How to Format Text in Site Builder Sections Without the Text Editor

Objective

• How to Format Text in Sections Without the WYSIWYG Editor
  
• How to Add a Paragraph to the Bonus Materials Site Pages Section
• How to Add a List to the Instructor Section
• How to Insert a Break to the Instructor Section on My Thinkific Site

Solution

Most Site Builder Sections, like the Text & Media Section, include Thinkific's text editor, which can be used to add text formatting to the copy on your Thinkific site pages.

The below Site Builder Sections have a slightly different text editor.

• The Instructor Site Builder Section
• The Bonus Material Site Pages Section
• The Frequently Asked Questions Site Builder Section
• The Checklist Site Builder Section

For these sections, basic HTML tags can be used to add some text formatting.

Text in the Bonus Material Site Builder Section can be edited directly in Site Builder. Check out our article, How to Manage Instructor Profiles, for information about where to edit text displayed in the Instructor Site Builder Section.

Add a Paragraph

To add a paragraph to these sections using HTML tags:

1. Add <p> before your paragraph
2. Add </p> after your paragraph
3. Click to Save

Click to see an example in the Instructor Site Builder Section.

Add a Line Break

To add a line break to these sections using HTML tags:

1. Add <br> where you want a line break
2. Click to Save

Add a Link

You can add hyperlinks to these sections by adding <a href="URL">link text</a>, where the URL in quotation marks is the URL of the website you want to arrive at when clicking the link, and "link text" is the clickable text that will show.

For example, the below code would show a clickable link that says "common questions" and links out to https://www.google.ca/.

The result would look something like this:

Important: Please make sure to include the full URL (with the https://) otherwise the hyperlink will not work and will lead to a page with a 404 error.

This page is a great resource for working with hyperlinks (as well as a great source for other HTML info): HTML Links Hyperlinks

Add a List

To add a list of items to these sections using HTML tags:

1. Add <ul> before the start of your list
2. Add <li> before you list item
3. Add </li> after you list item
4. Optional: Repeat steps 2 and 3 for additional list items
5. Add </ul> at the end of your list
6. Click to Save

Learn More About

Site Builder Sections

How does the Text Editor work?