clients and web development

[jameshumphries47]

okay so im doing web development for a few clients at the minute and they ideally need to be able to add pictures and things! currently using bootstrap! i am aware of some software that you are able to implement and add photos, but i cant for the life of me remember what it was? any ideas?

[Neil]

What... do you mean? Like... <img> tags?

[jameshumphries47]

What... do you mean? Like... <img> tags?

There is a gui somewhere where clients can add photos and descriptions without adding code

[Neil]

Do you have an admin panel? What is the site coded in? Bootstrap is an HTML framework--this tells us nothing.

 

That being said, you're probably looking for a WYSIWYG editor. I'm not sure what's common now, but TinyMCE was big a few years ago.

[jameshumphries47]

Do you have an admin panel? What is the site coded in? Bootstrap is an HTML framework--this tells us nothing.

No admin panel it has a little of everything but only the html will be editied

That being said, you're probably looking for a WYSIWYG editor. I'm not sure what's common now, but TinyMCE was big a few years ago.

[Neil]

I'm confused at what you're trying to accomplish. Do you already have some sort of system for the clients to edit their website? is this coded in PHP or another backend language, or is it literally straight HTML?

[omniomi]

I recommend Concrete5... You can convert the most complex of bootstrap sites into a C5 theme in a couple hours... tops.

 

The video tutorial for HTML site -> c5 Theme conversion is 22 minutes which is twice as long as it takes to figure out: http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/5.7/designing-for-concrete5/building-a-concrete5-theme/converting-an-html-template-to-a-concrete5-theme/

 

As long as you know HTML and a smidgeon of PHP it's super easy and once you're done your clients can edit their content, add pictures, and so whatever the heck they want without bothering you... Which is why I use it a lot.

 

The short of it is you add some a couple lines of PHP at the top and bottom of your site... and then:

<div id="content-101">    Some block of hard coded text...</div>

becomes

<div id="content-101">   <?php        $a = new Area('content 1');        $a->display($c);   ?></div>

and now it can be edited using a WYSIWYG editor live:

 

 

if you do it right and use things like the built in auto-nav controller (which you can skin) your clients can add entire new pages to the site and it will take care of the menu and navigation for them... ie, add an "about" page and it will automatically show up in the main nav and footer nav.

[Neil]

I recommend Concrete5... You can convert the most complex of bootstrap sites into a C5 theme in a couple hours... tops.

 

The video tutorial for HTML site -> c5 Theme conversion is 22 minutes which is twice as long as it takes to figure out: http://www.concrete5.org/documentation/developers/5.7/designing-for-concrete5/building-a-concrete5-theme/converting-an-html-template-to-a-concrete5-theme/

 

As long as you know HTML and a smidgeon of PHP it's super easy and once you're done your clients can edit their content, add pictures, and so whatever the heck they want without bothering you... Which is why I use it a lot.

 

The short of it is you add some a couple lines of PHP at the top and bottom of your site... and then:

<div id="content-101">    Some block of hard coded text...</div>

becomes

<div id="content-101">   <?php        $a = new Area('content 1');        $a->display($c);   ?></div>

and now it can be edited using a WYSIWYG editor live:

 

 

That's actually pretty cool. I'll have to re-investigate Concrete. 

 

I still like my own CMS.

[Guest]

I still like my own CMS.

 

Which is?

[Neil]

Which is?

 

One that I wrote.

[Guest]

One that I wrote.

 

I wanna see.

[Neil]

I wanna see.

 

Proprietary. (No, I'm not kidding)

[Guest]

Proprietary. (No, I'm not kidding)

 

Lame.