-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Heilmann Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 9:29 AM To: Microformats Discuss Subject: Re: [uf-discuss] wysiwyg editors and microformats
> Recently I've been thinking about how can I make it easier for my > non-tech clients using our web based CMS to write POSH and Microformats. > I've just written some thoughts on my blog: > http://www.ts0.com/2007/06/posh-wysiwyg.asp > but im wondering if anyone else has done this before? if anyone has any > input? > > Adding microformat markup into db loops on big sites listing people and > events is really useful and opens up masses of data, but if we can get > ordinary people to start using them it'll open up a whole new world of > really meaty data. Full ACK, this is for me one of the biggest misconceptions about microformats: that you can control the HTML. Most of the people I know who write a lot of content for the web never touch HTML and have no clue about it - and why should they? We invented CMS tools to stop people from randomly adding their own FONT and CENTER tags. WYSIWYG hcard editors for CMS would help allow these people to mark things up as hcards without knowing it. I started writing a WordPress plugin that adds something like the hcard generator below the main entry box, but this is still too complex. -- Chris Heilmann Book: http://www.beginningjavascript.com Blog: http://www.wait-till-i.com Writing: http://icant.co.uk/ _______________________________________________ I agree with Christian. I am building a little form to add microformatted details to a template. I think a wysywyg editor/microformatter is great for specific uses, i.e. editing contact details, adding event details, adding reviews. However, if you add this functionality to a normal inline editor, the interface would be too complicated and filled with strange buttons for the average user. I also think that bad microformatting is worse than no microformatting at all. Do we really need a lot of hcards with just a name and no other contact info? That's what you'd start getting if you add the functionality to a basic editor. Ted Drake www.last-child.com _______________________________________________ microformats-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://microformats.org/mailman/listinfo/microformats-discuss
