Frequently Asked Questions about ToL-MacClade

This page contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions about using ToL-MacClade to build Tree of Life pages:

• How do I link pages together?
• Why aren't my links working?
  
• Why aren't my paragraphs showing up in the text I have typed?
• Why are some menu items blue?
• Why doesn't the tree in my NEXUS file show up on my ToL page?

How do I link pages together?

- down links from Settings window (ToL Menu), up links in Taxon List window (Taxa Menu)

Why aren't my links working?

- make sure all your folder names and names of ToL files are lower case
- links to files on the server will only work once the page have moved to the server

Why aren't my paragraphs showing up in the text I have typed?

- need to use <P> to indicate a new paragraph

Why are some menu items blue?

- these are the most important items for you to be focusing on as you build your page; other items are less important.

Why doesn't the tree in my NEXUS file show up on my ToL page?

- you may have checked the "write as an indented list (as opposed to a tree)" box under the Tree/List Formatting heading in the Settings window, or you may have asked MacClade to Save Tree of Life Page while the Data Editor window was active. MacClade will write a tree on your ToL page only if you save the page from within the Tree window.