Thanks for the feeback. My original thought was that it would have to be a
Java applet.
Regards,
Corbin Harris
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>From: Emiliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [midgard] creating links/lost
>Date: Mon, Jan 10, 2000, 7:02 PM
>
> On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Darren Petersen wrote:
>
>> You want to highlight a bit of text in the content that you are typing
>> into the midgard interface, and have a dropdown box that lists all the
>> pages on the site. When you select one page from the box, the link
>> is automatically created. Is that correct?
>>
>> If so, then the answer is probably no. Typing the anchor tag is by far
simpler
>> than writing whatever code you would have to write to make midgard's admin
>> site
>> act like a wysiwyg editor. Midgard's administrative tools are simply a set
of
>> web pages, which allow you to relate bits of code together into a coherent
>> website. Those bits of code might be php or html, but they all have to be
>> inserted into the midgard database, which means typing them into the admin
>> website, or cutting and pasting from applications like dreamweaver. That's a
>> manual process, but there are things you can to do speed it up.
>
> This sums it up pretty well. It is possible to construct a dropdown list
> that uses javascript to append a link to the text in the edit box, but
> this would not work with the highlighting you requested.
>
> But there is a way that this *would* work: java applets. It is not only
> feasable but actually a major kick*ss idea if you ask me. The applet
> would need some heavy smarts about the backend (or better yet, a
> backend with a more structured approach then HTTP -- maybe corba) but
> definately doable given enough time (sigh). Which means, yes,
> theoretically possible, but don't hold your breath.
>
> Emile
>
>
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