[thelist] Custom CMS
.jeff
jeff at members.evolt.org
Wed Mar 27 23:16:03 CST 2002
ken,
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> From: Ken Kogler
>
> > the only disadvantage (well, the *main* one) is that
> > you don't have control over what they slap into their
> > content files. furthermore, if they're using a WYSIWYG
> > editor, you're gonna have to regexp out just the
> > stuff between <body></body>
>
> Yeah, that would work, but if the fac/staff is using
> client side editors (probably FP) then they're not
> going to want to have to run their html files through
> my regex script. They'd be working on files directly
> in live webspace.
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not necessarily. try this on for size.
you could have a system that would comb the directories and files that were accessible to those with the client-side editors. if it found discrepancies (missing folders and/or files, new folders and/or files, etc.) it would create matching ones in the live structure. then, it would scrape the content from the files from between <body></body> tags or some other established demarcation and move the content in to the files on the live system. this could be done on a scheduled basis. or, ultimately, you might be able to find a way to cause this action to happen when a change was made.
this wouldn't be ideal from your perspective, but it would meet their demands without sacrificing the look/feel of the site.
the ideal solution, of course, would be to either use some form of embedded html editor like ie's richtext edit control or simply have a textarea with the content and they learn to use some basic html tags.
good luck,
.jeff
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