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-open source (read:free)
-ftp integration
-wysiwyg that WONT ruin my php header/footer system by surrounding each page with HTML BODY and other annoying tags.
The only editor I know that doesn't add annoying/unnecessary markup to php files is Dreamweaver, but that is $$ and I don't want to charge my clients for that.
Please, any and all help is appreciated.
I found one, but it's image capabilites are not good! They are fairly crap!
I thought I might recode them though, or simply make an addittion to the script.
they give away theire older version for free..
I think it outputs xhtml, I didnt try to connect it to a db yet, though..
limited browser support, as everything else that is easy to use.
FCKeditor reformats my php files to xhtml. Another one bites the dust.
I think this has to do with a parser/renderer that is built into internet explorer on my machine that these programs rely on. It's driving me crazy.
So far, only dreamweaver is sophisticated enough not to "trample" the code that already exists by forcing it to conform to a filetype that it is not.
I write all my php code in notepad/textpad or simply in the php client I use, while uploading files. (edit function)..
coloring of the syntax might be nice, but I'm used to see it all in b/w by now, so I dont really need it.
So I'm trying to find an open source solution. The problem is that my sights follow this form:
<?php include "top.php";?>
PAGE SPECIFIC HTML & PHP HERE
<?php include "bottom.php";?>
The includes include all the necessary html doctype and meta tags etc. But every wysiwyg (except dreamweaver) turns to above into ths:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<?php include "top.php";?><HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>PAGE SPECIFIC HTML & PHP HERE
<?php include "bottom.php";?></BODY></HTML>
Screwing the whole thing up obviously. I've been looking constantly (read:4 hrs a day) for 3 weeks now. No luck. Except possibly this: [digi.ws...]
Someone help!
eg:
<--!#<?php include("header.php");?>-->
I know this solves some issues for javascript, where the client does not support it.
[chami.com...]
If you prefer online editing, you can make a simple online CMS with htmlArea, [htmlarea.com...]
If you do, use the 3.0 rc-1 version, which is XHTML compliant, the other versions mess up your html code.
Demo, with image editor (found on that site, free): [zhuo.org...]
I have built a simple but very nice CMS for a few of my clients, so they can manage their site easily (that is edit existing pages), which saves them time and money, and me time.
Besides I lease the system to them at a yearly rate.. ;)
Arno
eg:
<--!#
<?php
echo "-->";
require("page_top.php");
echo "<--!#";
?>
-->
check if the wysiwyg editor will move that around in your document..
Only then can my clients modify a file, and then upload it and have the php still work.
Mr_PHP: I finally settled on an in-browser solution: tiny mce. I wrote the authentication scripts, as well as the save script etc. Still only a temp solution as the client would have difficulty making new files, deleting, duplicating, etc.
Many websites don't need this, and they can ask you to add or delete a page (so you can earn some easy money now and then!), but if you have many clients who like to be able to fully manage their site you could indeed build your own complete CMS, and maybe even market it and sell it worldwide.
There's so many freeware CMS systems already tho, so you could also try out some of the many freeware systems (preferably one with SEO'd pages).
More info: [google.com...]
