Features

Easily Re-Brandable »

The only branding in the program is the generic logo

That image (brand.png) may be changed with your own 125x60 image.

Easy Demo Mode »

If you want to run an installation in Demo Mode (no changes can be made by editing) just add demo=1; to the edit.cgi file above the ############## line.

Block type editing »

The editor can be setup to edit full pages or only parts of pages. Editblocks must be coded into pages to edit only parts of pages. Example:

<DIV class="editblock-1">
Content to edit
</DIV>

If you have multiple users editing a page you can specify which users can edit particular blocks by using a userblock instead of an editblock. Example:

<DIV class="userblock-mike,cindy">
Content that users mike and cindy can edit
</DIV>

Alternately, sections of pages can be protected from editing by using excludeblocks. Example:

<DIV class="excludeblock-1">
Content to exclude from editing
</DIV>

You can even write an edit on a page to an included file (SSI, PHP, ASP) using an includeblock. Example:

<DIV class="includeblock-/nav.shtml">

</DIV>

6 types of users »

User can edit any page on the website
User can edit any page on the website - if the page contains editblock(s)
User can edit only a list of specific pages
User can edit only a list of specific pages - if the page contains editblock(s)
User can edit pages only within a specific folder tree
User can edit pages only within a specific folder tree- if the page contains editblock(s)

Users can login to The editor directly from the page or from the The editor cgi script. To add the Login Prompt to a page an external JavaScript tag must be added to the <HEAD> section of the page. Example:

<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" src="/editor/edit.cgi?prompt"></script>

HTML tags or Styles for formatting content »

On a per user basis you can decide whether to use HTML tags for font formatting with the

tool, or use Styles type formatting using the

tool. Different browsers insert different HTML tags for formatting, so it is best to use Style type formatting if more than one type of browser will be editing a page.

Color usage control »

Most wysiwyg editors are proud of the robustness of their color picker for coloring text, table cells, etc. The editor's proprietary ColorPad

tool is no exception. However, allowing users to color-up a page with every color in the rainbow can produce some really ugly pages. The editor therefore allows the "admin" to create a list of approved site-wide colors, and then limit a user to only those colors.

Functioning Forms w/Captcha »

As with other WYSIWYG editors, you can build custom forms submitted to your own custom cgi, php, or asp scripts. But, The editor goes two steps further with the Form Widget

Without additional programming you can build forms that automatically email the submission to an email address of your choice. The email address is kept in the form in encrypted format to prevent spammer robots from harvesting the address.
You can insert a submit button that is activated by a Capatcha image. The visitor must enter the correct combination of letters on the Captcha image to activate the submit button. The Captcha is similar to the one used on our support page.

Thumbnail/Gallery creation »

The editor can resize images to produce thumbnails for:

the thumbnail opens a full sized image overlay on the page
the thumbnail opens a rotating gallery of full sized images in an overlay on the page
multiple thumbnails in a grid layout open full sized image overlays on the page

Type 3 can produce the thumbnails only if your server has the Image::Magick or the LWP::Simple program installed. Type 1 & 2 will use the Image::Magick program if you have it installed, otherwise the image is uploaded to a blind domain, resized, and downloaded back to your domain.

Imagemagick installs on Windows just like any other application.
On Unix, it must be installed by superuser using YUM - yum install ImageMagick, yum-install ImageMagick-perl.

Site Search »

The

tool can create a search field on your webpage that will allow visitors to search your website. The search crawls the actual pages live-time for matches. The search results are displayed right on the page in an overlay. Try the Site Search

in the upper left cornor of this page - use the word "widget".

Since the Site Search crawls pages live-time you can prohibit searches in specific folders and search only specific file extensions. The Site Search should be limited to less that 100 page searches.

The editor Site Search is the same program as Search Widget Pro.

Video Convert/Embed »

The

tool can upload avi, mpg, mpeg, mov or wmv movies and convert them to flv flash files, then embed the flv into a page to be played in the popular FlowPlayer.

The movie to flash conversion takes place automatically in the background on the movietoflash.com domain. You can convert up to 50 movies per month free of charge. If you need to embed more than 50 videos per month, or have more control over the resulting video, use software such as Riva or free online conversion at sites such as http://flvencoder.com/. Videos in flv format that are uploaded with the

tool are not converted or resized, but thumbnails are extracted. Uploaded flv files do not count against the 50/mo quota at movietoflash.com.

The

tool can insert a thumbnail (or multiple thumbnails) that open the video(s) in the FlowPlayer in an overlay on the page, or embed the video directly into the page.

Community Builder »

The editor can create "folder restricted users" that will allow a user access to only the domain.com/username folder on your website. This allows you to build communities giving each username their own url space, complete with wysiwyg editing.

The

widget builds a form that visitors can use to automatically join your community. The form activates a process that will populate their username folder with any files you want, including an instructions page. You can therefore populate their folder with a template page containing editblocks restricting them to editing only within the confines of your site design.

The form emails a notice to the email address of your choice whenever a new member signs up so you can review and add their webspace to your sitewide navigation. If you want, you can even route the signup process through a payment processor such as PayPal to charge for the service or establish recurring community service fees. Sound complicated? There is a Flash tutorial :-)