Easy Contents Update System for Antenna

Hi aragornsa

looks promising so far, just a few things

1. will it have the ability to move data to different locations on the page.
2. Why do you need MYSQL and php for this. There is many browser based editors that do the exact same thing with Antenna and all you need is your browser and nothing else.

Graham

Another really good free editor I give to clients is called NVU found here

www.nvudev.com/index.php

you just install and set the ftp details for the site and then you can edit it live. I have packed this with a few websites I have designed for clients.

the good thing with this is it is free and you can move content around on your page to where ever you wish..

So the bottom line is when you have you client wanting to update you you just either email them the nvu package or you can install it for them.
What I usually do is either install it onsite or I remotely install it.

I would still be interested in seeing what you develop as well. keep up the good work. Things like this just add to the great product Antenna already is.

Graham

aragornsa, I understand exactly what you are creating here, and I think it is outstanding. This is basically what I was looking for as an enhancement to my storefront script: the ability to display dynamic content in a static HTML website.

When you get this developed properly it would allow users to implement a stock inventory which would link to Mal's shopping cart.

NVU or any other editor is NOT able to do this, this is not about editing HTML content, it's about adding dynamic content to a static website.

Also, changes made to the website using NVU are NOT updated in Antenna's .ata file. SO it really is not that great. By creating the website in Antenna, but updating dynamic content via a server based script you are extending the functionality of Antenna.

Pity this is in PHP, because my server is windows (.ASP), but I have learned that with ASP this is possible using DIVs and ajaxpage('url', 'targetDiv');

I look forward to seeing how this will develop!

New System Under Development!

I have used the system on the main page of www.kalahariinfo.com and ran into some problems. The background in IE6 was pulled in and I had to fix this by changing the color manually.
(Iframe problem with IE6)
The flash animations gave a problems with transparency not working.

The new system will include the following:

Blog:
One standard size iframe with background color selector. Everything will run inside the iframe making it very easy to insert and manage. Updating the blog will be from the admin page.
You will be able to change font size, color and even add photos for new entries!

Page Layout:
You will have the ability to decide what can be on each page and give it a name.
On the admin page, you will be able to create pages and select contents.
The site owner will not have access to this and will only be able to change the contents.

The photos, flash and videos will be uploaded to directories on your server.
(What I mean is, if you replace a photo on your server, your website will automatically use the new one)
This way there is no need for a Iframe.
Oh and the best part, the photos will be resized to the required size automatically!
Flash and Video, you all know is not that easy! But at least you can replace any picture anywhere and will still be able to use things like popbox!
See www.kalahariinfo.com/kathugolf.htm for an example

I am also working on a easy code display system that will generate the code you have to put in an iframe (blog and text). Copy and paste!

Last but not least a easy setup file that will help you set it up. You will copy the contents to your server. Run the setup file in your browser, type in the database login details and walla, good to go!

Once I'm done, I will charge a very small fee for this. Just to cover my development fees and later to add additional fixes and maybe even a directory like the one on kalahariinfo!

The final contents management system is almost done.
You can log into it at:

www.ezwebs.co.za/admin/index.php

The username and password is:

admin@ezwebs.co.za
demo

I will post full instructions how to use later but you will see it does output page and file references under the admin page, and you can link to them using:

www.ezwebs.co.za/ and the code displayed inside the admin page.

Antenna Iframes does not support transparency but I found the Visual HTML can bypass this by using something like this.

Open Antenna and create 2 visual html boxes, copy the code below into them and preview:

Blog Iframe:

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<iframe src="http://www.ezwebs.co.za/blog.php" frameborder="0"
marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" style="top:0; left:0; padding:0; width:100%; height:100%;"
name="iframe5" ALLOWTRANSPARENCY=TRUE scrolling="auto"><a href="http://www.ezwebs.co.za/blog.php">http://www.ezwebs.co.za/blog.php</a>
</iframe></div>
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Image code for Visual HTML
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<img id="1"
alt=""
src="http://www.ezwebs.co.za/images/1_1.jpg"
pbshowcaption="true"
style="width: 100px; height: 80px;"
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am still working on the Blog but the rest is done. It will sell for about $20

I thought I will give the old system for free to everybody!
I am still working on my site and will post the links here when I'm done, so keep checking this post!
The old system does not have the blog and is not user friendly but you can achieve more or less the same.

Ok Graham I see your concerns! The system was developed to allow the customer to make minor changes and not give them the ability to do major surgery to a site. I made it as easy as can so no Iframes or photos can be moved. They can change the contents of existing Iframes, Photos or Flash.

The original idea was to allow a web owner to update things like news, events, adverts and you know small changes. They also do not log in with the username and password I gave you. They will not see the admin page to create pages and contents.

Because the changes my system allow is so minor, if something go wrong they can easy replace it and upload the photos and flash files again in no time. If the data is sensitive you can backup the database through PHPAdmin and save the Images directory that contain all the images and flash files.

Word contains hidden instructions that get carried over to so rather type or paste text from Notepad!

To see how I use it go to www.kalahariinfo.com and look at the first page for example. The owner can update the news and businesses of the week and even upload new adverts in flash or photo!

I will release the early system soon so you can play around with it!

Pieter

Hi aragornsa,

no concerns just observations thats all. It's looking great.

What about sites you don't wan't iframes on can it be changed the textarea tags instead like most of the other online editors use so it doesn't mess up the site with indexing as we all know the iframe issues and indexing and searching.

With the word import that is built into the fck editor I'm sure that people with use it just because it is there as it is a button on the toolbar.

It would be nice to have the ability to move the objects around just to make the site look a litte different when updated instead of the images and text only changed. (maybe a later version)

Other that those few things it's looking really good

Graham