SPAW editpr

[maxelcat]

Hi - making a page that a non-technical user can use to update another page on his website.

AM using php and mysql to do this. Its my first database experience.

Reached the stage where the new content can be placed into the database and can then use queries to get the data back.

Feel a bit smug now!!!

The issue now is that the user will be cutting and pasting from a word document. He wont be using tables and the like, but tabs, bold underline - that sort of stuff.

I have one of his docuemnts and have tried to use it. The data comes back from the query fine, but its lost its formatting, I get new lines but nothing lines up - its all very confusing. I kind of expected this though, so its no big surprise.

I remembered that some folk on here had suggested using the SPAW editor, and said how easy it was to use..... I have downloaded it and read some of the help files. I could hear them flying gracefully over my head.

Before I make more coffee and set off to really study them perhaps someone could kindly tell me if they will meet my prupose! Will using it enable me to retain the formatting that the client (I use that term very loosely...) will use - thereby ensuing that it really is just a question of cutting and pasting? WIll the queries then return more formatted data?

Thanks as ever

Edward

 

[Vragabond]

SPAW will probably retain most of the Word formatting, although that is not always the best idea (horrible code). But if users want to change the formatting, it will be simple using this tool, because it has a word-like interface. See here:

http://www.solmetra.com/spaw/demo/demo.php