diff --git a/docs/configuring-playbook-etherpad.md b/docs/configuring-playbook-etherpad.md index c33beb353..10cd58e0d 100644 --- a/docs/configuring-playbook-etherpad.md +++ b/docs/configuring-playbook-etherpad.md @@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ If you wish to disable the Etherpad chat button, you can do it by appending `?sh If your Etherpad widget fails to load, this might be due to Dimension generating a Pad name so long, the Etherpad app rejects it. `$roomId_$padName` can end up being longer than 50 characters. You can avoid having this problem by altering the template so it only contains the three word random identifier `$padName`. -## How to use etherpad +## How to use Etherpad widgets without an Integration Manager (like Dimension) -This is how it works in element. It might work similar in other clients: To integrate a standalone etherpad in a room, create your pad, copy the url and send to the room `/addwidget `. You will then find your integrated etherpad within the right sidebar in the `Widgets` section. +This is how it works in element, it might work quite similar with other clients: +To integrate a standalone etherpad in a room, create your pad by visiting `https://etherpad.DOMAIN` with your favorite browser and let the magic do the work. When the pad opens, copy the url and send it to the room: `/addwidget `. +You will then find your integrated etherpad within the right sidebar in the `Widgets` section.