WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

[Preston Crawford]

I'm working on a site where one of the requirements is the ability to do a
newsletter. This newsletter would either be composed with or pasted into
some kind of WYSIWYG web-based editor OR they'd upload a word doc and I'd
process it. I've done similar things with ASP in the past, but not with
PHP. Could anyone tell me which of the above ways is going to be more
perilous before I embark? I get a feeling the word doc one will be, but
that's the one I prefer, in some ways. Because then they can do one
newsletter (they do a paper version anyway) in word and that would be
their source. From a user perspective, anything else is going to be a
hassle.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Preston

[Preston Crawford]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

Barring this, is there a way to allow a user (aside from giving them an
ftp client) to upload a directory via PHP? This strikes me as another
possible way to give them this functionality. If they could do a
Word->SaveAsHTML then upload the directory.

Not dummy-proof, but user-friendlier than giving them a CMS, perhaps.

Preston

[Stephen Gordon]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?


"Preston Crawford" <me@REMOVESPAMB LOCKprestoncraw ford.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.0 3.25.07.21.37.6 66311@REMOVESPA MBLOCKprestoncr awford.com...[color=blue]
> Barring this, is there a way to allow a user (aside from giving them an
> ftp client) to upload a directory via PHP? This strikes me as another
> possible way to give them this functionality. If they could do a
> Word->SaveAsHTML then upload the directory.
>
> Not dummy-proof, but user-friendlier than giving them a CMS, perhaps.
>
> Preston[/color]

Anything that involves 'word' and the phrase 'save as html' in the same
sentence should more than likely be avoided like the plague...I would be
looking at a CMS, I cannot possibly see how doing the newsletter in word,
manually saving to a non-default format and then uploading it could be more
user friendly than doing the whole thing in one wack on a half decent online
CMS?

[Preston Crawford]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:52:25 +1000, Stephen Gordon wrote:
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> Anything that involves 'word' and the phrase 'save as html' in the same
> sentence should more than likely be avoided like the plague...I would be
> looking at a CMS, I cannot possibly see how doing the newsletter in word,
> manually saving to a non-default format and then uploading it could be more
> user friendly than doing the whole thing in one wack on a half decent online
> CMS?[/color]

The problem is this project isn't for a small company. It's for a small
church. Their budget is so minimal that I'm basically doing this site as a
favor to my friend who is the head of the church. So...

#1 - Word isn't ideal, I agree, but for a small group of people that
likely all use Windows as their clients, the Word-generated HTML would
suffice.

#2 - They can't afford a CMS.

Preston

[rw]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

Better use xml. I prefer openOffice - docs are in xml, use php xslt to
preserve some formating infomation like paragraphs, links and layout in
page wiev. MS word 2003 have xml native format to.
rw
Preston Crawford wrote:
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> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 18:52:25 +1000, Stephen Gordon wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Anything that involves 'word' and the phrase 'save as html' in the same
>>sentence should more than likely be avoided like the plague...I would be
>>looking at a CMS, I cannot possibly see how doing the newsletter in word,
>>manually saving to a non-default format and then uploading it could be more
>>user friendly than doing the whole thing in one wack on a half decent online
>>CMS?[/color]
>
>
> The problem is this project isn't for a small company. It's for a small
> church. Their budget is so minimal that I'm basically doing this site as a
> favor to my friend who is the head of the church. So...
>
> #1 - Word isn't ideal, I agree, but for a small group of people that
> likely all use Windows as their clients, the Word-generated HTML would
> suffice.
>
> #2 - They can't afford a CMS.
>
> Preston[/color]

[Tim Van Wassenhove]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

On 2004-03-25, Preston Crawford <me@REMOVESPAMB LOCKprestoncraw ford.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> The problem is this project isn't for a small company. It's for a small
> church. Their budget is so minimal that I'm basically doing this site as a
> favor to my friend who is the head of the church. So...[/color]
[color=blue]
> #2 - They can't afford a CMS.[/color]

LOL. But they can afford MS-Office?

--

http://home.mysth.be/~timvw

[Chung Leong]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

Well, with IE a HTML editor is relatively easy to build. The contentEditable
attribute tell IE to make an element editable. Try the following:

<div id="edit" style="width:60 0;height:550;bo rder:3px solid
#CCCCCC;border-style:inset;ove rflow:auto;"
contentEditable ="true">&nbs p;</div>

Notice you how can make text bold by hitting ctrl-B, italic with ctrl-I. Add
a little toolbar that does the formatting and you're done--or steal the code
at Hotmail.

Uzytkownik "Preston Crawford" <me@REMOVESPAMB LOCKprestoncraw ford.com>
napisal w wiadomosci
news:pan.2004.0 3.25.06.52.16.6 5252@REMOVESPAM BLOCKprestoncra wford.com...[color=blue]
> I'm working on a site where one of the requirements is the ability to do a
> newsletter. This newsletter would either be composed with or pasted into
> some kind of WYSIWYG web-based editor OR they'd upload a word doc and I'd
> process it. I've done similar things with ASP in the past, but not with
> PHP. Could anyone tell me which of the above ways is going to be more
> perilous before I embark? I get a feeling the word doc one will be, but
> that's the one I prefer, in some ways. Because then they can do one
> newsletter (they do a paper version anyway) in word and that would be
> their source. From a user perspective, anything else is going to be a
> hassle.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Preston[/color]

[Martoni]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

They can't afford a CMS?
How can they not afford Postnuke or PHPNuke or something like that?
Given of course that they have the technological backbone in place.

/M.
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[Jane Doe]

Re: WYSIWYG *web-based* editor - uploading word docs?

On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 06:36:23 -0800, Preston Crawford
<me@REMOVESPAMB LOCKprestoncraw ford.com> wrote:[color=blue]
>#2 - They can't afford a CMS.[/color]

http://www.pivotlog.net/

No database required. Just unzip the package on a web server that has
support for PHP, chmod files correctly, and type away :-)

JD.