Thimble Frequently Asked Questions

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Who can see the pages that I've published?

Anyone with the link! The pages you publish are are public. That said, they have controls in place that will not allow search engines to index them - that means your page will not show up in Web search results. We also don't create a big list of all the pages that people have made, so if you've published a page and you're not entirely happy with it or you don't want to share it, simply don't give people the link. And if you're really unhappy after publishing, you can contact us to remove the page you made. See the "how do I unpublish or delete my published page?" question, below.

How do I unpublish or delete my published page?

Write an email to thimbleundo@mozilla.org with the URL of the page you'd like deleted and we'll remove your page as soon as we can.

Where are my Thimble webpages hosted?

By default when you publish your webpage, it is hosted by Mozilla. If you want it hosted someplace else, you can still use Thimble to design and build your webpage. Just cut and paste the HTML when you're done. Voila!

How do I upload images/videos?

Thimble doesn't support uploading images or video, but it does allow you to link to hosted images and video on popular services like Flickr, Vimeo or Youtube. Trying using the <img> tag in the editor for images. For videos, you cannot currently use the <video> tag because of security reasons, but you can pull in video using the <iframe> tag.

Why does my Javascript break when I share a page?

For security reasons, Thimble removes any Javascript from the published page. You can include Javascript while you type the page, but as soon as you publish it, the Javascript will be stripped away. We're working on enabling Javascript in a future version of Thimble. Join our mailing list for more information.

Help! I didn't save my page's URL. How do I get it back?

If you open the Thimble editor page in your browser within a few minutes of accidentally closing it, Thimble will automatically recover your work for you! However, if you wait longer than that, Thimble won't be able recover and you will have to start from scratch or redo a project.

Is there a version of Thimble in my language?

Not yet, but we're working on it! Join our mailing list if you're interested in contributing translations of Thimble in your language.

I'm a developer who has my own HTML editor. How can I incorporate your awesome "spell check" hints into my own editor?

Yay! We built it so that its easy for you to use in your own tools. Let's make it easier for people to use HTML and CSS, no matter where they are on the web! Our "spell check for HTML" is an open source Javascript library project called "slowparse", that is being developed in tandem with Thimble. If you want to give slowparse a try, head on over to github and either fork or download it. If you're having problems, let us know via our mailing list, tweet us @MozThimble, or find us on irc at irc.mozilla.org #webpagemaker, and we'd be glad to help.

And if you add something you think the rest of the world can use too, we're taking pull requests!