Types of spelling errors that are flagged
There are three types of spelling errors flagged by DubBot:
- Legitimate misspellings.
- Legitimate words that are flagged as misspelled because they aren’t in the DubBot dictionary.
- Words that are spelled correctly on the page, but are flagged as misspelled because an HTML <span> tag was added accidentally after pasting from an external source.
Get started
Step 1: Log in to DubBot
Access DubBot through myBoiseState.
Tip: Log in to WordPress too
To simplify the update process later on, we recommend you also log in to WordPress in another browser tab.
Step 2: Find your website dashboard
When you log in to DubBot, you’ll see a list of Boise State dashboards. Use the “Select a Site or Page Set” dropdown, to filter to your site name. Click on the link for your site to view your dashboard.
Step 3: Find misspellings
Major issue categories appear at the top of your dashboard display. Look for the “Spell Check” category and click on the issues link to view a list of any misspelled words that are flagged on your website.
Select a misspelled word
You can start at the top of the list or decide to fix a specific word on that list. When you are ready, right click on the number of pages for that word, and click on “Open link in a new tab”.
The new tab content will display all pages where that specific word is flagged. Click on the page URL to view and resolve the spelling error on that page.
How to review and resolve errors on a page
Step 1
On the details page, click on the Spelling icon on the left sidebar and a panel will slide to the right to display issues.
Step 2
Click on the down caret to expand additional information on the misspelling. If more than one misspelling is present, close the caret to view another.
Step 3
In the screenshot example below, the word “competative” is identified as a misspelling, and suggestions are offered.
You can use one of the suggested spellings or look up information elsewhere about the proper spelling. Note that when you clicked on the issue link to see more details, the location of the issue on the page was also highlighted.
Step 4 – fix the misspelling in WordPress
To fix the misspelling, click on the URL at the top of the detail page to open the published page in a new browser tab in the same browser session.
If you are already logged in to WordPress, the WordPress toolbar will display at the top of the page. Clicking on “edit page” or “edit post” will open the block editor so that you can fix the misspelling.
Tips
Proper names flagged as misspellings
If you see people, organizations, or scientific names flagged as misspellings, you have the option to gather a list of those words and email the Help Desk to request that the WordPress Support Team add them to the DubBot dictionary so they are no longer flagged.
A quick way to pull together a list of proper names is to download the Spelling Issues Summary Report from the Reports panel located on your site dashboard. This will download a spreadsheet that you can edit. Keep column A (words flagged as misspelled) and delete the other columns. Then edit column A to only include proper names you want added to the dictionary.
Misspellings caused by <span> tags
Many misspellings flagged in DubBot are the result of <span> tags. For example, let’s say you have the following text on a page:
We’re excited to announce our upcoming workshops. Complete the registration form to attend our sessions.
It may look fine on the page, but the HTML may reveal an inserted <span> tag, caused by improper pasting from an external source:
<p>We’re excited to announce our upco<span>ming workshops.<span>Complete the registration form to attend our sessions.<p>
DubBot may interpret “upco” and “ming” as separate words — and flag them as misspelled — because of the <span> tag.
You can fix this by editing the HTML for the block and removing that <span> tag.
Avoid introducing unwanted <span> tags in the future by using Edit > Paste and Match Style in your web browser when you are pasting copied content into WordPress.
Questions
DubBot is new, and new applications take time to learn. We’re here to help. Contact the WordPress Support Team through the Help Desk at (208) 426-4357 or email helpdesk@boisestate.edu.