Fields Overview

Fields are information from a page’s Properties dialog box that you can insert into the page body or borders of the page itself, insert into the page body or borders of another page, or use for links to the page. CuteSITE Builder includes nine fields for each page: Title, Short Title, Summary, Author, Keywords, Comments, and three custom fields you can define yourself.

The benefit of fields is that they automatically update, which means that whenever you change the information in the Properties box, any inserted field or link that uses the field information also updates. Additionally, if you edit the field or link, the edits are automatically reflected in the page’s Properties dialog box.

Most CuteSITE Builder page layouts include a title field by default. The following screen shows a default title field in the top border.

When editing a field in the page area, you can click or double-click the field to modify its contents, and you can select a field to format, copy, or cut it. The table shows examples of a field’s appearance. The table uses a field link, but the examples also apply to a field inserted in a page.

Description

The field link is highlighted with two gray bands; a light gray in the background, and a dark gray in the foreground. Any characters you type will replace the field’s existing content.

Double-click a field or field link when you want to replace all its text with new text.

This field link is highlighted with a light gray band, which means you can edit the contents of the field.

To edit a field or field link, you can either:

Press and hold Ctrl and click the field link.

Move the cursor into the text of the field or field link.

The field or field link must be gray in order for you to edit it; if the field is not gray, you are editing its surrounding text.

This is an empty field link. Click the Type . . . Here text to enter the field or field link’s contents.

This field link is selected. You can format the field or field link’s text, or cut, copy, or delete the field or field link from the page.

Drag across a field or field link to select it.

$image\btn_mini.gif$ Related Topics