This edit field is required and determines the content and format of the article text. You can select one of four types of article entries:
This is the default setting, and for most websites, the majority of articles are likely to be text articles. Selecting this option displays a large field to type or paste your article text (see below for more information about entering article text). When you save the article, Big Medium creates a webpage with the text that you provide.
Rich-text editor If you have a browser that supports Big Medium's rich-text editor, Big Medium provides a toolbar of familiar text-formatting buttons, giving you a workspace similar to a word processor for entering and formatting your text. For more information, see the help page for the rich-text editor.
If you do not have a browser that supports Big Medium's rich-text editor, the rich-text toolbar will not be displayed, but you can instead use Moxie Code to add simple formatting to your text.
Why do line breaks show up in funny places in the article text?
When you select the plain-text option for your article body content (this is the default option), Big Medium displays the text exactly as entered, including line breaks where you have submitted them. Sometimes the line breaks are inadvertent, particularly when text has been copied and pasted from an e-mail. Many e-mail messages have line breaks at the end of each line, so you should be careful to remove these extra line breaks before pasting the text into the article-text field.
This is a link to a page outside of your website. Selecting this option displays a field where you can type or paste the URL to which you would like to link. When you save the article, Big Medium creates a link to this address, using the article title/headline as the text of the link. This link is displayed on the homepage and on the section page(s) you select in the "Article section(s)" field.
This is a file or document that you would like to provide to website visitors as a download. Big Medium creates a link to this download file, using the article title/headline as the text of the link. This link is displayed on the homepage and on the section page(s) you select in the "Article section(s)" field.
Selecting this option for a new article displays a prompt to upload the document to your server. Click the "Browse" button, and select the file to upload from your hard drive. (The maximum file size allowed by Big Medium is established in Big Medium Setup and Site Settings by users with administrator accounts.)
The file name
The file name of the download file does not necessarily remain the same after it is saved to the website. Instead, the name is established by the article's slug name and the file extension of the file. For example, if the original file is named "download.pdf," and you set the article's slug name to be "readme," then the file will be named "readme.pdf" on the website.
Updating or changing a download file
When you return to the article edit page for a download article, the download panel displays a link to view/download the file, followed by a link, "Replace this download file with a new file." Clicking this second link displays a prompt to upload the new file. Click the "Browse" button, and select the file to replace the original file. If you change your mind, click the "No thanks, I prefer to use the current file" link.
Power users can choose to enter their own HTML instead of relying on Big Medium to generate the HTML for them. This option can be useful when you want to include tables, forms or other complex formatting in an article. To do this, select "Raw HTML" instead of "Plain text" below the article-text field. Big Medium does not review or alter the submitted HTML, so this option should only be used when you are confident that you are using valid, error-free HTML.
Need more help?
For further assistance and documentation, visit the website of Global Moxie, the developer behind Big Medium.