Editing your page with the new editor
We have a new tool for Wheaton's web editors.
This page assumes that you have a Web Editor (Frontier) account to help you manage and update your web pages easily. If you do not have such an account, please contact the Web Strategy Team.
Overview. Our new web editor is similar to a simple word processor. You don't need to know HTML or be particularly computer-savvy to use it. If your site has a gray area with tool bars like the one below, your page uses the new editor:
Please note: We require you to use Firefox as your browser when editing pages.
Make the transition to the new editor. If you are not using the new editor and would like to, please contact the Web Strategy Team. After a conversation, the team will flip your old page(s) over to the new editor. All of your existing content will transfer. We hope you will find that this new editor is similar to using a basic word processor and you will be able to update your pages easily.
Get started by reviewing the following information. If you would like additional help or a one-on-one training, please email the Web Strategy Team (web@wheatoncollege.edu) or call Holly Perkins (x3506). We will be happy to show you how to use the new editor.
Log in to the editor.
- The first step is to point your browser at http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/edit
- Log in using your username and password and click submit. Choose "Edit a Web Page". If you have forgotten your password email us at web@wheatoncollege.edu
- You will be brought directly to the section of the website you are responsible for editing. If you are responsible for more than one section you will have to navigate to your area using wheaton and then a dot and then the subheading in the menubar.
- Your screen should look like the screen below. Choose the file you wish to edit. Again, files are named using a dot instead of a slash like you would see in a web address.
For example, The men's basketball schedule that would be located at http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Athletics/basketballm/schedule.html on the web would be Wheaton.Athletics.basketballm.schedule.
The new web editor's toolbar consists of two rows of icons that allow you to format text, create tables, insert pictures and link to other pages or documents. It offers a suite of basic tools in the top row and some extra tools in the bottom row:
The basic toolbar:
- bold/italic [screencast | webpage]
- lists [screencast | webpage]
- alignment [screencast | webpage]
- links [screencast | webpage]
- insert pictures [screencast | webpage]
- insert anchor [screencast | webpage]
- insert custom character [screencast | webpage]
The advanced toolbar:
- undo/redo [screencast | webpage]
- find and replace [screencast | webpage]
- tables [screencast | webpage]
- inserting a table
- properties of row and cells
- inserting and deleting rows, inserting and deleting columns
- merging and splitting cells
- format options [screencast | webpage]
Save and publish your page. For more on saving your page and viewing your work click here. Please be sure to close your browser when you are done editing so that no one else can edit pages using your credentials.
Problems, Questions, Concerns? Contact the Web Strategy Team (at web@wheatoncollege.edu or x3506).