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How to change text on your website

You change a heading, a paragraph or a phone number right on the page, as in a word processor. The editor checks phone numbers and email addresses. The public website only changes when you click Publish.

In the editor: a click in the heading selects the text and typing replaces it, a phone number with a digit missing brings up the message Enter the full number, for example 07700 900123, once corrected the number is split into 07700 900742 automatically, the bar shows 2 unpublished changes and finally Publish.
The animation shows a heading and a phone number being changed. The editor won't accept a wrongly entered phone number and tells you why.

Steps

  1. Open your website in editing mode. You sign in without a password, using a link from an email.
  2. Hover over the text you want to change. Anything you can edit has a thin orange underline, and the cursor turns into a pencil. The What's editable button on the bar shows all the editable places at once.
  3. Click the text. It gets an orange outline and is selected in full, so you can type over it straight away. It works the same for a heading, a paragraph, a phone number and an email address.
  4. Confirm with the Enter key or click somewhere else. In longer text, Enter starts a new line, so confirm by clicking somewhere else. If you change your mind, the Esc key brings back the original text.
  5. The editor checks phone numbers and email addresses. A phone number has to be complete. You don't need to type spaces: the number is split up automatically when you confirm it. If the format is wrong, the field turns red and a message appears below it, for example Enter the full number, for example 07700 900123. Correct it and confirm again.
  6. Each confirmed change is added to the bar at the top: 1 unpublished change, 2 unpublished changes. Only you can see them. The public website doesn't change yet.
  7. When everything is as it should be, click Publish on the bar. Only then does the public website change.

Tip: A phone number often appears in several places on a website. You only need to change it once. The editor changes it everywhere, including in the link that lets people call you straight from a mobile.

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