Hi all
I've written a content management system that I'm now selling to my
customers. It's very nice when we have a blank canvas of a site, but a pain
in the arse when there is already a site in place.
What I'm in the process of *trying* to put together is a script that would
do the following:
A simple form where you put the address of the site with the static pages
The script then spiders through the site, takes everything between <body>
and </body> and chucks the rest away
It would then take out all class definitions and all embedded styles like
font tags etc but leaves tables, <p> <H?> etc
This would leave a very plain page of HTML that would be inserted into a
database. CSS would control the fonts etc. I'm aware that there would need
to be some tidying up if there was any javascript or anything and also some
basic formatting.
What I want to know is
1. Has it been done and, if so, where might I find something like this
2. Might it have any commercial value to other developers?
Regarding 2, I'm thinking how much time something like this might save me if
I have to convert anything more than a few pages of static HTML into
something that I can put in a database.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Andy
I've written a content management system that I'm now selling to my
customers. It's very nice when we have a blank canvas of a site, but a pain
in the arse when there is already a site in place.
What I'm in the process of *trying* to put together is a script that would
do the following:
A simple form where you put the address of the site with the static pages
The script then spiders through the site, takes everything between <body>
and </body> and chucks the rest away
It would then take out all class definitions and all embedded styles like
font tags etc but leaves tables, <p> <H?> etc
This would leave a very plain page of HTML that would be inserted into a
database. CSS would control the fonts etc. I'm aware that there would need
to be some tidying up if there was any javascript or anything and also some
basic formatting.
What I want to know is
1. Has it been done and, if so, where might I find something like this
2. Might it have any commercial value to other developers?
Regarding 2, I'm thinking how much time something like this might save me if
I have to convert anything more than a few pages of static HTML into
something that I can put in a database.
Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Andy
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