BestAddress HTML editor: Inserting elements list achieved by adding bullets and numbering

Inserting Elements

Creating a Frames Page

Using frames, you can divide the browser window into sections with each one displaying a different webpage.

To create a frames page, you can use the Frames Creator Wizard.

Insert Bullets/Numbering

To insert a list of bullets or numbering into the document:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the bullets or list.
2. From the Insert menu, choose Bullets and Numbering.
3. Choose the type of bullets/numbering you want to insert from the list.
4. Set any other options that you want.
5. Click the OK button.

The following options can be set:

1. List Size: Sets how many list items should be inserted into the document.
2. Compact Format: Requests that the browser renders the list in a more compact way.

Insert Special Character Code

To insert a character into the document that is not available from the keyboard or that conflicts with a character used in webpage coding (such as < and >):

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the character.
2. From the Insert menu, choose Special Character.
3. Choose the character you want to insert from the list.
4. Click the Insert button.

Colour Palettes

Webpages can be accessed by various computer platforms, each of which display colours in a slightly different way. To help maintain consistency among computers a web-safe colour palette has been developed. This means that a particular colour is as accurate as possible regardless of the computer it is being displayed on.

The most common method of specifying the colours in a webpage is to use the hexadecimal naming system. BestAddress can produce these colour codes for you as well as offering the web-safe colour palette.

Insert Code Comment

Code comments can be inserted into the open document. They can be used to contain notes for the website developer, or any other information that should not be displayed on the webpage.

To insert a code comment

1. In the document, position the cursor where you want to insert the comment.
2. From the Insert menu, choose Code Comment.
3. Type the comment you want to add.
4. Click OK.

To insert the date and time

1. Click where you want to insert the date and/or time.
2. From the Insert menu, choose Date and Time.
3. If required, choose the date to insert from the calendar provided.
4. Choose the date and/or time format required from the list.
5. Click the OK button.

Insert DHTML Navigation Menu

Dropdown navigation menus can be inserted into documents using the Insert DHTML Navigation Menu feature.

To insert a DHTML Navigation menu into the document:

1. Position the cursor where you want to insert the DHTML Navigation Menu.
2. From the Insert menu, choose DHTML Navigation Menu.
3. Create new menus by selecting the Add New button, and checking New Menu Caption.
4. Create new menu items for the menu caption's drop-down list by selecting the Add New button, and checking Menu Dropdown List Item.
5. Specify the caption for the menu item/menu caption in the Caption box.
6. Specify the URL link location for a menu item in the Link box.
7. Style information including the colour of the menu bar and menu item select the Style tab.
8. Click the OK button to insert the menu into the document.

The following style options can be set:

1. Menu Bar Colour: Sets the colour of the menu bar.
2. Menu Colour: Sets the colour of the drop-down menu.
   
3. Menu Width: Sets the width of the drop-down menus.
4. Menu Is Selected with Hand Mouse Pointer: When checked causes the mouse pointer to change to a hand in place of an arrow.

Notes

1. Because this function makes several modifications to your documents, it is strongly recommended that you save a backup of the document before using this function.
2. DHTML navigation menus may not work on some browsers, particularly older ones.
   Although the menu is inserted where the cursor is positioned, other information is also inserted before the BODY element of a document.
3. Always keep a backup copy and be careful if you decide to make modifications to the menu once it has been inserted. The menu bar can be edited in the BODY of the document. The content of drop-down lists can be edited in the SCRIPT section before the HEAD of the document.