Hello there. I've been editing an Umbraco based site for the past three weeks or so but struggling with a few basics. So here goes:
How do you resize images in the media folder? Damn it, this should be so simple- but I cannot find any means whatsoever to downsize existing images that are too big for purpose and slow things down.
The "Rich text editor". How do I change text size, fonts, colours etc? Again, it should be obvious... but it isn't.
Thanks in advance and any tips welcome. I'm not a developer or coder, but get on perfectly fine with the CMS at my dayjob. Is Umbraco suitable for the general user? I just want to be able to edit a site simply and not be bombarded with sales stuff and terminology that may as well be Russian.
So I take that you're an editor who are not at all interested in tech stuff like HTML, CSS, JavaScript (This is probably russian - I won't get into the details just need to figure out if you're also a dev or not :)) etc. ? - You only focus on content?
If so then I think you need to talk to the person or company who developed your site and ask these questions. The reason is that no Umbraco project is the same - Umbraco is like a framework, which developers can build on top off. But the framework is pretty empty for starters, which gives us developers some freedom to produce the best possible editor experience our editors.
That means that it's not easy for us to answer your question since we don't know your solution.
However I suspect that the developer has perhaps made sure to take care of downsizing the image for you when you put it to use? Which means it will be uploaded at it's full size but whenever the developer makes sure to render it on the website it's downscaled properly so it's not rendering as big on the website as it is in the backoffice. There is a plugin to Umbraco called imageresizer, which most developers use to handle the image scaling automatically so the editors don't need to worry about this.
Adjusting of the font size in the rich text editor is usually handled by adding some option to the "Formats" dropdown in the editor. But the developer can configure this toolbar so perhaps you don't even see a dropdown where it says "Formats". But if you do see it there is no guarantee that the developer has configured some different font-sizes to be used.
I'm of course biased but yes, I've been working with Umbraco since 2006/07'ish and have made quite some sites and met a lot of happy editors. But as mentioned Umbraco is an empty framework to begin with and then it's up to us developers to make sure you editors can easily do you tasks without any frustrations. It's both the strength and weakness of Umbraco since one can easily go down a wrong path and makeup a not so pleasant experience unfortunately.
So to wrap it up I think you need to get in touch with the developer of the site to have these questions answered efficiently since all we can do on the forum is to guess and perhaps even confuse you because it's so so easy for us to get into the really techy jargon.
I hope this helps a bit and that it was not getting too russian for you? :)
Thank Jan, I appreciate the honesty of your answer. That makes more sense- unless a developer has enabled the content editors to change things like text size, these tools don't exist.
I'm having trouble getting hold of the person who developed the original site, this is the problem. And it seems like learning how to develop things myself could take a long time- I am a copywriter and content editor, not a tech guy.
The trouble is that with a small business, we don't have a big team or an in house developer. So from what you're saying, we probably need to hire someone's services every so often get the site into the shape & order needed?
You're welcome - I see then it's a bit tough and frustrating when you feel like you're "locked" and can't get your work done as efficiently as you would like to.
I would not say you need to hire someone full-time but maybe for starters find someone who can review the current setup and figure out what it would take to meet your needs and have them make you an offer and then you can decide whether to have the stuff fixed or not for instance. But of course if you need to expand the site with new functionality now and then it might be worth the investment to hire a person half- or full-time?
You can find a list of certified partners here http://umbraco.com/certified-partners - There are probably some qualified ones in around your area too.
Otherwise perhaps also try advertising on Twitter if you or the company you work for have an account? Make sure to use the #umbraco hashtag :)
Some help on basics... please!
Hello there. I've been editing an Umbraco based site for the past three weeks or so but struggling with a few basics. So here goes:
How do you resize images in the media folder? Damn it, this should be so simple- but I cannot find any means whatsoever to downsize existing images that are too big for purpose and slow things down.
The "Rich text editor". How do I change text size, fonts, colours etc? Again, it should be obvious... but it isn't.
Thanks in advance and any tips welcome. I'm not a developer or coder, but get on perfectly fine with the CMS at my dayjob. Is Umbraco suitable for the general user? I just want to be able to edit a site simply and not be bombarded with sales stuff and terminology that may as well be Russian.
Hi Dominic and welcome to our :)
So I take that you're an editor who are not at all interested in tech stuff like HTML, CSS, JavaScript (This is probably russian - I won't get into the details just need to figure out if you're also a dev or not :)) etc. ? - You only focus on content?
If so then I think you need to talk to the person or company who developed your site and ask these questions. The reason is that no Umbraco project is the same - Umbraco is like a framework, which developers can build on top off. But the framework is pretty empty for starters, which gives us developers some freedom to produce the best possible editor experience our editors.
That means that it's not easy for us to answer your question since we don't know your solution.
However I suspect that the developer has perhaps made sure to take care of downsizing the image for you when you put it to use? Which means it will be uploaded at it's full size but whenever the developer makes sure to render it on the website it's downscaled properly so it's not rendering as big on the website as it is in the backoffice. There is a plugin to Umbraco called imageresizer, which most developers use to handle the image scaling automatically so the editors don't need to worry about this.
Adjusting of the font size in the rich text editor is usually handled by adding some option to the "Formats" dropdown in the editor. But the developer can configure this toolbar so perhaps you don't even see a dropdown where it says "Formats". But if you do see it there is no guarantee that the developer has configured some different font-sizes to be used.
I'm of course biased but yes, I've been working with Umbraco since 2006/07'ish and have made quite some sites and met a lot of happy editors. But as mentioned Umbraco is an empty framework to begin with and then it's up to us developers to make sure you editors can easily do you tasks without any frustrations. It's both the strength and weakness of Umbraco since one can easily go down a wrong path and makeup a not so pleasant experience unfortunately.
So to wrap it up I think you need to get in touch with the developer of the site to have these questions answered efficiently since all we can do on the forum is to guess and perhaps even confuse you because it's so so easy for us to get into the really techy jargon.
I hope this helps a bit and that it was not getting too russian for you? :)
/Jan
Thank Jan, I appreciate the honesty of your answer. That makes more sense- unless a developer has enabled the content editors to change things like text size, these tools don't exist.
I'm having trouble getting hold of the person who developed the original site, this is the problem. And it seems like learning how to develop things myself could take a long time- I am a copywriter and content editor, not a tech guy.
The trouble is that with a small business, we don't have a big team or an in house developer. So from what you're saying, we probably need to hire someone's services every so often get the site into the shape & order needed?
Thanks again.
Hi Dominic
You're welcome - I see then it's a bit tough and frustrating when you feel like you're "locked" and can't get your work done as efficiently as you would like to.
I would not say you need to hire someone full-time but maybe for starters find someone who can review the current setup and figure out what it would take to meet your needs and have them make you an offer and then you can decide whether to have the stuff fixed or not for instance. But of course if you need to expand the site with new functionality now and then it might be worth the investment to hire a person half- or full-time?
You can find a list of certified partners here http://umbraco.com/certified-partners - There are probably some qualified ones in around your area too.
Otherwise perhaps also try advertising on Twitter if you or the company you work for have an account? Make sure to use the #umbraco hashtag :)
Hope this helps.
/Jan
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