Helen's Web Editor - FAQs
Before emailing your question, please take a quick look at the FAQ's below to see whether your question's answered.
Failing that, please email me at shiela@peacockmedia.software.
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How to enter your server and other details
I get an error code on transferring images
The current version (1.2.1) expects a folder called 'images' at your ftp server + initial directory.
Where is the local mirror, or how do I open the local copy of my site?
The concept of this app is that it opens and saves the remote copy directly. A history of any page you open and edit is kept and you can access this via File > Version History
How can I set up multiple sites?
The current version of the Web Editor is beta and has this restriction. A future version will allow you to store details for multiple sites
Why can't I set styles for images or choose border styles for tables when I insert them?
Partly to keep the web editor's interface as simple as possible, and partly because it's good practice to keep your styles in the style sheet so that elements are consistent across your website.
If your style sheet has been written well then your images and tables should automatically take on the alignment and style set for them by the page. If not, just add your chosen default alignment or style to the style sheet.
If a table is to be invisible (for layout for example) then it would be helpful to see its borders while editing. We're looking at this for the next version.
The style sheet appears and allows me to edit it but after I save my changes don't seem to be reflected on the site
First of all, there's currently a problem with refreshing the main web editor view, so open a browser window and check there. If that's the problem then quitting and restarting the web editor should show your changes.
If that's not the reason, then your style sheet may not be being saved back to the right location. If you're using auto-detect then your style sheet may be loaded from the http location given by the page. For saving back, ftp must be used, and for the location the editor will use your ftp server's address plus the style sheet file name. If the http root and the ftp root aren't the same (if when you open a page you have to browse a folder called 'docs' or 'htdocs' for example) then you may need to uncheck Auto detect and add this to your style sheet location, eg htdocs/styles.css
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