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Why do apostrophes and inverted commas 'disappear' from caption text when it is edited?

A combination of the actual characters and the way the text is loaded onto your browser's page means that these characters have to be stripped from the caption text when you are editing an item. If they are not removed, they 'break' the form.

There is no problem inserting these characters into the caption input boxes and saving them - they will appear correctly to your web audience.

How do I create a link to a downloadable file in a news item?

You first need to upload the file onto the server:

  1. Go back to the main admin menu and select 'File uploader' from under the 'Site operation' column
  2. Upload the file(s) into either the 'uploads' folder or the 'archive' folder (it doesn't matter which one you choose, just remember your choice!).  Make sure that the name of the file you upload has no spaces in it (remove them or replace with the underscore character) and that it has a suffix (e.g. .doc, .pdf etc).

Go back to your news item:

  1. Highlight the word/phrase onto which you want to place the link to a file
  2. Click on the 'Insert edit/link' icon that will appear on the toolbar (it looks like a chain link).  A popup layer will appear
  3. In the 'Link URL' box, type in the name of the folder you uploaded the file into, followed by a forward slash, followed by the name of your file (e.g. uploads/mytest.doc)
  4. Click on 'Insert' (there is no need to alter/change any of the other settings/options in the popup layer)
  5. The task is done.   Save/Submit the news item when you're ready.
How do I get the playlist ID for the YouTube video I want to show in a news item?

The ID of your YouTube video is most easily found from its URL.  When you are viewing the video on the YouTube site, the ID is the collection of letters and numbers that follow the 'watch?v=' part of the URL.

For example, in the URL 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBrwFTYrlc4&feature=grec_index', the playlist ID of the video is 'OBrwFTYrlc4' (notice that the & character is NOT included).

What are 'output places'

'Output places' refer to different news pages on the same site.

It is often necessary to have more than one news output page on a site - for example, where two major groups share the same site, and want to have their own physical news page in their 'part' of the site.

The output place option allows the administrator to direct a news item to the correct news page.

This option is rarely needed to be changed and should never changed without first contacting the Webmaster to outline your news output requirements.