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Front end editor advice

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    kirkhuyser Reply #1, 11 years, 5 months ago
    The last time I tried to implement Frontpage I got nowhere because Login did not work. That was almost 2 years ago. I'm ready to try again but need some advice on which front end editor to use and whether I need a second package. After all these years I'm still waiting for Revo to adopt what we had in Evo in terms of front end editing. Can anyone offer advice for a relatively painless solution?
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      alyainec Reply #2, 11 years, 5 months ago
      Hi kirkhuyser,

      I would recommend to use NewsPublisher for FRONT EDITOR, it is very easy to use.
      Download http://modx.com/extras/package/newspublisher
      You can read the documentation & some examples on http://bobsguides.com/newspublisher-tutorial.html

      Goodluck!
      • sottwell Reply #3, 11 years, 5 months ago
        Or better yet, install it via Package Management wink
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          kirkhuyser Reply #4, 11 years, 5 months ago
          Quote from: alyainec at Nov 19, 2012, 01:00 AM
          Hi kirkhuyser,

          I would recommend to use NewsPublisher for FRONT EDITOR, it is very easy to use.
          Download http://modx.com/extras/package/newspublisher
          You can read the documentation & some examples on http://bobsguides.com/newspublisher-tutorial.html

          Goodluck!

          OK, just did that and results were as expected. It doesn't work "out of the box." I have a lot of respect for Bob Ray, but despite what his tutorials says, "To edit existing resources, simply place a tag for the NpEditThisButton snippet anywhere in the <body> section of your template(s) or in the Resource Content field of a Resource" - well, it's not as simple as that. Here's what I get: "Could not set the np_id default property. Set it manually to the ID of the newspublisher page." I found some answers to this on a 1-1/2 year old thread, but once again a bunch of work-arounds to get a front end editor working. And even then from that thread it appears your not going to see a page that resembles the page you're working on.

          I will go ahead and create a NewsPublisher document and try again, but at the moment I don't have the energy to deal with it. After all these years I still don't understand why there is not a front end editor for Revolution that works seamlessly.

          Thanks for your advice. After a good night's sleep I'll approach it again using NewsPublisher and we'll see how it goes.