Customize the look and feel of your pages and new articles by adding links, images and tables.
Add a link:
- while in edit mode, highlight the text you'd like have linked
- on the editing toolbar, click on the "insert link" button
- in the window that pops-up, you will see that there are a number of things that can be linked to - select one of the options listed below:
- Recently visited content (which includes pages, news, events, forums, etc.)
- a new page
- a specific URL or bookmarks
- a file within the space (or you can upload one)
- other items of interest such as profiles within the space, email addresses, the welcome page, tabs and more
- click the insert button and the text is now linked
Insert a widget:
Near-time now supports the following widgets: Brightcove, SlideShare, SurveyGizmo, YouTube, Google, Gmodules, Odeo, Hipcast, Wufoo, Myngp, Veoh, 30 Boxes, Widgetbox, SpringWidgets, Grazr, Yahoo, Meebo, Frappr, Trippermap, Gabbly, PollDaddy, LinkedInABox, The Onion, Icebrrg, Ebay, Amazon, Twitter, Utterz, ESPN, Mogulus, Viddler, Caspio, Yourminis, Vime.
Note: Javascript based widgets are not currently supported.
To insert a widget:
- while in edit mode, place your cursor where you would like to insert the widget
- click on the "Insert Widget" button on the toolbar
- in the Insert Embed Code field, paste in the widget code
- click "Insert"
Insert an image:
To insert an image:
- while in edit mode, place your cursor where you would like to insert the image
- click on the "Insert Media" button on the toolbar
- In the window that pops-up, you will see multiple options - select one of these
- upload an image from your computer
- select an image from the space
- enter the URL of an image on another website
- click "Insert"
The image can then further modified by clicking on the image, then click on the "Edit Image" button on the toolbar.
Add a table:
- while in edit mode, place your cursor where you would like to place a table
- click on "show advanced tools"
- click on the table icon and customize the table - click "insert"
To customize cells or rows:
- click on "show advanced tools"
- to the left of the table icon are icons for row and cell properties, inserting or deleting rows, inserting or deleting columns - select the appropriate icon and make the necessary modifications
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