Homepage or Organizer Pages- Modifying Textblocks

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• About Organizer Pages
• Adding Pages or Tools

• Modifying Links
• Modifying Format
• Modifying Textblocks

• add a textblock
• edit a textblock
• move a textblock
• delete a textblock

Adding a textblock | Top

This option allows you to add a textblock as a page header or a page footer to the Homepage or an Organizer Page.

1. From the Homepage or an Organizer Page, under Options: Textblocks, select the type of textblock:
   • To add an upper textblock, click Add upper textblock. The Add Upper Text/Image in Page screen appears.
   • To add a lower textblock, click Add lower textblock. The Add Lower Text/Image in Page screen appears.
2. Under Layout, from the drop-down list, select a background color for the textblock.
3. Under Text Heading, in the Text box, enter a heading.
4. Under Text Heading, select the Alignment, Style, Color and Size for the heading.
5. Under Text, in the Text box, enter the body text. Note: To format the text, you can add HTML tags to the text, or click HTML editor.
6. Select the Alignment, Style, Color and Size for the body text.
7. Under Image, in the Filename text box, enter the path and filename of an image file, or to select the file, click Browse. For more information, see WebCT Browser.
8. Select the Alignment for the image.
9. Under Image Caption, in the Image caption text box, enter a caption.
10. Select the Alignment, Style, Color and Size for the image caption.
    
11. Click Add. A textblock is added to your Homepage or Organizer page.

Editing a textblock | Top

This option allows you to modify a textblock on the Homepage or an Organizer Page.

1. From the Homepage or an Organizer Page, select the textblock that you want to modify.
2. Under Options: Textblocks, click Edit. The Edit Text/Image in Page screen appears.
3. Edit the Layout, Text Heading, Text, Image, and Image Caption fields as required. For detailed instructions, see Adding a textblock.
4. Click Update. The Homepage or Organizer Page appears and the textblock is edited.
   

Moving a textblock | Top

You can only use this option if you have two or more of the same type of textblocks, e.g. two upper textblocks, and you want to change their relative positions. You cannot change an upper textblock to a lower textblock or vice versa.

1. From the Homepage or an Organizer Page, select the textblock that you want to move.
2. Under Options: Textblocks, click Move Up or Move Down. The Homepage or Organizer Page refreshes and the textblock is moved.

Deleting a textblock | Top

This option allows you to remove a selected textblock from the Homepage or an Organizer Page.

1. From the Homepage or an Organizer Page, select the textblock that you want to delete.
2. Under Options: Textblocks, click Delete. A warning message appears.
3. Click OK. The textblock is deleted.

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