Re: [Hypercontent-users] HC 2 editor integration

[Alex V. <av...@co...>]

Hi Robert,
	The XSL that generates the XML/WYSIWYG editor is largely unchanged 
since v1.4, though since releasing b4 I've removed the lock icon at the 
insistence of our users.  This XSL file is located in the bootstrap 
repository at

/screens/modal-xml.xsl

It may be as simple as removing lines 63-113 (javascript setup for the 
old editor), adding configuration and references to the javascript 
files for the new editor (which I suggest you keep in the bootstrap 
repository as well), and then changing the onloads generated at line 
325 to use the new editor to overwrite text areas.  You may want to 
update the file from CVS before you begin, if you are also eager to get 
rid of the lock icon.  I think Pete has his FCK integration notes 
posted somewhere.

	We are also looking to replace the WYSIWYG editor as part of a 
complete redesign of the XML editor GUI.  We haven't completely scoped 
out the work yet, but it's pretty much the first priority for 
development this fall, and should be in a 2.1 release.  It will 
probably offer a left-hand node tree navigator, so you'll only be 
presented with a form for the element you're currently editing, and 
will offer support for browsing to make links, insert images, and to 
insert inline XML includes.  This will be a new feature where fragments 
of XML that recur in ad-hoc locations throughout the site can be stored 
in a single file, and inserted into user-specified locations in other 
documents, and the system will be able to track the dependencies.  We 
find we need this for common disclaimers, instructions, etc. We may 
also look for a way to incorporate a per-project "link table" XML 
document that will allow links to stay up-to-date when files are moved 
(I know you have mentioned this need before).

	A b5 release should be out this week or next, followed by a final 
release in the very short term.  The reason for a fifth beta is to 
allow a bit of testing time for some configuration and stability 
improvements I've made to support photo gallery type applications; you 
can now generate web pages from images, and output several 
automatically resized and watermarked versions of the image.  I've been 
testing with a sample site with 300 * 4 megapixel images, output to 3 
sizes (for 1024*768, 800*600 and thumbnail) with an embedded copyright 
watermark, all in a recursive gallery structure.  It takes about 12 
minutes to build the site on my computer, about 2000 files all told 
when you add up all the versions of the images and web pages.  The main 
changes to the framework were to make it possible to recover gracefully 
from out of memory exceptions which invariably arise when you're 
performing lots of image manipulations in java.

Cheers,
	Alex

On Sep 7, 2005, at 12:32 PM, Robert Sherratt wrote:

> Hi
>
> I've just downloaded beta 4 of HC and its looking really good. 
> However, as the subject line indicates, we are coming under increasing 
> pressure from our users to move to a different editor. To provide a 
> seamless transition to 2 from 1.4 I would like, as part of the 
> upgrade, to also include a new editor in our released version of 2.
>
> I know Pete Boysen and Juris have looked at integrating FCK (probably 
> our first choice) with 1.4. Is that experience directly applicable or 
> are there a new set of steps for 2?  Any input on this would be 
> appreciated, ideally I need to have an answer asap (isn't that always 
> the way ;-)).
>
> Thanks
> Robert
>
> Robert Sherratt
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