Clean text before using it on a website
Prepare text for a website by removing inherited styles, unwanted characters and artificial line breaks before rebuilding structure in the CMS.
Content copied from a word processor, PDF or another site can bring formatting that conflicts with a CMS. Cleaning it first gives the target system a more predictable base.
Preserve useful editorial structure while removing source-specific styling.
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Remove styles the CMS should not inherit
Fonts, colours and local formatting can conflict with site-wide styles. Keep the structure you will recreate as headings, lists or quotations. Check names, numbers and technical strings separately. If the content contains names, numbers or technical strings, check those separately before keeping the resulting version.
Check imported characters
Quotes, apostrophes, spaces and dashes may vary by source. Normalise them to the content language without changing URLs or code blindly. Check names, numbers and technical strings separately. If the content contains names, numbers or technical strings, check those separately before keeping the resulting version.
Fix artificial line wrapping
PDF text can contain a hard break at every visual line. Merge only breaks that clearly belong to the same logical paragraph. Check names, numbers and technical strings separately. If the content contains names, numbers or technical strings, check those separately before keeping the resulting version.
Rebuild structure with CMS components
Use the site’s own heading, list and quotation components so the content follows the same system as the rest of the page. Check names, numbers and technical strings separately. If the content contains names, numbers or technical strings, check those separately before keeping the resulting version.
Check the published rendering
Preview multiple screen widths and test links, line breaks and special characters after publication. Check names, numbers and technical strings separately. Review the affected passage in its real context so the change still fits the rest of the text rather than looking correct in isolation.
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