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maryjones · Tiger Member Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 57

I might be missing something, but I have a really hard time creating pages with different fonts, colors, anything really creative in Joomla, it's all very time consuming. And if I try to create in another program, copy and paste, I lose my formatting when I save the page. I use as much of the options within Joomla, but because they are so time consuming, I would like to find an easier way. Is there an easier way?
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TigerBot · Tiger Member Joined: 19 Jun 2007

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bsmith · Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 4:26 pm Post subject:

Let's see.

Your site is a Joomla based backend/admin area. But you are also running another script on top of that core that makes your site what it is.

The good news is both the core Joomla and the added script both use the same WYSIWYG editor. (WYSIWYG pronounced wizi-wig, is an acronym for "What You See Is What You Get")

Now with any WYSIWYG editor there are going to be pros and cons. Basicly it's an HTML editor built into your website. Whatever you do there is going to be converted to HTML when saved.

You are limited to the functions of the editor and how it works. Some editors are more robust, others are stripped down. But no matter the style, they are solely there to help a user do HTML style commands without having to know code.

One thing Tiger Team Solutions always does, is go an extra step and define a full CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) that should take care of all the font sizes, colors, padding, font styles, link colors, etc.

We do this so that our client's websites are clean and professional. Most users do not bother with font style changes, font size changes, or even color. By default this is already set to match their website template. In the editor it may look like black text with bright blue links... however, because there are no over-riding styles added by the user, once it is published it defaults to what we have programmed for it to look like.

The main reason for this is consistency through out the website. Consistency brings with it a huge amount of professionalism.

To quote an article on our site about web site design:

maryjones · Tiger Member Joined: 04 Dec 2007 Posts: 57

Ok, I get you, but.... when I change a page already in my website, I actually select and just retype. I don't want to make any changes to most of the content as far as font style, size, color, etc. BUT there is one page that should be kind of different on my website everytime and that is the customers "webpage" (that's what I like to call them) or ad. If you look at my website, you know that we are a service directory (I'm only going into this for the purpose of the question), anyway, the people that place their listing with us want something "eye catching" "interesting" to look at and not like the last one they saw. So.... I try to fix 'em up! I figured out a few things, like insert/edit image and the edit css style. I can even go into the html editor and look at the html on a portion of the listing they send me and what that html does and find the "spot" for the same html in another portion of the listing and make a change to the html there to duplicate or make a change. I just wish there was an easier way, like in a Word Document, just push the little button. And when I create something in a Word document and copy and paste, half the time when I save, all the formatting disappeares... Oh, woe is me!
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