Using the editor

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Editor overview

When you click a page name in the left menu, that page loads in the edit screen. (The left menu will automatically hide on the edit screen, but you can easily bring it back by clicking the toggle tab ...


The content block menu

Content blocks are at the core of Nimbo's content manager. Whenever you go to edit any page, the content block menu is open on the right of the screen. You can hide or show this menu by clicking its ...


The block toolbar

After you've added some content blocks to your page, you can start to edit them to suit your needs. Clicking inside any block will make two floating toolbars appear, which allow you to control the blo ...


The formatting toolbar

After you've added some content blocks to your page, you can start to edit them to suit your needs. Clicking inside any block will make two floating toolbars appear, which allow you to control the bl ...


The background tool

The Nimbo editor features a comprehensive tool that allows you to set and manage a background colour and/or image for each of the content blocks on your pages. Whenever you hover over (or touch) a con ...


Adding images

Many of the content blocks available for adding to your page contain images. When you first drop a content block on your page, any available image places will be marked by a grey placeholder image.Som ...


Adding alt tags to images

Search engines can't see images, so they rely on ALT (alternative) text attributes to determine relevance to a search query. Images with ALT text are also more likely to appear in a Google image searc ...


Adding video

There are a range of content blocks in the Nimbo editor that let you embed a mobile-responsive video in any of your pages. Follow these steps: First make sure your video is already uploaded to YouTu ...


URLs of uploaded files

Sometimes it's necessary to get the specific address (also called URL, or link) of a file you've uploaded to your website's file library - be it an image, PDF, or some other kind of document. The foll ...


The overlay tool

The Nimbo editor features a tool that allows you to convert almost any of your content blocks into an overlay (a content box that appears in front of the main page content). These are often used for t ...


Add your address to a map

You can easily add interactive maps to your pages with content blocks - but of course you'll want to set it to use your own address. Here's how:  Go to Google Maps and visit the address you want ...


Custom code block

If you need to insert custom code on any of your pages - like a social media feed widget, a javascript newsletter subscription form, or some other third party script - you can easily do this with the ...


Site-wide content

These sections allow you to add content that appears at the bottom of all pages in your site, without you having to manually add it to each and every page. Site-wide page base The site-wide page base ...