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VWcms provides additional composition tools (amongst others) below the edit area:

  • and the associated selection dialog allows the name of a section to be inserted.
  • allows a link to another section of the site to be inserted simply.
  • and its selection dialog (showing image files and other resources) allows an image to be displayed in the text.  The selectors below allow the image alignment (position) and border attributes to be set when inserted.
  •   provides a clickable link to that resource.  In this way large images or non-graphical resources, etc. (e.g. ZIP archives) can be accessed from the text.  These resource are uploaded to the site from the  facility.
  • simply inserts the selected macro ready for editing any required parameters.

All of the above insert at the current edit cursor.

Managing Sections

VWcms sites are divided into sections according to HTML headings.  An <h1> is a top-level section, <h2> second-level, <h3> third level.  Each of these can be part of a displayed table-of-content (the navigation menu to the left of this page).  <h4> generates an in-line heading separating parts of a single section (and generate an informational comment in the site-map).  Also see HTML Content. Section titles cannot contain a forward-slash (/).  A moment's thought about the way VWcms accesses subsections should underscore why. Forward-slashes are automatically converted to back-slashes (\).

  • , and insert the heading specified in the associated text field immediately following the current section.  It then opens this empty section in the editor.  Care must be exercised in where exactly the headings of various levels are inserted.  The order determines site organisation and which sections are superior and subordinate to others.  These buttons become active when the adjacent text field has been edited and contains a title or a $$CLIP$section-title$$ exists (see below).
  • (, ) directly inserts the supplied heading at the current edit cursor.
  • takes a copy of the current section and places it in a section $$CLIP$section-title$$ at the end of the document.  This can then be inserted elsewhere in the document using the or buttons.
  • modifies the current section name to that supplied in the associated field.  This modifies all internal references but of course any references in external documents will require adjustment.  A rename without supplying a new title changes all references to any current $$CLIP$section-title$$ to the current section.  This can be used to replace one section with another, updating all links to the previous section, then deleting it; and similar wholesale relinkings of references.
  • the section from the current location and place it as $$CLIP$section-title$$ at the end of the document.  If desired this can then be (re)inserted elsewhere in the document using the or buttons.
  • includes all subsections up to the ellipsis indicated title (the default behaviour).  This allows related sections of the site to be copied and moved as a single unit.  Care should be taken when inserting such clipped sections as the hierarchy must match or subordinate sections may be demoted into internal headings, or promoted into section headings (i.e. <h3> into <h4> or <h4> into <h3>, etc.)  When unchecked copy and remove act on the current section only.  The checkbox is disabled when there are no subordinate sections.

Only a single $$CLIP$section-title$$ may exist and be copied, removed or inserted at any one time. A subsequently copied or removed section overwrites any existing clip.  Removing a clip deletes it completely.  Multiple concurrent clipped sections can be maintained by simple rename, the $$CLIP$section-title$$ into $$CLIP-1$section-title$$ for example, and then subsequently renamed back after intervening clip operations.

Remaining Tools

The remaining tools shown towards the bottom of the above image are discussed in Managing Content.

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