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Last modified by Marc Oesch on 2006/10/25 12:13
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1 -This page discusses ideas for a WOBuilder replacement / successor / clone and ideas how to achieve it.
1 +This page discusses ideas for a WOBuilder replacement / successor / clone and ideas how to achieve it. Below are excerpts pasted from various ideas from the WO mailing lists.
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3 -== General Idea for additional tool: Split WYSIWYG/web designer and WO develoer needs ==
3 +== General Idea for additional tool: Split WYSIWYG/web designer and developer needs ==
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5 5  However, we could focus on a much lower target in **addition to the WOBuilder replacement** : plugins for both DreamWeaver and Golive (or .wo -> HTML -> .wo conversion tools) that allow web designers to edit a WO component without destroying the WO tags. I believe the WO developer tasks and the WYSIWYG appearance tasks are completely separate activities, often done by different people, and with entirely different requirements.
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25 25  ----
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27 -For the BVM --that's the Baby's View Modeler that would substitute WOBuilder-- I'd like I could start working from a high resolution graphic or SVG design made by a professional designer.
27 +For the BVM - that's the Baby's View Modeler that would substitute WOBuilder - I'd like I could start working from a high resolution graphic or SVG design made by a professional designer.
28 28  I would then go along marking areas on the picture and saying 'this is going to be a WOForm; these, WOButtons', so that the corresponding web server resources would be automatically created (and properly linked) at different resolutions for different CSS "media" tags, browsing device capabilities, user preferences, etc.
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30 30  In the BVM too I'd like to be able to select a flow, or more than one, of page portions[[†]] that would be presented in some meaningful sequence to the client browser[[‡]].
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41 41  We should also make a list of how it can be done. I think the options are:
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43 -=== -- a plugin for DreamWeaver (akin to the Lasso plugin)-- ===
43 +===== -- a plugin for DreamWeaver (akin to the Lasso plugin)-- =====
44 44  
45 45  See general idea about an additional tool to the WOBuilder replacement above.
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47 -h3 - a Eclipse plugin
47 +h5 - a Eclipse plugin
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49 49  Has anyone used eZingBuilder ? it's a wysiwyg html editor eclipse plugin for tapestry.
50 50  http:~/~/ezingbuilder.sourceforge.net/cms/
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52 52  http:~/~/www.aptana.com/ and
53 53  http:~/~/www.aptana.com/docs/index.php/Plugging_Aptana_into_an_existing_Eclipse_configuration
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61 61  SOPE template editor is available for Mac OS X, could serve as input for a similar solution in Java:
62 62  http:~/~/www.mulle-kybernetik.com/software/WOEditor/downloads/
63 63  
64 -=== -- a way to call WOBuilder from Eclipse-- ===
66 +===== -- a way to call WOBuilder from Eclipse-- =====
65 65  
66 66  I don't know if that will be functional after the Java Bridge is gone, probably a short term strategy only.
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68 -=== Additional options ? ===
70 +===== Additional options ? =====
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70 70  //Above options as listed in http:~/~/lists.apple.com/archives/webobjects-dev/2006/Sep~/~/msg00079.html_
71 71  //Please add options or additional content to this preliminary list, thanks
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73 -== Fundraising ==
75 +== Fundraising for WOBuilder replacements ==
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75 75  Idea to fund a first prototype with donations, eg. using PayPal or similar.
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