Editing with iPad
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So I got a question from a Japanese user if we can edit concrete5 sites on iPad.
I've tried once with my friend's iPad 3G, but I couldnt' edit it.
The pop-up menu over blocks didn't work properly.
Since I don't own an iPad yet, can anyone confirm about this, and / or necessary modification required?
I think we can no longer ignore iPad... so I think we may want to make sure that the people can edit article on their iPad.
I'm going to buy a iPad as soon as I get back to Japan in July... and I also want to be able to edit concrete5 on my iPad as well.
Thanks
So I got a question from a Japanese user if we can edit concrete5 sites on iPad.
I've tried once with my friend's iPad 3G, but I couldnt' edit it.
The pop-up menu over blocks didn't work properly.
Since I don't own an iPad yet, can anyone confirm about this, and / or necessary modification required?
I think we can no longer ignore iPad... so I think we may want to make sure that the people can edit article on their iPad.
I'm going to buy a iPad as soon as I get back to Japan in July... and I also want to be able to edit concrete5 on my iPad as well.
Thanks
A work around that im using as an alterntive to the text editor
The problem I was finding was the the box opened up but the text was in a smaller box
all the the text is here in code format so what I do is select all>>cut and then past into a HTML editor I'm using visual eye as it give you the code and what it will look like the just sellect all and cut and past back in its no good if you don't know HTML but I'm sure you can work out the text and edit that leaving the tags alone
The problem I was finding was the the box opened up but the text was in a smaller box
all the the text is here in code format so what I do is select all>>cut and then past into a HTML editor I'm using visual eye as it give you the code and what it will look like the just sellect all and cut and past back in its no good if you don't know HTML but I'm sure you can work out the text and edit that leaving the tags alone
try looking into Opera for apple products. I use Opera mobile browser with a Nokia and am able to edit my C5 site via my phone.
I would also be interested in editing c5 sites with the ipad. unfortunatly there is no opera or firefox browser for the ipad, because of apple's philosophy.
does anyone know a workaround for e.g. the content block? thx.
does anyone know a workaround for e.g. the content block? thx.
i tried editing on one,and it seemed like the clicks were registering about 100px off, though that is a guess.
I planned a gift around having it long enough to fix this issue, but it ended up falling through and i returned the ipad(which came from china) to the local mac store un-opened.
So those were my efforts, and I don't think I'll be getting an ipad in the foreseeable future :(, though it would be cool to get editing working on it.
I planned a gift around having it long enough to fix this issue, but it ended up falling through and i returned the ipad(which came from china) to the local mac store un-opened.
So those were my efforts, and I don't think I'll be getting an ipad in the foreseeable future :(, though it would be cool to get editing working on it.
i have one I will check tomorrow for ya.
It would be cool to edit your site on a iPad.
I have tried to edit my site on it once but it didnt work out. Oh well...
I have tried to edit my site on it once but it didnt work out. Oh well...
same thing with the ipod, just hard to edit.
For anyone following this thread or trying to research editablity with Concrete5 and the iPad I want to say that I have tried almost every 'free' web app in the App Store and have found that the only web app that allowed me to make basic changes to my C5 websites was BoltHD. This App allows you to use the html button on content areas to make updates and cruise your dashboard. You could also add add-ons to a page but not all of them were editable. It would be great if other iPad users list the Apps they are trying to see if we all can find a Web App that would be most ideal for iPad users.
Here is a list of the Web Apps I tried:
Atomic Web Broswer Lite (did not work)
iLunescape (not work)
Terra (no go)
Fanta Browser (yuck!)
iSourceBrowser (no go)
Aarde Web Broswer Lite (no go)
Free BrowserHD (no go)
Ying Yang Free (basic editing but the adds are really annoying)
LastPassTabHD (no go)
Opera for iphone (YUCK!)
BoltHD (works, sort of)
FilerLite (This is a neat App with a built in browser that would also give way to basic-basic editing)
Here is a list of the Web Apps I tried:
Atomic Web Broswer Lite (did not work)
iLunescape (not work)
Terra (no go)
Fanta Browser (yuck!)
iSourceBrowser (no go)
Aarde Web Broswer Lite (no go)
Free BrowserHD (no go)
Ying Yang Free (basic editing but the adds are really annoying)
LastPassTabHD (no go)
Opera for iphone (YUCK!)
BoltHD (works, sort of)
FilerLite (This is a neat App with a built in browser that would also give way to basic-basic editing)
I have had some success with Mercury from ilendsoft.
http://www.ilegendsoft.com/
This is available from the app store. To edit a block, press finger on block until edit menu appears. I have updated to the recent OS4. have not test 100%. It appears better than the other suggestions.
We need a theme that look good on the iPad. I find that normal pages run right the the edges. Think we have to pad the entire page for iPad
Good luck.
http://www.ilegendsoft.com/
This is available from the app store. To edit a block, press finger on block until edit menu appears. I have updated to the recent OS4. have not test 100%. It appears better than the other suggestions.
We need a theme that look good on the iPad. I find that normal pages run right the the edges. Think we have to pad the entire page for iPad
Good luck.
DARN IT! I just bought Mercury, based on your suggestion that it worked with the c5 WYSIWYG editor -- but you're mistaken, unfortunately. :-(
This is VERY frustrating!! C5 Folks: Is there nothing we can do about this??
This is VERY frustrating!! C5 Folks: Is there nothing we can do about this??
dihakz,
the issue here is not with concrete5 it is with the iPad, and how it manages click events within web editors, the issue goes beyond TinyMCE, which is what c5 uses. ckEditor and other editors have the same kind of problem. Hopefully the issue will be fixed at the root or the smart folks at either editor team will figure out a workaround. For the time being, the TinyMCE development group has actually added added detection logic for iPhone/iPad so that TinyMCE doesn't get initialized on these devices.http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21314....
So the long and the short of it is that this is an Apple issue, and not something that the C5 team is likely going to be able to correct.
the issue here is not with concrete5 it is with the iPad, and how it manages click events within web editors, the issue goes beyond TinyMCE, which is what c5 uses. ckEditor and other editors have the same kind of problem. Hopefully the issue will be fixed at the root or the smart folks at either editor team will figure out a workaround. For the time being, the TinyMCE development group has actually added added detection logic for iPhone/iPad so that TinyMCE doesn't get initialized on these devices.http://tinymce.moxiecode.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=21314....
So the long and the short of it is that this is an Apple issue, and not something that the C5 team is likely going to be able to correct.
try vanillasurf
modernizr framework could be helpful here (MIT license).
just grabbed building iphone apps with html, css and js. more thought for iphone, but lots of useful tips. Think the iphone tut by andrew got inspire by this one ;)
thanks