You’ll notice that there’s a big difference between the editing screens and the public views of Candela books.  You’ll want to frequently bounce from one to the other, to see how changes you make in the edit side appear publicly.

PLEASE NOTE: the visual appearance of content in the text editor page can be quite different from the public display of the same page.  Fonts, spacing, and tables, in particular, can be deceiving on the edit page.

Accessing Edit Screens

From your dashboard:

Click on the title of the page you’d like to edit.  When you hover your mouse over the title, the font turns from red to black.

Clicking the page title takes you to the Edit screen for that content page.

Click to enlarge for a view of the entire Edit page

Obviously, you have lots of options and tools on this Edit screen…more on all the individual parts to come.  For now, note the right side of the screen, which is where you’ll save all the changes you make on this page.

In the “Publish” box, you’ll need to hit the red “Update” button to save any changes you make.  Additionally, you can use the “Preview Changes” button to see what the public version looks like.  It’s good practice to check this “Preview Changes” view frequently, both before you save and after.  The “Preview Changes” button will open a new window in your web browser, so you can see both edit and public screens of the page at the same time.

Accessing Public Screens

After you’ve made edits and updated, the top of the page will update with a notification screen.  You can use this notification as a way to return to the public view, as well.  (See image below.)

The “View Page” option is always available in the red tool bar at the top of the edit screen.  The one in the white bar appears only after you’ve updated the page.  Each takes you to the same public view of the page.

One More Way to Access Edit Screens

Once you’ve logged into your Candela book, your view of the public screens will change.  You’ll notice two additions on every content page while reading the book.

The “Edit” tab on the left will send you back to the individual Edit screen for this particular content page.  The “Admin” gear button on the right tab will take you to the Dashboard of the entire book.