FCK Upload Control - Configuration

The FCKeditor, version 2 comes with a free file upload control (with version 3 this is a paid add-on).

In the previous post on the FCKeditor we added this HTML editor to our MVC project and detailed the steps required to get it to work with our web site. In this post we'll walk through getting the file upload control configured to work with our site through the FCKeditor 2.6.6. more . . .

Adding FCKeditor to MVC

FCKeditor is a popular full feature Java Script based HTML editor that can easily be added to a web site. It is unfortunate that Frederick's initials in English often bring up thoughts of a more animalistic nature. Partly in recognitions of this the editor was renamed to CKeditor beginning with version 3. more . . .

CMS Modue for a Data Driven CMS Web Site

In the previous article Data Driven Web Site the modular approach to using templates and a database to create a data driven content management site was explained. In this article we’ll discuss adding a content management module that sits on top each of the modules that make up the web site. more . . .

Data Driven Web Sites

Most web sites today are built from template pages that are filled with content stored in a database. Using a small number of customized templates, the costs to build and maintain this type of web site are kept low. Using a database to store page content a template can be used repeatedly to generate hundreds or thousands of different web pages.

By grouping templates into a module, customized functionality like an e-commerce store, a photo album, or articles is possible. By grouping these reusable modules together it becomes easy to quickly build a web site tailored to a specific audience or business need. more . . .

CSS Books - Reviewed

I recently read four beginning to intermediate CSS books to see if I'd overlooked anything or had any glaring gaps in my knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets. What follows are my findings and recommendations on the books, all of which I checked out from my local library. more . . .