The RM portal was designed for individuals to create and share content on the web without having to know and use HTML. If you know and understand HTML and you want to make a webpage using HTML inside the portal, here are some tips for doing so.

Note that cutting and pasting HTML into Plone Webpages and other content is possible, but may result in improperly formatted web pages.

Some reformatting of the page, associated images, and links, using a web page editor, like Dreamweaver, is often required.

Tips are:

·        Beginners without knowledge of HTML or web page editors are encouraged to use "Plain Text" for their web page content. This is the default choice when creating Webpage content in Plone. When creating the page, look for the radio buttons labeled "Plain Text", "Structured Text", and "HTML". Choose "Plain Text". More advanced users might want to choose "HTML" but must know how to use the HTML formatting language to format their content.

·        Make sure that any images that are inserted into a webpage or other content type are not wider, in pixels than the page content area. Such images will not allow the page to wrap properly. A rule of thumb is keep your images small, under 400 pixels or so wide.

·        Make sure that any images that are referenced use the correct relative or absolute path. Most beginning HTML references will have an explanation of these two key concepts. Examples of relatives paths are <img src="myimage.jpg"> which will call a image from the current folder, <img src="../myimage.jpg"> which will call an image from the above parent folder, and <img src="myfolder/myimage.jpg"> which will call an image from a below child folder.

• Dreamweaver, and other web page editors, can be integrated with Plone for editing Webpage content. A free helper application must be installed on your local computer. Directions for using Plone and Dreamweaver together on Microsoft Windows, can be found here.