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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: KPage...hmmm. :)
From:       Kevin Forge <forgeltd () usa ! net>
Date:       1999-02-23 21:12:00
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This is even better than I dreamed.  This means you can do 
wizards for creating cool sites in a flash.  I.e. The "slash"
engine template would ask you for names and topics and generate
a whole site then give you a form for posting new articles and 
moderating comments ( if you want to ) etc... 

Holger Baxmann wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> i'm absolutly on your way. But after 30 hours merged with Linux and the
> code - it's enough for today.
> I will answer with full content tomorrow - I'm thinking also about the
> backend: content management (my home are DBMS).
> 
> cu
> 
> bax
> 
> Kevin Forge schrieb:
> 
> > Holger Baxmann wrote:
> > > great idea, i think. J.N.P. could write the specification, think a
> > > little about the design and functions and i'll help to implement
> > > this stuff.
> >
> > OK.  You asked for it :).
> >
> > Basically it should be a Word processor interface.  Definitely KOffice
> > rather than just KDE because corba makes plugging relatively
> > easy to write.
> >
> > Why plugging ?  Because you can do almost anything in HTML and no
> > one individual or even small group can reasonably expect to
> > automate all of it.  So things like an image chopped into segments
> > ( but appearing whole ) where each segment links to another page
> > would be a plugin by itself.  This way each of the details can be
> > done by a specialist
> >
> > Now to the overall design of the central program itself.  There
> > are apps that already handle some aspects of this job OK.  There
> > is Webmaker which dose a good job of adding tags to text on the
> > fly.  KFM is OK for displaying finished HTML.
> >
> > What is needed is that middle ground where you are editing a live
> > page.  You change the size of text on screen by selecting it and
> > clicking an icon forinstance.  These 3 pieces should plug together
> > for a complete interface.
> >
> > recent links on left border.
> > _________________________________________________
> > ||Menu and iconbar.  lots more icons than normal|
> > ||2 rows perhaps.                               |
> > ||______________________________________________|
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||      Live Page here                          |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||                                              |
> > ||______________________________________________|
> > |                                               |
> > |               HTML source here                |
> > |_______________________________________________|

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