A few pointers on usage


About SimplePages
SimplePages is a very scaled-down web page application, written in asp, intended for users who want to maintain very simple web pages and update them online through a web browser. It uses an access database to hold the content and a WYSIWYG HTML editor for editing pages. The current version is a a part of a larger multi-user, template-based content management system I am working on.


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Creating a new page
When logged in, the user is taken directly to the
"create new page" screen. The user then can create a) a parent page object with content, b) a parent page object without content, or c) a sub page object with content.
Note that a parent page with content cannot have a sub page/pages beneath it. To create a sub page, the user must first create a parent object without any content and then create the sub element of that parent element.
At the bottom of the content editor is a small field marked "sorting". Here you insert a number that decides in what order you want your pages to appear in the tree-menu.

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Updating a page
To update a page, the user clicks on the notebook icon next to the page name.
While updating
, the user can also move sub-pages between parent elements and vice versa. Note that when moving a sub-page between parent elements, the new parent element must have no content for the sub to display correctly.

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Deleting a page
By clicking on the dustbin next to a page name in the menutree, a user can delete
a page. The user is first asked to confirm that he actually wants to delete the page.
Note that deleting a parent page that has sub-pages beneath it also deletes those sub-pages.

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The content editor
The WYSIWYG editor is a ready-made solution from Interactivetools called HTMLArea.
More about HTMLArea can be found here.

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