right now, it does persist to a json file as you want---it's just hidden inside the html document, as you can see if you look at the dido.html source. SMOP to make it load/save a _separate_ json file.
On 3/4/2010 10:21 AM, kumarachi wrote: > hi David, > > indeed! i saw this announcement just after posting my question and > thought that was awful weird as well... > your editable exhibit looks great, and i will try something similar > for now. > > Thank you all for the ideas about a DB backend, though i would prefer > to keep it lightweight and persist to JSON file instead if i can (the > updates are from a single person, no concurrency for now). DB would > be handy though if we were to expand to allow data updates from all > our admin users, to handle locking and concurrency issues... > > thanks > -k > > On Mar 2, 2:09 pm, David Karger <[email protected]> wrote: > >> funny, i just posted an announcement yesterday of a new tool for a >> "WYSIWYG editable exhibit":http://projects.csail.mit.edu/Exhibit/Dido/ >> >> It supports dynamic update of simile exhibits. You can edit the data >> right in the page exhibit view, then save the file to persist the >> changes. Right now, the data is stored in the file with the exhibit, >> which may or may not fit your purposes. Managing a separate data file >> is definitely on the todo list. >> >> Another approach some people have taken is to keep their data in a >> google spreadsheet. Exhibit can read those directly, and you can edit >> the spreadsheet to change your data (and add items using a google form). >> >> On 3/2/2010 8:56 AM, kumarachi wrote: >> >> >>> Hi, >>> >> >>> we have been using Simile Exhibit and Timeline internally at my >>> company for a year now, and everyone's pleased with these. However, i >>> may be the only one not so pleased with things because I maintain the >>> tools, and the data -- and as the tools have become more widely used, >>> i am having to update the data more and more frequently - which leads >>> me to wonder if there has ever been built a tool or online form to >>> either dynamically or otherwise update the JSON or XML data? >>> >> >>> My current workflow is a little painful: i enter data into an excel >>> sheet, then send that manually to Babel (tried the Babel service >>> version, but it makes the first display quite slow), and then ftp my >>> result JSON file over to the host machine. >>> >> >>> SO -- I would like to develop an interface to directly add to the JSON >>> or XML data file from an online form. >>> Has anyone done this or can share some thoughts and ideas about how >>> to? >>> >> >>> thanks >>> -k >>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en.
