I looking for a WYSIWYG editor that plays nicely with PHP

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Askim8
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I looking for a WYSIWYG editor that plays nicely with PHP

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I do all my PHP development in EditPlus and am delighted with it. However, I often have customers who want some of their staff to update parts of the web sites I've built for them. What kind of point-and-click non-code editor can I recommend for them to use?

They usually have FrontPage, and if they even touch any of the pages with FrontPage, I am back the next day to fix it. They like FontPage because they know nothing of coding, they just want to change the picture that is on the page or change the paragraph about last months meeting to be this months meeting instead.

Or do I need to implement a CMS system? I'm looking for what soultions anyone else has come up with in this situation.

Thanks!
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Post by alex.barylski »

I have a CMS which I have developed which is pretty easy to use...when compared to others like Mambo, etc...

Easier than frontpage, but it's currently limited to single users only... :(

multiple people would have to share a common user/pass...which is a pain, but acceptable for small business as they likely only have one or two people editing web pages...

Out of the box search engine friendly web pages, so no mod_rewrite required...so it works awesome on shared hosts, but does require SAFE_MODE to be turned off

It's entirely template driven, so you can change the layout in the blink of an eye or the backend interface as well... :)

I have a demo on my web site...but ignore the price as it's inaccurate as of now...

Interested?

email me at: nuweb1@hotmail.com

I'll send you the link to my web site...and we can disscuss details further :)

Cheers :)
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Post by feyd »

I'd go the CMS route, allowing them to actually interact with the page code is asking for trouble more often than not.
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I agree with Feyd... :P
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

I agree with Feyd and Hockey. If they're not developers keep them out of your code. Implement a CMS if they want to change the content. If they want the code changed, tell that is your job.
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Post by Benjamin »

I agree with feyd, Hockey and Everah :P
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Post by alex.barylski »

I agree with myself and everyone else :P
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