The ContentCreator

The ContentCreator has been developed as a editorial supplement to the FirstSpirit SiteArchitect project development environment.

The aim is to make working with FirstSpirit as easy as possible for editors and to enable them to maintain existing editorial content and to create new content in a short time. Unlike in FirstSpirit SiteArchitect, to do this the editor works directly in the preview of the project in the browser and therefore immediately sees the effects of their changes on the website.

In order to keep use and user prompting as simple and understandable as possible, the ContentCreator concept intends for the editor to only be displayed the function and content they actually need at the present time. Functions which are not relevant for daily editorial work are therefore not included in ContentCreator. A further aim of ContentCreator is to provide the editor with a view of the website they are currently working on with as few disrupting controls and pop-up windows as possible.

For details of the functional scope of the ContentCreator and restrictions within the ContentCreator see Functional Scope chapter and FirstSpirit Release Notes.

The “ContentCreator” area is divided into the following sub-chapters:

• Requirements: Among other things, this chapter explains the conditions under which ContentCreator can be used in FirstSpirit projects and which configuration options are possible with respect to administration.
• Functional scope: To keep use and user prompting as simple and understandable as possible, the ContentCreator interface does not provide the full functional scope of the FirstSpirit SiteArchitect. This chapter summarises the functions contained in ContentCreator.
• Restrictions: This chapter lists all restrictions in ContentCreator in comparison with the SiteArchitect.
• JavaScript API: This chapter introduces objects which enable interaction with the ContentCreator user interface and other functionality via JavaScript, e.g. triggered from documents within the preview.

The chapter Plug-In Development: aims to provide a quick-start guide towards understanding the client's plug-in capabilities, implementing the essential aspects of each plug-in type and deploying complete plug-ins for use in ContentCreator.