It could be useful to allow more than a single editable area
(wysiwyg editor) per page.
The current 'preview'+'content' is really just a single
(concatenated) editable area, as it appears on the page where
$content_for_layout is.
<div class="content"><?php echo $content_for_layout; ?></div>
There is no ability for someone to go "this exact page should
have some content over there too", without them having to do the
following:
- save the content
- go to modules
- make a new module
- edit the new module
- assign it to a rout.. oh wait there isn't one
- go to routes
- make a new route
- map the route to that single page and save it
- go edit the module again, assigning it to that route
- create their content without the aid of a wysiwyg editor
If, instead, the user could add another, named, wysiwyg editor
to the content item they are editing, they could simply type the
other content there.
<div class="images"><?php if ($this->hasContent('images')) echo $this->content('images'); ?></div>
<div class="content"><?php echo $this->content(); ?></div>
<div class="sidebar"><?php if ($this->hasContent('sidebar')) echo $this->content('sidebar'); ?></div>
<div class="testimonial"><?php if ($this->hasContent('testimonial')) echo $this->content('testimonial'); ?></div>
Image a page that needs content split over two clear design
areas. For example, this page might have a white area in the top
half, and a blue area in the bottom half. Without storing the
table/divs/css-classes in the editable area (leaving potential for
the editor to accidentally delete the blue area, and causing
repetition if this needs repeated for other pages), the only option
currently is to create a module that is stored somewhere in the
system completely alien to the other content and somehow link them
together.
These extra content areas would not negate the need for modules,
since there would still be the need for blocks of
functionality/content that could span multiple pages. It would
however allow content editors to easily updating two separate
blocks of content unique to a page.
I haven't thought about it much but this may need a custom View
class, able to render multiple views with different content before
rendering the layout page. Also, there may be opportunity to
somehow blend the idea of extra content areas with modules (eg. the
ability to use wysiwyg editors inside modules and/or the ability to
add/edit modules from an "edit content" page)
Simple demonstration of concept here: http://demo.opensourcecms.com/frog/admin/
(admin/demo123) [edit a page, then find the little green plus icon
on the right hand side of page]
dogmatic69