Create your own page templates
Do you have pages that often have the same structure and are you looking for an easy way to create them?
You can create your own page templates!
There is a page branch "Page templates" under "Special page". All existing page templates are stored here. You can simply insert a new or existing page here and edit it as usual. This is then displayed in the "New page" dialogue and can be reused as often as required.
Texts from Word and Co. are not displayed correctly?
If you copy text from Word or other websites and paste it into the text entry, it may not be displayed correctly.
These texts often contain hidden HTML elements, which are then copied and lead to undesired effects when viewing the page.
You can copy such texts with an intermediate step into a simple text programme and copy them from there to additor. The unwanted formatting is then lost and everything is displayed in the desired, predefined design.
Bypass anti-spam function
Additor disguises email addresses so that they cannot be read by spam bots. Otherwise, these addresses would quickly be flooded with spam mails.
So if you mention an email address such as [Bitte aktivieren Sie Javascript] in your text, it will be replaced with a code that cannot be read by spam bots. As in the previous sentence.
In rare cases, you may not want this function. Then you can surround the '@' of the address on the left and right with '#'. This will output this address (test@example.com) in plain text. See also the adjacent image in this text.
How big can videos be? (file size)
From additor/xpedeo there is actually no limit, but the data must be transferred via the Internet and possibly via a mobile connection, so it should be as small as possible. This can reduce waiting times for users.
There are a variety of video editing programs available to optimise the size of a video. There are sometimes considerable differences in the compression of MP4 videos.
In our experience, we have often been able to reduce MP4 videos delivered with the open source tool handbrake(handbrake.fr) to 50% or less of the original size without any visible deterioration in quality.
There may be a limitation when uploading the video file to your server. There is a technical file size limit set by the server operator. This can be adjusted if necessary. The maximum file size is adjusted under the upload field.
How big can videos be? (height, width)
Videos are automatically displayed as wide as the column in which they are located allows. You can therefore upload videos in any dimensions.
However, the video should ideally be approximately the size of the column. If it is too small, the display quality will suffer. If it is too large, the video will take longer to load.