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Adding Images/Pictures

In the current configuration, there are two (2) methods for adding images/pictures:

1. Top Right, One per Page: If you wish to add one image per page at the top right where the third column would ordinarily exist, then in the Edit mode for the current page or blog (only these have been enabled at this point, though other content types could be enabled), scroll down to the "Attached Images" entry, expand it, and then either select and/or upload the image that you wish to attach. When you update/save the page, everything is handled automatically.

Basic Editing - Some Key Embedded Formatting Controls

To bold and make green (i.e., REEL GREEN): <span class="companyName" >REEL GREEN </span>

To make a word or phrase bold (i.e., Bold Statement or Bolder Statement): <strong>Bold Statement</strong> or <b>Bolder Statement</b>

To italicize a word or phrase (i.e., Book Title): <i>Book Title</i>

Mac OS X PHP 5 Graphics Support

Apple did NOT include the GD library in their latest PHP release for OS X.5 Apparently they had problems compiling in the various library/module support and took the easy way out. GD is the bare minimum required to work with images in the various PHP application. Unfortunately, when scanning through all of the various web sites, there isn't any sure means of building of version of PHP that includes the GD library.

So I have deferred from doing it at this point, and hence am currently foregoing the use of images and the image resizing that the library provides.

TinyMCE

TinyMCE, the primary 3rd party editor which can be incorporated into Drupal, worked initially after a fashion. I found that it doesn't work well with the theme's css files (i.e., new entries in the theme's css need to be created to support editor operation).

I then found that TinyMCE disappeared after after adding some new features and configuring things for wiki operation. I've spent hours trying to figure out what the problem is.

For example, I'm making this entry without the TinyMCE editor controls at the top., but when I go to preview mode, the editor magically showed up?????

Main Menu Bar

The main menu bar at the top of the screen doesn't show any secondary links, only the primary reference links. Changed from the Greenhouse theme and to Burnt and discovered the secondary menu links listed under the first. Since I have not constructed a complex menu structure yet, I don't know if all secondary menu links are shown or only those for the current primary link that is being hovered over.

So menu presentation is part of the themes. And in general does not work as desired.

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