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Tailslide -> WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 11:36:26)
More and more clients are wanting to update their sites themselves - especially in my target area - small businesses. The problem with this is how do you allow them access to their sites without them messing up your lovely accessible, valid XHTML strict code. Assuming that you are aiming to build a customer-updateable site and using a database to build it on - you'll need some sort of form for the customer to enter/edit their pages. This turns out to be a problem because if you're going to allow the customer any sort of formatting then you're going to need to add a wysiwyg editor to the update page. The problem is that these wysiwyg editors produce code similar to a HTML book stuck through a shredder and then emptied into a strong wind - anything could happen! I've come across a javascript based WYSIWYG editor which can be added to any text area on your clients' sites which actually seems to produce reasonable code. It does add the odd & n b s p ; in if you're not careful - but given the rubbish alternatives, I can live with that! It just needs a call to the .js file in the HTML page and that's it - any textarea on the page is turned into a wysiwyg editor. http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/index.php The client will need to have Javascript enabled in their browser to use it.

traveler98 -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 11:58:02)
Interesting question- I also have more and more customers wanting to update themselves, but am not using a database to build on. I will be interested in seeing what people come up with as I am frankly stumped. On the other hand just picked up a check to fix a site I did 2 years ago that the customer has been updating. They went out and purchased FrontPage and were doing okay for a while....and then you know

Tailslide -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 12:09:10)
[:D] Yeah that's the good thing about them messing up their sites! I've only just started with the whole db thing - and it's not as much of a nightmare as you'd think - php/mySQL anyway. The other thing I'm looking into now is hacking away at a Wordpress template to see if that's a useful way of getting around the problem - it's certainly valid and semantic code (at least it was before I started hacking it!) and it's easy enough for the user to update the site with it.

jaybee -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 12:55:01)
There are some others around. HTMLArea is one and I've used Snippet Master Lite for one site. Works well. quote: I also have more and more customers wanting to update themselves Don't bank on it. When push comes to shove they back away fast and the site just sits there.

jaybee -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 12:59:17)
Having said that, just taken another look at tinymce which has improved buckets over what it was. Might use that next time.

traveler98 -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 13:53:42)
Hey Jaybee- Was hoping you would see this thread..remember a similar thread a few weeks ago maybe, but couldn't find it. Do you know if any of these will work for our cousins....the Mac users? You may remember the thread last week about the person who thought I was to expensive? Now he wants me to do site and he will update content. He is a Mac person...so that might make it a little more difficult.

Tailslide -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 13:56:47)
The TinyMCE one works with Safari...

traveler98 -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 14:03:27)
quote: ORIGINAL: Tailslide The TinyMCE one works with Safari... was just looking at their site and see the dreaded catch all after Safari ...(experimental) what do you think that means? "mostly works, but we don't want to swear to it?" Scott

jaybee -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 16:47:56)
The two I posted only work reliably (mind you, I've not checked recently) in IE. I think they're both based on a bit of Microsoft code. Give Tinymce a go. At least it's experimental rather than, not working. Other than that you've got to go for a full Content Management system.

jaybee -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 16:49:12)
quote: thought I was to expensive? [:D][:D][:D] I knew he'd be back.

traveler98 -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 16:51:27)
Didn't take long did it....[:)]

dpf -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/7/2005 17:07:15)
quote: thread last week about the person who thought I was to expensive ..i remember it well! not chasing him worked for you - glad to hear it

Mango Himself -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/8/2005 0:08:59)
quote: ORIGINAL: traveler98 On the other hand just picked up a check to fix a site I did 2 years ago that the customer has been updating. They went out and purchased FrontPage and were doing okay for a while....and then you know I have the same experience with some of my customers. They mess up and then I fix their contribution to an otherwise acceptable site. With some clients, I have suggested they use Contribute from Macromedia. Some are willing to fork out the extra cash in order to be able to change some text or pics. I, however, make it clear to them that if they mess up, I will charge them to correct it.

Tailslide -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/8/2005 2:52:35)
I'm not sure if Contribute would still mess up my nice valid, handcoded, accesible site - plus most of my clients wouldn't be able to afford it...

traveler98 -> RE: WYSIWYG Editor for updating sites (12/8/2005 10:04:42)
quote: ORIGINAL: Tailslide I'm not sure if Contribute would still mess up my nice valid, handcoded, accesible site - plus most of my clients wouldn't be able to afford it... Think I am going to download the free trial and check it out. Single license version is only $149 so that's not so bad. The 6 license version is quite expensive. Looks like it should work for me with my Mac client and says it will work with Frontpage.

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