Online Website Editors

[Gibble]

I'm looking for software that I can install on my webserver and use to edit my sites files online.

Preferably one that supports multiple projects and user groups as well as the ability to upload files, move files, archive projects, etc...

Is there something like this out there, or is this something I'll need to write a custom application for?

[Alternative Future]

Hi,

Could you not do the following:
ftp://username:[e-mail]

HTH,

-gs
[added]Sorry Friday blues... never read the mail properly :( and that is no use for what you are trying to do[/added]

[Gibble]

hehe

Basically I want an browser based development environment.

Since a vast majority of web developers need nothing more than notepad to do their work, I'm thinking this would be very feasible and VERY helpful in project management over distances, and when you aren't necessarily at a computer with FTP, CVS, etc access.

[Gibble]

Looks Like I'm going to have to write something myself...ah well, I like a challenge.

[bcolflesh]

"when you aren't necessarily at a computer with FTP, CVS, etc access."

You'll need some kind of access to change the files, be it SSH, WebDAV, FTP, whatever...

Almost every GUI-driven dev environment has this capability built into it now - I'd search more before building anything...

Regards,
Brent

[Gibble]

Not if your editing the files in your browser and the server takes care of saving it for you and/or handling uploads of modified files.

That's what I want, something that requires NO installation. I can just go to any PC with a web browser, login to a website and work on my projects.

[bcolflesh]

In that case, build an admin section that puts the source in form text fields & edit it that way.

Regards,
Brent

[Gibble]

That's the basis, but I wondered if there was software that had more than just basic text editing, that you could manage multiple projects, set user permissions on what they could and couldn't edit, file locking/source control, archiving, dev->prod file transfers, the ability to run/manage SQL for project DataBases, upload of graphics and other files, bug tracking, feature tracking, etc

[bcolflesh]

A cursory search of Google for "online web editor" seems to turn up many canidates...

Regards,
Brent

[Gibble]

Nothing I can see supports multiple projects and permissions. And everything is WYSIWYG HTML, I loath wysiwyg editing!

[Gibble]

The best piece of software I've found is web edit pro, but it's still just a single site solution, and it's missing so many features that a proper dev environment need.

[Allen]

Hvae you looked at contribute? It requires client side installation, but it effectively edits like a server-side editor. It has user groups, permissions, supports Macromedia Templates (and other template systems I think). It's not badly priced either. And of course it's WYSIWYG

A couple of our clients at work have been using it and have found it very nice. One of them has 0 web knowledge.

Allen

[Gibble]

Allen, having to install something on the client is exactly what I don't want. And WYSIWYG is a feature I despise. It's fine for some scenarios, but most of the programming we do is PHP/Perl/Python/Etc based and WYSIWG is unneccessary.

But I do want to be able to assign permissions, edit the files in a proper dev/qa/prod environment, etc...

Nothing I have found comes even close without installing software on the client. Since I know this can be done completely browser based, I've decided to write my own software.