A question about the code

[Spinny]

Now the primary question is where shall I find the time to play with all these marvelous new toys?

[Spinny]

@Remi: the general term for the concept as I learned it is Source Configuration Management (SCM), but given this is a graphics design-oriented board I could already hear people's heads hitting the tables as they fell asleep. I figured I was already getting too geeky so kept my little rant general.

[remi]

Hehe, I was a little bit confused, because I often use SCM as "Software configuration management" (the difference is the word "software" instead of "source"). But it seems to be correct, to use also "Source configuration management".

Regards,
Remi

[Spinny]

Heh. Kein Problem, weil Ihr Englisch noch ganz besser als mein Deutsch ist.

[w00dy]

You could consider something like this: http://www.editwrx.com/ if you want to make portions of a XWD site editable.

I sometimes use it to allow users to alter selected parts of their site and it works pretty well.

If you're going to get into sizeable content managed sites, then I wouldn't think that the XWD developers really see it as the optimum solution, surely the answer there is to go for something like Joomla with a commercial template from someone like Rocketthemes.

[Spinny]

...I won't be able to resist grabbing this one, too--especially at the price.

That statement was true at the US$49 price point. I just read about the 2-month intro price for XX4 owners: US$29.

I can pick up a copy of this with loose change in my sofa.

[richinri]

My two cents worth after over 12 years of doing websites:
1. FORGET about editing sites in more than one program that produces code. I guarantee you in short order you will be pulling your hair out with one thing or another breaking. You save, export or import - something changes and you will be going nuts.

If you edit ANY site produced with anything but a plain text editor, save yourself hours and just get the EXACT VERSION of the program that produced the code or do a rewrite.
Trust me on this.

[richinri]

You could consider something like this: http://www.editwrx.com/ if you want to make portions of a XWD site editable.

I sometimes use it to allow users to alter selected parts of their site and it works pretty well.

If you're going to get into sizeable content managed sites, then I wouldn't think that the XWD developers really see it as the optimum solution, surely the answer there is to go for something like Joomla with a commercial template from someone like Rocketthemes.

At one point Editwrx was limited to IE - don't know if that has changed. But I find Snippit Master to be a better choice for this or use PHP includes.