Scalar 2 User's Guide

Adding Media and Annotations [DRAFT]

This section describes functionality in Scalar's page editor, which is accessed by clicking the Media icon icon (if creating new content) or the Media icon icon (if editing existing content) in your Scalar header bar.

Adding media to your page is done through links in the page editor.

Adding Media Links

--by selecting a relevant bit of text and then linking it to the media you want to reference. When Scalar shows the page, it finds all of these links and turns them into media players. Because the media is referenced indirectly through links instead of directly through the kind of embed code you would use to add a YouTube video to a blog, Scalar is free to change the layout of the text and media on the fly, making your content much more flexible.

You can add media links to your content by selecting the text you want to link and then using the first blue media button Media icon seen at the top of the text editor in its Visual mode. This will insert a link to a media file that's already been imported into Scalar. This kind of link allows maximum flexibility in the layout of your text and media--Scalar can rearrange them as needed depending on the current view.

Adding Inline Media

If, however, you want to embed your media in the page at a specific location in the more traditional style, you can use the second blue media button Inline media icon. This will iInsert an inline reference to a Scalar media file that will be embedded in the page at the selected location.

Formatting Media

Once you've selected the media you'd like to insert, whether as a media link or as inline media, you'll be promted to choose your formatting options. Using the media reference options select the following display preferences:
  1. Size. Choices include “Small” (206px wide), “Medium” (412px wide), “Large” (620px wide), “Full” (maximum wide of the page), and “Native” (the original size of the media up to the maximum width of the page).
  2. Alignment. Choices include "Left" (aligned left), "Center" (aligned center), and "Right" (aligned right).
  3. Caption. Choices include "Description" (the description for the media object will be displayed), "Title" (the title of the media object will be displayed), "Title and description" (the title and description for the media object will be displayed), and "None" (neither title nor description will be displayed).

Adding Annotated Media

If the media you've selected has been annotated, the media reference options described above will be expanded to include options for displaying those annotations. First, select which annotations you'd like to display; second select which of those annotations you'd like to be featured.

Reformatting Media




 

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