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How to Edit

More detailed instructions can be found in the downloadable Guide Sheet.

Text Wrangler

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User Manual for Text Wrangler

To strip Microsoft Word formatting from poems, copy each poem’s text and paste it into Text Wrangler. Then, from the menu at the top, select Text > Prefix/Suffix Lines. In the box that pops up, make sure “insert” is selected and then add <p> as the prefix and </p> as the suffix. After clicking OK, paste the result into WordPress. You’ll then be able to use the indent button in WordPress’ editor on individual lines.


WordPress – Insert a Picture

1. Press a link at the top left corner called Add Media.

2. Press Select Files from your own computer or drag and drop them to the screen.

3.  Select Insert from URL from the left-hand side options, if you desire to insert a picture from the internet. (NOTE: do not forget to reference the picture from the web)

More information on how to edit media.


WordPress – Add Tippy Text

Creating accordion menus

[tippy title="highlighted word(s)" height=500][jaccordion theme="smoothness" active="1"]

Note 1::
This is the text of the first note.
[jacc/]

Answer 1::
This is the answer to the first note.
[jacc/]

Note 2::
This is the text of the second note.
[jacc/]

Answer 2::
The is the answer to the second note.
[/jaccordion][/tippy]

Adding images

[tippy title="highlighted word(s)" height="500"]Accompanying text about image. <img src=”https://web.colby.edu/loveandrevolution/files/2016/09/some_image.jpg” alt=”some image” />Caption[/tippy]


WordPress – General Help

If you have any questions while working in WordPress, feel free to stop by the Instructional Technology Help desk on the main floor of Miller Library or contact us at [email protected].

Or, contact [email protected] and [email protected].

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