editing

[freeinx]

Hi,

I'm using NetObjects10. How can both I and my client edit in NetObjcts?
I mean: I will use NetObjects to change something (and my client Snippetmaster), aren't the changes, made by my client, gone after my upload?

Frank.

[admin]

Hi Frank,

Yes, you would need to always be sure to first download the most recent version of the file from their website *before* you make any changes in NetObjects.

Otherwise, when you upload your older version, it will over-write any changes your client has made using SnippetMaster.

Let me know if you have any questions or if I can assist with anything. 

[freeinx]

Thanks for the quick reply.
Are you familiar with NOF? What would be your advice as the best way to download the site from the server? Using versioning?

[admin]

Hello, actually I've never used netobjects before.  Is it kind of like dreamweaver?  I have lots of customers who design sites with dreamweaver, and then before they do any updates for their customer they are always careful to first click the "download" button before working on the file.

As long as you first (before doing your own editing on your comptuer) download whatever is the latest version of the file from the server where their site is located.. then it should be ok.

[marisoft]

Hi,

This is very easy in NOF by using include files:

And include files are easy - so you can separate the user editable text from
the developers NOD-file and generated files:

A)  On the page you want a section to be editable by the user you add a text
box and put this into the HTML (with Ctrl-T):
<?php include ("SM_news.php") ?>

B) The file must be saved with  .php as the extension (Site View, Custom names, File extension).

C) Make a text file called (in this case) "SM_news.php" containing this:
<!-- #BeginSnippet name="Name the snippet here" -->

<!-- #EndSnippet -->

D) Now Snippetmaster edits file C and leaves the original php-file untouched.


Cheers,
Poul Jensen

[freeinx]

Thanks Poul,

This is the answer I was looking for.
Unfortunately we're leaving for vacation, so I cannot try it right away

Thanks again.

Frank.

[marisoft]

A test-site and a PDF-document describing above procedure can be found here:  http://marisoft.eu/testsnippet/index.php

Cheers,
/Poul