Advanced Wordpress Formatting


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For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been looking for a plugin that would add more formatting options to Wordpress’s WYSIWYG post editor. Mainly I wanted to quickly add headings in my posts and change font color without having to mess with the code.

Well, guess what. Wordpress 2.1 has advanced formatting built into it. You just need the secret code:

Windows users : alt-shift-v (Firefox) or alt-v (Internet Explorer)
Mac Users : ctrl-v

By entering the secret code you’ll go from this:

To this:

Now you have versatile toolbar editor. The drop-down format menu allows you to choose from different heading formats and you can quickly change text color. The Omega sign allows you to add special characters with ease. And it also solves a problem that has frustrated me to no end: the advanced toolbar lets you paste into the visual editor from Word. I’ve been trying to figure out how to do that for awhile now.

Why doesn’t Wordpress make the advanced visual editor the default setting? If they won’t make it the default setting they should at least do a better job of letting people know about the option. I’ve been using Wordpress for almost 6 months and had no clue about it.

Hat tip to WorkingSolo. You’re a God send!

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Brett McKay | 13 May 07 | Blogging

5 Comments

dreamy1 on 13.05.2007 at 09:15 (Reply)

Wow, thanks! I’ve been using wordpress myself, and didn’t know this. I will definitely try it out.
Andrew Flusche on 13.05.2007 at 09:49 (Reply)

Great find, Brett! I’m glad you were able to figure this out. I might consider using the visual editor now, instead of code view. Nice.

Andrew
The Frugal Law Student on 13.05.2007 at 15:18 (Reply)

Thanks for commenting! I don’t understand why Wordpress doesn’t do a better job in letting people know about this.
Leah Maclean on 13.05.2007 at 16:08 (Reply)

My pleasure to share the tip Brett - glad it helped. If you want to make it even more straight-forward Chris (aka HandySolo) has written a plug-in that will load the extra tool bar for you. You can find it at http://www.solo-technology.com/blog/2007/02/28/first-release-visualize-advanced-features/
The Frugal Law Student on 13.05.2007 at 20:35 (Reply)

Thanks for the link Leah. I’m still blown away by the new options that I have. Default WP editor is super dinky.

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