Design a Simple 1-Man CMS Comments http://1mancms.blogsome.com Forum and Think Tank for sharing ideas about a simple Content Management System Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Tom Luigjes http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/11/05/prototype-3/#comment-16 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:55:43 +0000 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/11/05/prototype-3/#comment-16 Nice idea dude, i've been thinking about this one as well, but if you want to maintain it like a real CMS then it's impossible using only XML and XSLT... You'll always need something that creates your content dynamically. Nice idea dude, i’ve been thinking about this one as well, but if you want to maintain it like a real CMS then it’s impossible using only XML and XSLT… You’ll always need something that creates your content dynamically.

]]> by: Amit dey http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/24/tal-as-an-easy-templating-language/#comment-14 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:39:54 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/24/tal-as-an-easy-templating-language/#comment-14 Dear Jack I am researching CMS vendors, and I would like to know more about 1 Man CMS. My organization is considering partnering with CMS vendor for some of the work we do, and I would appreciate if you could email me (a) the pricing range for your CMS, (b) any additional promotional information or white papers which you think would be useful for us to read, and which are not on your site. Kind regards, Amit Dey amit@ideaedit.org Dear Jack

I am researching CMS vendors, and I would like to know more about 1 Man CMS.
My organization is considering partnering with CMS vendor for some of the work we do, and I
would appreciate if you could email me
(a) the pricing range for your CMS,
(b) any additional promotional information or white papers which you think
would be useful for us to read, and which are not on your site.

Kind regards,

Amit Dey
amit@ideaedit.org

]]> by: Josyp http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/types-of-websites/#comment-13 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 11:37:41 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/21/types-of-websites/#comment-13 make a simple CMS is not so simple :( make a simple CMS is not so simple :(

]]> by: Administrator http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-12 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:38:37 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-12 Regarding the assignment of templates to pages. I played around with a few ideas including the &lt;?xml-stylesheet processing instruction. What I have settled for in prototype 2 is a simple element in each page called &lt;template&gt; which means the template can be changed easily by the user. There is a discussion of the problematic <a href="http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-wxxm2/index.html" rel="nofollow">on IBM developerWorx</a>. Regarding the assignment of templates to pages. I played around with a few ideas including the <?xml-stylesheet processing instruction. What I have settled for in prototype 2 is a simple element in each page called <template> which means the template can be changed easily by the user. There is a discussion of the problematic on IBM developerWorx.

]]> by: Administrator http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-11 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 20:31:46 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-11 The publishing process is serial like CityDesk. You work on your site (xml files) and then press "Preview" or "Publish" which builds the entire site and optionally publishes via FTP. Bear in mind we're talking about small 1-man sites here so a build should be less than a minute. The GUI is still a challenge to be faced. Currently, my main interest lies in bringing a page together (prototype 2 is coming up!!!). I could do with some suggestions and support on the GUI. I hate re-inventing the wheel and coding forms so I have been considering some automated solutions. One would be a DTD2FORM function which creates a HTML Form for editing the XML Document. Another possibility is "Explorer Integration". A user would simply browse the file system, right click on a page or component and choose "Edit". With desktop.ini and customized folders you can make the whole experience very user friendly. If there is gonna be any coding it's gotta be VBS/HTA because this runs automatically on any Windows machine. The publishing process is serial like CityDesk. You work on your site (xml files) and then press “Preview” or “Publish” which builds the entire site and optionally publishes via FTP. Bear in mind we’re talking about small 1-man sites here so a build should be less than a minute.

The GUI is still a challenge to be faced. Currently, my main interest lies in bringing a page together (prototype 2 is coming up!!!).

I could do with some suggestions and support on the GUI. I hate re-inventing the wheel and coding forms so I have been considering some automated solutions. One would be a DTD2FORM function which creates a HTML Form for editing the XML Document. Another possibility is “Explorer Integration”. A user would simply browse the file system, right click on a page or component and choose “Edit”. With desktop.ini and customized folders you can make the whole experience very user friendly. If there is gonna be any coding it’s gotta be VBS/HTA because this runs automatically on any Windows machine.

]]> by: Jeremy http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-10 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:50:38 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-10 Wouldn't it be better if there was someway to dynamically crawl the pages of the site and there be some text file or naming convnention to specify the type of template a page came from so that when it came to regenerating pages this could be done by clicking one button? Wouldn’t it be better if there was someway to dynamically crawl the pages of the site and there be some text file or naming convnention to specify the type of template a page came from so that when it came to regenerating pages this could be done by clicking one button?

]]> by: Jeremy http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-7 Mon, 03 Oct 2005 14:20:06 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/prototype-1/#comment-7 This all looks good by how do I as a user go about changing a page? There'll need to be some kind of a GUI in order for basic users to edit pages and then are those pages required to be regenerated? If the user edits a component would each page where that component is used need to be regenerated? This all looks good by how do I as a user go about changing a page? There’ll need to be some kind of a GUI in order for basic users to edit pages and then are those pages required to be regenerated? If the user edits a component would each page where that component is used need to be regenerated?

]]> by: Jeremy http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/18/design-decisions/#comment-6 Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:38:11 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/18/design-decisions/#comment-6 If you're going to be using VB in an HTA environment, surely this will alienate all Firefox users? I'm a big fan of Firefox and would want to be able to use that as my browser in which to edit content. Of can HTA be used in Firefox too? I thought it was a purely M$ thing? If you’re going to be using VB in an HTA environment, surely this will alienate all Firefox users? I’m a big fan of Firefox and would want to be able to use that as my browser in which to edit content.
Of can HTA be used in Firefox too? I thought it was a purely M$ thing?

]]> by: Administrator http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/18/component/#comment-5 Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:14:30 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/18/component/#comment-5 Bitflux calls their Global Components "<a href="http://wiki.bitflux.org/Portlets" rel="nofollow">Portlets</a>" Bitflux calls their Global Components “Portlets“

]]> by: Sam D http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/18/design-decisions/#comment-4 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:24:57 +0100 http://1mancms.blogsome.com/2005/09/18/design-decisions/#comment-4 You know there is a lot of precedent even beyond city desk. There was an early attempt by userland software called Clay Basket <a href="http://www.scripting.com/clay/">http://www.scripting.com/clay/</a> that was really powerful (It never went anywhere I think because it was early and Dave Winer always seems to piss people off) You know there is a lot of precedent even beyond city desk. There was an early attempt by userland software called Clay Basket http://www.scripting.com/clay/ that was really powerful (It never went anywhere I think because it was early and Dave Winer always seems to piss people off)

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