Fields: Preview Profiles

The banner, footer and any content parts of the profile Home page are customizable.

Profiles > Preview

Edit

Each content area includes an edit button that opens the content area editor. The editor lets you work with the content only in that content area. You can copy content from other areas or other programs, such as your own HTML editor, and copy it into the content area editor.

HTML

Opens the HTML editor. The HTML editor, like the WYSIWYG, lets you work with content in the area where you chose HTML. It lets you edit the actual HTML code that forms the area's content.

Note: This raw HTML editor is different than the HTML editor available in the WYSIWYG editor. This editor is provided because the HTML editor available in the WYSIWYG editor may remove parts of the HTML code when you save the code or switch to the WYSIWYG mode. You may experience these same problems if you choose to open the content area code in the Edit mode after entering the code in HTML mode. It is also the recommended method for inserting the code for widgets such as Evanced Events.

Important: Any image you use in the banner should not be taller than 100 pixels and can be no wider than 1000 pixels.

If you are not logged in to the Admin console as an administrator with the PRIV_ROOMS_CONFIG privilege, you will not be able to edit any of the profile content.

Content Area Editor

The Content Area Editor is an WYSIWYG, HTML editor. It includes basic commands for formatting text and styles and inserting images and links. This works as a basic word processor.

Preview

Exits the content area editor without saving the changes.

Save

Saves the changes made to the content and closes the content area editor.

Revert

Restores the content in the area to when it was last saved.

Command Buttons

The buttons along the top of the editor give you quick access to various commands, most of which are common to HTML editors or word processors.

You can use these command buttons:

Option Description

Undo

Undoes the last action you made in successive order.

Redo

Redoes the last action you made in successive order.

Select text color

Lets you specify the color of the selected text.

Select background color

Lets you specify the color of the background.

Indent

Indents a selected paragraph or group of paragraphs.

Outdent

Moves an selected indented paragraph or group of paragraphs back out to the margin.

Cut

Cuts selected text and puts it on the clipboard for pasting.

Copy

Copies selected text and puts it on the clipboard for pasting.

Paste

Pastes the content of the clipboard directly into the editor at the insertion point. Because of differences in format, if you copied the content from a different program, the results of the paste may not be what you expect.

Paste as Plain Text

Strips any formatting from the contents of the clipboard as it pastes it into the content area editor. Formatting codes from other applications can cause the HTML to format improperly.

Paste from Word

Modifies any text copied from Word so that the format is displayed properly as HTML.

Bold

Applies a bold format to selected text.

Italic

Applies an italic format to selected text.

Underline

Underlines selected text.

Edit HTML Source

Opens the content in a text editor so you can work directly with the HTML code.

Unordered list

Lets you create an unordered (bulleted) list.

Ordered list

Lets you create an ordered (numbered) list.

Insert/Edit Image

Lets you specify the location and properties of an image file. All images must be identified by a URL. After inserting the path to the image, you can define appearance of the image in the text (a preview pane displays how the settings affect the image and text).

Insert/Edit Anchor

Specifies the location of an anchor in the current content area that you can link to from within the same area.

Insert/Edit Link

Lets you define a link to another web page. The page may be within or outside your system. Many of the settings require a good knowledge of HTML formatting

Unlink

Disables and removes the settings for the current link.

Font size

Lets you specify the font size for selected text.

File Uploading

You can upload existing files to customize page content, banners, and footers. After you upload a file to the /custom/web/ directory on the Portfolio server, the relative path to that file on the Portfolio server displays in the Uploaded File URL field. You can then copy and paste that path into the entry fields on this page.

Choose File

Lets you browse for a file to upload to the Portfolio server. Click Choose File to display the file browsing window. After you select a file to upload, Portfolio displays the filename in the entry field.

Important: Uploading a file with the same name as a previously uploaded file will overwrite the previous file. Administrators who have multiple profiles on an instance should use a naming convention for files on each profile to prevent confusion and overwritten files.

Upload

Copies the specified file to the /custom/web/ directory on the Portfolio server. Any files that you upload will remain on the server until they are deleted from the /custom/web/ directory. After you upload the file, the relative path to the uploaded file on the Portfolio server displays in the Uploaded File URL field.

Important: If you upload an HTML file that contains images, JavaScript, or CSS, you must separately upload those elements into the /custom/web/ directory.

Uploaded File URL

Displays the relative path as a link to the uploaded file on the Portfolio server. You can then do either of the following:

  • Copy and paste the path into the entry fields on this page.
  • Click the path to display the contents of the file in a separate window.

Note: Each time you upload a file, its relative path replaces the relative path of the previously-uploaded file in this field. To see a list of all files that have been uploaded and have not been deleted from the server, click the path displayed in the See All Uploaded Files field.

See All Uploaded Files

Displays the /custom/web/ directory path in which the uploaded files are placed on the Portfolio server. Click the path to display a list of the files in the /custom/web/ directory on the Directory Listings page.You can use this page to delete files from the directory.

Note: Only a user with admin privileges can access the Directory Listings page.

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