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Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by koolkokil »

yusw wrote: post #25
koolkokil wrote: post #23

Can I add a custom dialog, on the image link popup, to show the images already in my website.

Yes, this feature (option to open custom dialog) is still in development (95% complete). Using the current 'direct image embed' also allows embedded images to be saved on specified path on the server.

I like it and I might use it, if you have that feature available. Any idea, when it might be completed. I am hoping there will be some kind of call back or dialog result, to send the result back to the div.

Another question, how flexible it is, for uploading new content blocks?

I also dint find any email address or any contact info, in your website.

Could you also have some kind of trial, so people may try, before they buy.

Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by yusw »

phirschybar wrote: post #30

This is really impressive. Well done. Having build a number of CMSes I have a few, hopefully constructive, criticisms: 1) I understand why you are utilizing a lot of inline styles in your rendered HTML output. However, this will become a huge problem if the HTML becomes stored in a database and the site's front-end CSS needs to change. 2) Outputting HTML in general is tough to work with in a CMS type environment. It…

Hi Phirschybar, Thank you for your feedback! 1) There may be some condition that generates unwanted inline style. Recently we fixed this issue which happens on certain browser. 2) Yes, that would be great. 3) There is already an option to upload/save the embedded images in a specified path on the server.

Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by yusw »

tomw1808 wrote: post #29
yusw wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Unlimited websites" includes websites for clients' projects (commercial). "Resale in product" means distributing the plugin in an application/product (ex. CMS) for sale (this includes usage in SaaS project).

Other question: How can you use a JS library without having the source? ... I mean, how do you make sure that it remains closed source? As far as I know obfuscating and minifying is very easy to overcome. Do you have any special techniques?

We just use obfuscating and minifying, no special method.

Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by yusw »

koolkokil wrote: post #31
yusw wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, this feature (option to open custom dialog) is still in development (95% complete). Using the current 'direct image embed' also allows embedded images to be saved on specified path on the server.

I like it and I might use it, if you have that feature available. Any idea, when it might be completed. I am hoping there will be some kind of call back or dialog result, to send the result back to the div. Another question, how flexible it is, for uploading new content blocks? I also dint find any email address or any contact info, in your website. Could you also have some kind of trial, so people may try, before th…

The feature is already available, but as we still testing it, it is still not documented yet. We can inform the detail on how to enable it. Yes, a simple function is provided for returning back a value (ex. selected image url, etc) Creating content block is by modifying a single html file called snippets.html (it contains html code for all content blocks which you can add/remove/modify) Our email: builder@innovastudio.com Thanks

Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by yusw »

teleclimber wrote: post #21
bliker wrote: post #9

I am curretly working on similar project. I really like your concept. But I see some flaws. - No list auto-creation - Sometimes ugly html like - Does not produce nice htm5 like hgroups, sections and em/strong - I cannot make a paragraph in chrome, just s

I am also working on something a bit like this. Sounds like a trend is starting... I also like OP's work, it's far nicer than Sir Trevor. ( http://madebymany.github.io/sir-trevor-js/ ) Some things I notice as well in OP's implementation: - when selecting text you can only select a small subset of the content (if you start your selection in a paragraph, you can only select within that paragraph). This is going to driv…

Hi, sorry would you please let me know what you're referring with "OP's implementation"? Perhaps you have url. Or is it related with the ContentBuilder.js?

Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by bratsche »

pluma wrote: post #10
fpopenerp wrote: post #6

We built the same features in open source for the Odoo website builder. You can try it here: https://www.odoo.com/page/website-builder We also put features like resizeable bootstrap column with drag & drop (col-md-X), link manager, media manager, special fields edition (e.g. prices with currencies)... Playing with building blocks look more sleek in Odoo version. Github: https://github.com/odoo/odoo Disclaimer: I am t…

Note: "open source" in this case means AGPL.

Not sure what the "quotes" are for. AGPL is open source.

Re: Show HN: ContentBuilder.js – JQuery Plugin to Write Anything Beautifully

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Post by [deleted] »

bshimmin wrote: post #22
fpopenerp wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you think about this one? http://odoo.com/start/cms It's not a standaline jquery lib but can easily be extracted from the code of Odoo as it's open source. We worked a ot on the usability to make it smooth to handle images, backgrounds, specific properties of building blocks (e.g. banners, parallax, ...)

Definitely looks like it has a lot of functionality! A few quick comments because I've only looked at it for about thirty seconds: 1) Not really a huge fan of the Bootstrap UI - I know it's practical, but it always just looks a bit amateurish to me, as if it's a first prototype before there's been chance to pay for a proper designer. 2) The interface is a bit frenetic - not overly keen on the purple highlight strips…

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