[WEB4LIB] GUI Editors for Apache

[sean dreilinger]

hola jim & web4lib tgif people :-)

Jim Barrentine wrote:
> Has anyone found a good GUI HTML editor that integrates well with Apache
> running on Lnux?

do you mean the web-dav standard (web distributed authoring and
versioning) that permits in-place editing of documents on an apache web
server? i've heard that apache 1.3.6 (in conjunction with mod_dav) and
msie 5 work together well enough to experiment with. more about web-dav
here: http://www.webdav.org/

iirc web-dav provides exclusive locking of each file to one person at a
time, so in multiple web author situations you may have better luck with
a tool external to apache (like cvs) that allows concurrent editing of
documents, free choice of editing tools, and a managed merge process to
integrate everyone's changes. my $.02 on cvs for managing web
development process here: http://durak.org/cvswebsites/

otoh, are you asking if there are any special authoring tools desirable
when developing vanilla html content that will be hosted on a vanilla
apache web server? no. great gui editors to choose from on all
platforms.

even with straight html content, if you have contributing authors on
different platforms, you might like to establish some very basic
guidelines to assure sanity when you have authors sending content up and
down from macs, pc's, unix, etc. contractor guidelines for web
development still online here:
http://interactivate.com/public/standards/

if the apache web server you are working with offers one or more special
add-on modules such as mod_dav, mod_cvs, php - http://www.php.net/, or
mod_perl - http://perl.apache.org/) this can affect many design
decisions that can cut your development time, improve your server
efficiency--but will make it more difficult to migrate to a non-apache
web server in the future. 

i am a big fan of using apache with some or all of: mod_php,
mod_postgresql, mod_ssl, and sometimes mod_perl. you can browse a large
selection of apache server modules here:
http://modules.apache.org/search (just hit search without entering
anything for the full effect).

hth!

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