Interface 101
When you're editing page content, especially text, it's important to know your way around the tools. We're covering that here. If you've ever heard someone say 'WIZZYWIG' they're referring to the interface in the screenshot below.
The acronym WYSIWYG or 'wizzywig' stands for What You See Is What You Get. The point is, to be able to select and edit in a more natural 'true to style' format. If you select some text and click the bold 'B' icon, it'll Bold whatever was selected, and so on.
We hope you enjoy this primer on the interface.
The Add Media button is your way to find formerly uploaded media like images of a wide range of file types (.jpg, .gif, .png, .svg, .webp, etc.), audio clips, pdfs and more. It's also where you can upload new media for the first time.
Marker 1The Visual Tab is the default view of the editing interface. It's fairly self explanitory, as will much of the interface will be, but it's worth covering as much as possible.
The Visual Tab is the default view of the editing interface. It's fairly self explanitory, as will much of the interface will be, but it's worth covering as much as possible.
The Code Tab is your way to look at the content in an html view. It's a good habit to peek at this once in a while, especially IF you're having display inconsistencies. Inconsistencies tend to crop up more often when copying and pasting content onto the page from other sources, whether those are online or offline sources like .pdf or Word documents.
The + button is by far the most advanced and least assuming component to the top row of the interface. It's also the least common if you have experience with WordPress already. It's part of Pixsym's customizations. For a 101 topic, we'll avoid going deep into this element due to being incredibly unlikely you'll need to touch it ... maybe ever.
Top Row
From left to right
- Add Media Button. Where you find previously uploaded media OR add new media as a first time upload.
- Visual Tab. For WYSIWYG visual editing.
- Code Tab. For Code style editing.
- The super mysterious + ... it's a bit of our unique value proposition. You won't typically see this addition to the interface in WordPress. Well, not with another web team.