Re: Cool Proggie

here is a little more documentation on it: http://www.php.net/manual/ref.wddx.php Steve Nelson http://www.SecretAgents.com Tools for Fusebox Developers Jason Cox wrote: > > That sounds pretty cool. I've always wondered what WDDX did. Anyone know > of any more docs or tutorials on using it? I haven't ever really looked. > > Jason > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Nelson [mailto:m@secretagents.com] > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:12 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Cool Proggie > > btw, have you ever played with WDDX? With WDDX you can store your > content in the database in a WDDX packet stored in a simple Text field. > It allows you to move blocks of display code around on your site. > Dynamic stuff and all. For example, you could have one block of code > that contains some basic HTML, and then another block of code that > stores a Product_id, and another with a user_id and a recordset of > orders, or whatever you want. All without having to change the > structure of your database. > > It essentially can turn a relational database and make it act as an > Object database. Very slick stuff. > > Steve Nelson > http://www.SecretAgents.com > Tools for Fusebox Developers > > Michael Geier wrote: > > > > depending on your environment(s): > > > > company I used to work for would allow clients to upload images > for front > > page headlines; however since space was a premium, they would pass it > > through Adobe ImageReady running on the server (NT) and resize it to > fit > > the space allowed (only program I know that would allow passing > information > > via command line; not sure if it still does) > > > > if you use a db to manage content on the website (can be done with > flat > > text files too), just create a form that allows them to alter some text. > > then when page is loading, retrieve information from db/file > > > > two cents: never give a WYSIWYG editor to a client without > expecting to > > clean up their mess. when something moves a pixel offcenter or > starts > > creating 30 embedded tables (and they wonder why there is a > performance > > decrease), you will be the one cleaning up the mess. Uploading files is > > easy with PHP (actually is basic html form creation) and modifying db > based > > content is by far the easiest method. > > > > Michael Geier > > Unix Systems Admin/PHP Programmer > > CDMSPORTS.COM > > mgeier at cdmsports.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Nelson [mailto:m@secretagents.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:36 PM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Cool Proggie > > > > That's called a content manager. The good ones can get VERY expensive. > > But basic ones are cheap or even free. > > > > Something a little off the subject, but cool none the less.... I just > > saw a company that has some ColdFusion code that allows you to plug a > > WYSIWYG editor directly in your browser (IE 4+), they also made this > > killer tool that allows you to scan images and save them directly to the > > server. Very slick for associating an image with a particular record in > > a database, can all be done in one step. > > > > i forget the name of the site, but if you really want it, I'll find it > > for you. It was done in ColdFusion, but it could pretty easily be > > ported over to PHP. > > > > Steve Nelson > > http://www.SecretAgents.com > > Tools for Fusebox Developers > > > > Ben Ocean wrote: > > > > > > Hi; > > > One of my competitors apparently has a program he's developed that > allows > > > his clients to easily update the text and images in their Web site. > Well, > > I > > > wanna be competitive. Any ideas as to how this is done? What would a > > > program like this be called if I were to search for it at > hotscripts.com? > > > TIA, > > > BenO > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > -- > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > -- > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > _______________________________________________________ > Site Design, Hosting, and E-Commerce at www.webpipe.net > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net