Editing Roll Settings in Java

Generator Code 3/9 in Java Editing Roll Settings

To change the permissions for a role s ability to format text on Web pages, click Styles and Fonts in the list on the left side of the Role Settings dialog box; see Figure 3-10 Formatting text is usually one of the main responsibilities of anybody maintaining a Web site Contribute makes formatting text easy as it is; setting styles and fonts permissions can make formatting text even easier for contributors by taking away options that might lead to incorrect formatting

Figure 3-10: The Styles and Fonts screen of the Edit Role Settings dialog box allows you to limit text formatting options by removing menus from Contribute s Browser

By default, contributors are permitted to apply CSS styles and HTML paragraph and heading styles to text on pages they have permission to edit The Style Support drop-down menu allows you to prevent users from applying any styles to the text by selecting the Don t Allow Users to Create Styles option If you select that option, the rest of the Styles and Fonts options disappear If you don t want contributors to be able to apply CSS styles but you do want them to be able to apply styles to <P> tags and to insert header tags (<H1>, <H2>, and so on), deselect the Include CSS Styles in the Style Menu check box, but leave the other two check boxes selected If, on the other hand, you have set up a thorough CSS style sheet and don t want contributors using generic HTML paragraph and heading styles to format text, deselect the Include HTML Heading Styles (<H1>, ) in the Style Menu check box, but leave the other two check boxes selected

Note that with Contribute 3, you can limit the styles that appear in the Contribute Browser s toolbar to those that appear on a specific style sheet Simply select the Show Only CSS Styles Included in This CSS File option and input the pathname or URL of the style sheet, or click the Choose button and browse to the style sheet

When the Allow Users to Apply Fonts and Sizes (Displays the Font and Size Menus) check box is selected, as it is by default, contributors can format text by choosing a font face and size from drop-down lists on the Contribute Browser s toolbar If you re using a CSS style sheet that includes font face, size, color, and other attributes for all text on your site, deselect the Allow Users to Apply Fonts and Sizes check box and make sure the Include CSS Styles in the Style Menu check box is selected If you want to allow contributors to apply text formatting, and you want Contribute to generate basic HTML <FONT> tags, just follow these steps This assumes you have the Styles and Fonts options of the Edit Role Settings dialog box showing 1 Select HTML Tags from the Style Support drop-down menu 2 Select the Allow Users to Apply Fonts and Sizes (Displays the Fonts and Size Menus) check box, if it isn t already selected This box is selected by default 3 Select the Include HTML Heading Styles option 4 Edit the settings as necessary By default, users are permitted to apply fonts and sizes, bold, italics, underline, strikethrough, and fixed-width styles, and to edit font and background colors 5 Make other changes to the role s permissions as needed, then click OK If you want to allow contributors to apply text formatting, but you want Contribute to generate CSS-style code instead of HTML <FONT> tags, just follow these steps This assumes you have the Styles and Fonts options of the Edit Role Settings dialog box showing 1 Select Document-Level CSS from the Style Support drop-down menu 2 Select the Allow Users to Apply Fonts and Sizes check box, if it isn t already selected This box is selected by default