Comments on: In-context vs back-end authoring http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_incontext/index.html Beyond The Idea Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:29:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Wilf http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_incontext/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-1270 Wilf Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:44:00 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=106#comment-1270 I'd argue that in-site editing has another disadvantage. If you have content/presentation separation then the author shouldnt really have to care where the content is being used, they should just be focused on making the content great. By making the words flow nicely on their browser, on the one page where they are editing their content, does not mean it will work the same on every browser and every place where that content is in use (e.g. on a different device). Personally I think that in-site editing discourages people to think about their content as a separate entity from the page in which it is displayed. I’d argue that in-site editing has another disadvantage. If you have content/presentation separation then the author shouldnt really have to care where the content is being used, they should just be focused on making the content great. By making the words flow nicely on their browser, on the one page where they are editing their content, does not mean it will work the same on every browser and every place where that content is in use (e.g. on a different device).

Personally I think that in-site editing discourages people to think about their content as a separate entity from the page in which it is displayed.

]]> By: James Robertson http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_incontext/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-280 James Robertson Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:30:12 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=106#comment-280 Definitely! I've blogged on this just recently: http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/what-intranet-cmss-can-learn-from-wikis/ Definitely! I’ve blogged on this just recently:

http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/what-intranet-cmss-can-learn-from-wikis/

]]> By: Bèr Kessels http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_incontext/index.html/comment-page-1#comment-278 Bèr Kessels Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:21:23 +0000 http://www.steptwo.com.au/?p=106#comment-278 The author forgets to mention another case where in-context-editing is important: User Generated Content. Wiki(pedia), Digg-alikes, Facebook and so forth, all have no real backend for the day-to-day users. So, in the more modern approaches, where your site is a tool, rather then an exposition (where one can only read/consume) you are probably better off with an in-context approach. The author forgets to mention another case where in-context-editing is important: User Generated Content. Wiki(pedia), Digg-alikes, Facebook and so forth, all have no real backend for the day-to-day users.
So, in the more modern approaches, where your site is a tool, rather then an exposition (where one can only read/consume) you are probably better off with an in-context approach.

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