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Inserting
Press the Help
button at the bottom of the window to see some information to guide you through the process of
configuring the widget and inserting it on your page. For most widgets, you need to get to the point where
the widget website offers you the HTML code that needs to be inserted into your web page. As soon as
this is visible, you can normally click the Insert button at the bottom of the window. Web Designer MX
Premium will then find the HTML code and will insert it into your page for you.
For some widgets, Web Designer MX Premium is unable to retrieve the HTML code from the site
directly and you need to first copy the code to the clipboard. Select the code in the browser window and
press Ctrl+C. Many widgets make this easy for you by providing a copy button next to the code. Once
you've copied the code, click the Insert
button.
Automatic placeholder generation
When you press the Insert button, if Web Designer MX Premium found the widget code the widget
website window is closed and you will see an indication that Web Designer MX Premium is busy
rendering a placeholder image. After a few seconds an image of your widget appears on your page. Now
all you have to do is preview your web page and you should see your new widget working on your
page!
Widget site membership
Some widgets may require you to open an account with the widget provider, before you can use them.
Most are free, but some offer premium services over and above the free offering. See each individual
widget and the information on the widget provider's site for details.
Editing existing widgets
At any time you can double click the widget placeholder (or right click and choose Edit Widget
) in your Web Designer Premium's page to return to the widget provider's website so you can easily
modify or replace the widget.
Those widget providers who give you an account, will normally also keep a copy of any widgets you've
created. This means you can sign into your account while going through the insertion process above and
then find, modify and insert a widget that you've created previously. Inserting existing widgets is just like
inserting newly created widgets ? just click Insert when you are offered the HTML code, or copy the
HTML code for the widget to the clipboard and then click Insert
.
Locally Editable Widgets
Some widgets that you drop onto your page from the Designs Gallery
won't open a browser window as described above for Web Editable Widgets. These are Locally
Editable Widgets that you edit directly in Web Designer Premium using a separate document window.
Editing
After dropping such a widget on your page, double click on it to edit. A new document window opens
in Web Designer Premium (we call this the widget's "editing document"). What that document window
shows will depend on the specific widget, but typically you'll see a multi-page document that allows you
to conveniently edit and customize all the content for the widget.
Normally there will be some specific instructions shown to the side of or above the first page, describing
what aspects of the widget you can edit in the document and other information about the widget. In most
cases, you can edit the text you see using the Text Tool, but you can't normally change the font or style
of the text. You can replace photos by dropping new photo files onto the images from Windows
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