[TYPO3-dev] Better working fronend editing for TemplaVoila - done for 1.0

[Jody Cleveland]

Hello,

Do you happen to have a screenshot of what the editor looks like with
these changes?

Thanks!

- jody  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: typo3-dev-bounces at lists.netfielders.de 
> [mailto:typo3-dev-bounces at lists.netfielders.de] On Behalf Of 
> Tapio Markula
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 7:20 AM
> To: typo3-dev at lists.netfielders.de
> Subject: [TYPO3-dev] Better working fronend editing for 
> TemplaVoila - done for 1.0
> 
> Hi
> 
> I tested the newest version of TemplaVoila (1.0)
> and made some changes to tm_contentaccess to work with that versions.
> 
> Even if some of the worst bugs has been fixed, TemplaVoila 
> 1.0 doesn't 
> have very good frontend editing without tm_contentaccess or hacking 
> source code and making the same changes.
> 
> 1) the wizard has path problem (wizard in admin panel or in EDITPANEL 
> objects, if allow = toolbar,...  has been set). Path is incorrect if 
> Typo3 has been installed into subfolder. Made a hack to use 
> 'typo3conf/ext/templavoila/mod1/' is TemplaVoila is installed 
> and enabled.
> 
> 2) Using the content element wizard 
> (typo3conf/ext/templavoila/mod1/db_new_content_el.php) works 
> bad because 
> you set the content into the *same* content area. The order *must* be 
> the BE view (typo3conf/ext/templavoila/mod1/index.php) and then 
> selecting new content using 
> typo3conf/ext/templavoila/mod1/db_new_content_el.php,
> because in the 'toolbar' typo can't know where the user wants 
> to put the 
> new content element. It is extremely annoying immediately move the 
> content to another place. In order to avoid annoying situations 
> typo3conf/ext/templavoila/mod1/index.php is the only 
> reasonable place to 
> start creating new content element using the wizard in frontend. The 
> entire BE view is quite big as wizard - but
> TemplaVoila just doesnt' have a compact content area wizard like the 
> standard page module - compact wizard would be the best in FE but the 
> using index.php file is quite ok.
> 
> Requirements to work:
> 
> 1) frontend editing has been enabled so that admin panels are 
> available 
> and frontend editing works in pop-up-windows
> 
> 2) TS template has place for object 'editPanel', which has been 
> predefined or admin panel enabled
> 
> 3) TemplaVoila has been installed and enabled using enable options
> 
> 
> I admit that tm_contentaccess has just some hacks to fix serious bugs
> but it is better than nothing. There is really much work to make that 
> better.