The Common Tasks page is a collection of "How To's" covering some of the common tasks in creating a standard web page using the ECEn XML Web Templates. We've included how to create links, lists, pictures, menus, tables and more. If you can't find how to create something that you need for your web page in these common tasks, just email the ECEn Web Team and we'll help you get what you need done and we might even add your common task to this page.

These instructions assume that you already have a ECEn XML web page to edit and know at least a bit about XML. Most content, such as text, links, lists, pictures etc., belong in the <content> portion of your page, so make sure that you have a page with a <content> portion. If you need a quick tutorial or just a simple starter web page download, check out the Howdy, World Tutorial where you can get brief overview on what files you need to set up a basic ECEn XML web page.

Learn how to create links on your ECEn XML web pages.

Learn how to create styled text, bold, italic, underlined and more, on your ECEn XML web pages.

Learn how to create lists, bulleted and numbered, on your ECEn XML web pages.

Learn how to create pictures, with borders, captions, etc., on your ECEn XML web pages.

Learn how to create menus to go in any place on your ECEn XML web pages.

Learn how to create a news box to post news items on your ECEn web page.

Learn how to create tables to organize content on your ECEn web page.

Learn how to create expanding and collapsing sections to automatically show and hide the contents of various sections of your ECEn web page.

Learn how to use include effectively in your ECEn web pages.