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z_coil · 24-05-2007, 16:42

Hello Everyone,

I am currently working on a website with a lot of complicated design additions. I would like to make the site in photoshop. However, there is one section that needs to be updated pretty often, but, the person editing it knows nothing about photoshop and/or html. I am pretty sure that in flash you can have a page load a text file. Can I do this in photoshop as well? Thanks so much for the help and I hope it was clear enough.

Kevin

2Dfruit · 24-05-2007, 17:05

gray · 24-05-2007, 18:13

kevin

stop with the spamming of the forum

Snowshiro · 24-05-2007, 19:15

Photoshop is a tool for editing and manipulating images. While it's a great tool for designing mockups of pages, it's not suitable for implementing the page layout itself.

Personally if all you want to do is include a text file I would use a PHP or a similar scripting language. This is largely because it's server-side, so it places minimal browser requirements on the part of the user (e.g. Flash plug-in).

In PHP, the method to include a text file is as simple as inserting the following into the HTML wherever you want the text to appear:

<?php include("path/to/your/textfile.txt"); ?>

Obviously changing the part in " " to whatever your textfile is. You would also need to upload the text file to the server so that it can be read into the page.

This is a fairly brief explanation. If you're unfamiliar with scripting or you want any more help, feel free to send me a PM.

asterix · 24-05-2007, 20:40

Have you considered a content managment system? They're designed so that you can update content much like using a word document.

pgo · 24-05-2007, 20:47

Shouldn't be making websites in Photoshop anyway.

Snowshiro · 24-05-2007, 21:16

What kind of text needs to be regularly updated? What's the purpose?

z_coil · 25-05-2007, 00:14

Thanks everyone for their comments. I am not making the site in photoshop, i am simply making the graphics for the site, unlike my original plan. I will be using CSS to layout the design. The text needing editing will be a schedule of events. The client, however, does not want a calendar. Snowshiro, I will check to see if their server has PHP, but that seems the best way to go. Thanks again!

vannova · 08-06-2007, 00:51

photoshop is a image editing. it has no relation with any web or dynamic updations

pgo · 08-06-2007, 01:52

God damned Indian spammers.

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z_coil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10	Photoshop Question Hello Everyone, I am currently working on a website with a lot of complicated design additions. I would like to make the site in photoshop. However, there is one section that needs to be updated pretty often, but, the person editing it knows nothing about photoshop and/or html. I am pretty sure that in flash you can have a page load a text file. Can I do this in photoshop as well? Thanks so much for the help and I hope it was clear enough. Kevin

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vannova Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 47	photoshop is a image editing. it has no relation with any web or dynamic updations Last edited by gray : 05-07-2007 at 12:13.

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gray i still want paying Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: newcastle, uk Posts: 4,728	kevin stop with the spamming of the forum

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Snowshiro Will work for Marmite Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sapporo, Japan Posts: 574	Photoshop is a tool for editing and manipulating images. While it's a great tool for designing mockups of pages, it's not suitable for implementing the page layout itself. Personally if all you want to do is include a text file I would use a PHP or a similar scripting language. This is largely because it's server-side, so it places minimal browser requirements on the part of the user (e.g. Flash plug-in). In PHP, the method to include a text file is as simple as inserting the following into the HTML wherever you want the text to appear: <?php include("path/to/your/textfile.txt"); ?> Obviously changing the part in " " to whatever your textfile is. You would also need to upload the text file to the server so that it can be read into the page. This is a fairly brief explanation. If you're unfamiliar with scripting or you want any more help, feel free to send me a PM.

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asterix Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Darwin Posts: 31	Have you considered a content managment system? They're designed so that you can update content much like using a word document.

24-05-2007, 21:16	#7 (permalink)
Snowshiro Will work for Marmite Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sapporo, Japan Posts: 574	What kind of text needs to be regularly updated? What's the purpose?

25-05-2007, 00:14	#8 (permalink)
z_coil Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 10	Thanks everyone for their comments. I am not making the site in photoshop, i am simply making the graphics for the site, unlike my original plan. I will be using CSS to layout the design. The text needing editing will be a schedule of events. The client, however, does not want a calendar. Snowshiro, I will check to see if their server has PHP, but that seems the best way to go. Thanks again!

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