Web-based text editing

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm looking for a method to edit the text of websites via html text fields. I want to be able to add links, change fonts, and basic structure like lists and paragraphs (no tables). Simplicity is essential. People using this will not know html (as simple as it is). I was considering using a system of multiple text areas, so say you could copy and paste the text you want in a certain font to a different text area and it would be converted by a script. This obviously runs into problems if the text is repeated within the body of the doc, or when trying to add structure to the text. Has anyone thought of a better solution to this, or am I stuck writing some gui code? Thanks.

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Re: Web-based text editing by zby (Vicar) on Apr 30, 2003 at 08:15 UTC
I think you are looking for a Content Management System. You could have a look at: bricolage or callisto. My page about Collaborative Software might be helpfull as well.	[reply]
Re: Re: Web-based text editing by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2003 at 09:40 UTC
My question is actually how would I go about creating such an interface, are there any better options than writing a full-fledge gui?	[reply]
Re: Web-based text editing by Heidegger (Hermit) on Apr 30, 2003 at 07:16 UTC
I'm afraid this is not a perl-related question. If you're looking for a WYSWIG HTML text editing component, you should check out the contentEditable javascript keyword.	[reply]
Re: Web-based text editing by Sifmole (Chaplain) on Apr 30, 2003 at 12:14 UTC
Here is a site that lists a bunch of options: http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/projects/cms/ttw/ttw.html	[reply]
Two Words by Anonymous Monk on Apr 30, 2003 at 05:05 UTC
Java Applet.	[reply]