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How do I use the text editor?

Short fields, like a service's title or a phone number, you fill in just by typing. Longer pieces of text open in a different, richer editor that works much like Word or Google Docs. You'll come across it in several places in the panel, and it doesn't offer exactly the same tools everywhere.

The toolbar above the field​

The toolbar is permanently fixed to the top edge of the text field. It doesn't pop up over a selection, and it doesn't disappear when you stop typing — just click into the text, select a passage and pick a button on the bar. On the left of the toolbar is a drop-down with the paragraph style; next to it are the formatting, list and link buttons. For very long text, the "Expand editor" (Rozwiń edytor) button blows the field up to full screen.

You'll most often use the toolbar to:

  • bold the part you care about most
  • put a word in italics, like the Latin name of a treatment
  • turn a paragraph into a subheading once the text gets long
  • make a bulleted or numbered list
  • add a link, for example to an article you're referring to
  • mark a quote when you're citing what someone said

Which field has which buttons​

The full set of tools is available in: Introduction (Wprowadzenie) on the About Page (Strona "O nas"), a Team Member's Bio (Biografia), the Content (Treść) of a Blog Post (Wpis na blogu), and the Content of the Terms of Service (Regulamin) and Privacy Policy (Polityka prywatności). The style list there offers "Normal" (Normalny), "Heading 1" to "Heading 6" (Nagłówek 1–6) and "Quote" (Cytat). For formatting you get Bold (Pogrubienie), Italic (Kursywa), Code (Kod), Underline (Podkreślenie) and Strikethrough (Przekreślenie), plus Bulleted list (Lista punktowana), Numbered list (Lista numerowana) and links. In a Blog Post's Content you can also drop a photo into the middle of the text.

A Service's Full description (Pełny opis) has a trimmed-down set. Its styles are limited to "Normal", "Heading 2", "Heading 3" and "Quote", and the only formatting left is Bold and Italic. Lists and links work as everywhere else.

That's deliberate: service descriptions should look consistent across all your service pages, so we leave out the tools that most easily break the layout.

Which headings to pick​

Even where the style list goes all the way down to "Heading 6", stick to two: "Heading 2" (Nagłówek 2) for the main parts of the text and "Heading 3" (Nagłówek 3) for sub-points within them. Only those two levels get a distinct, larger typeface on the site. "Heading 1" is reserved for the page's own title, which the template adds automatically. Headings 4 to 6 look like an ordinary paragraph on the site.

That goes for legal documents too. Set the section titles in your terms of service ("§ 1. General provisions") as "Heading 2", and any sub-points as "Heading 3".

Paragraphs and new lines​

Enter starts a new paragraph, just like in the word processor you're used to. You don't need to format anything extra — the site template takes care of the spacing between paragraphs.

Go easy on headings​

If you're describing a lengthy procedure — the stages of a root canal treatment, say, or the individual packages of your legal services — a heading every few paragraphs genuinely helps readers find their way around. A heading every two sentences, though, defeats the purpose and makes the text look chopped up rather than organized.

Now that your text reads well, the last thing worth getting right is your photos — see How do I upload and crop photos?.

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