming. Site written by John Middlemas