Hi Tom
One way of doing this is to provide a custom button within the editing tool.
On one of our sites we built a function that allowed the user to select some
text in the editor (for the hyperlink), and then click the custom button.
This brought up a search page. By entering certain criteria the user was
able to search for content within Spectra, and then select an item to link
to. We set the url behind the selected text to point to the chosen content
item and call a particular method. Initially we built this in the standard
editor that comes out of the box with Spectra 1.01, but then we re-developed
it using Ektron's eWebEditPro (much nicer, and more sensible given that it
rolls with 1.5).
Ben Miller
Technical Consultant
ACIS Pty Ltd
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Briscoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:42 AM
To: Spectra-Talk
Subject: Link Management
I've been thinking.
My primary use for Spectra is content management to help unload most of the
day to day edits for my company's public site. Generally, I see this
working wonderfully with the exception of "in-context" links. Other
sectional links I am able to automate through the Site Layout Model or
possibly keywords. But for links within the running text of a page ("Blah
blah. blah. Click here."), the link must be made with the in-browser HTML
editor.
That's where the problem lies. Creating a link within the HTML editor
requires the business user to know and input a URL. I'm able to create a
simple, low knowledge interface up to that point then it breaks down.
Is this just a fact of life? Or is there a better way?
I'm not looking for a technical answer here as much as to inquire how others
handle the issue and theoretical solutions.
Tom Briscoe
Web Developer, AVP
Compass Bank
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.compassweb.com/
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