Comments on: No More Microsoft Word Headaches

By: Colyn

Colyn — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:49:39 +0000

“Clients do what they do….”

You are correct, but where do you draw the line on usability? At some point you have to say to yourself, if my client can spend time and/or money on learning to use Microsoft Word, then they can spend a day figuring out how to use my CMS.

When I’ve approached clients with the idea of building them a CMS so that they can save money in the long run on maintenance costs, the usual reply is that they don’t have the time or inclination to learn another application. My usual response is that if they can use Word, they can use my CMS. Somehow that’s usually never a persuasive enough argument for them.

By: wcardinal

wcardinal — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:46:07 +0000

It would be great if you could share this cleanup code. I would love to see what you have done.

By: jackborn

jackborn — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:25:28 +0000

I’ve tried TYPO3. Problem is its complexity. That said, you’ve obviously found it to be very useful so nothing on this blog should (or would) deter you from using it. No doubt, it’s very powerful. But for the typical designer/entrepreneur I think it’s got too steep a learning curve. It took me a solid afternoon to start to comprehend how to create a template.

The other problem I had was that there is a strict prohibition against changing the login screen so that Typo3 doesn’t appear.

Yet another issue is handing this kind of complex system over to a business owner that you’ve designed the site for. Whether it’s Drupal, or Typo3, if it takes web-geeks a while to figure out, just imagine how long it takes to train a non-techie.

As I said, Typo3 is mature and loved by many. For some it’s perfect. I found it limiting for the reasons I stated above.

But for those that master it and don’t need to hand it over to a client, it is a powerful tool.

By: Marcus Derencius

Marcus Derencius — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 12:12:39 +0000

your project is nice, but I’d recommend you take look on TYPO3 CMS, all features I’ve saw here in your blog you can get easly with TYPO3. It’s a worth look.

By: jackborn

jackborn — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:46:55 +0000

I don’t think it will be kept private.

By: Travis Phipps

Travis Phipps — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:15:03 +0000

So the obvious question is: Will this MS Word cleanup code be kept private? Or is this something that you might consider discussing publicly? I’ve got another system that I’d LOVE to implement this on, but it’s not a good fit for the entire CMS.

By: jackborn

jackborn — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:51:45 +0000

Funzy,

Great suggestion… I did not know about that one.

However… I still think the server side cleaning of the garbage is useful.

By: Funzy

Funzy — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:47:02 +0000

In the FCKeditor you use, you can also turn
FCKConfig.ForcePasteAsPlainText = false ;

FCKConfig.AutoDetectPasteFromWord = true ;

to true and then it happens live!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:24:36 +0000

That’s awesome! It’s truly the coolest thing I’ve seen today - well in a couple days at least. I’m looking forward to the product.

BTW, if you run your FLV through the FLV metadata injector, your timeline scrollbar should work.

The program is here: http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/