Hi Roger, While of course you are correct, creating a revlet as website removes a whopping 99.9%+ of customers with browsers from ever being able to view your content-- as the current penetration of the rev plu in is much less than 0.1%. So, it's certainly NOT what I would recommend as a solution to publishing content on the web for the general public to view.
On Saturday, August 27, 2011, Roger Eller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Bob Earp wrote: > >> Hi Chip, >> It certainly would be cool !! But don't we have a half-way (at least) >> solution using LiveCode ? If Timothy wishes to use the ease/features of >> LiveCode, couldn't he host his existing site on the on-Rev server and then >> plonk chunks of LV functionality on his pages ? >> >> What would be the downside of that ? >> >> best, Bob. >> >> PS, best to Dan when you see him next. >> >> >> >> >> Bob Earp >> White Rock, British Columbia. >> >> > Hi Timothy, >> > >> > The simple answer to your question is, nope. You can't just design your >> website on cards and have it convert to a website-- wouldn't that be cool if >> you could! >> > >> > Websites are typically created from HTML, CSS, and sometimes serverside >> scripting which helps fill in the dynamic portions of the website. Sometimes >> database calls also need to be made as well. >> > >> > You can use LC for the serverside scripting, but you'll still need to do >> the HTML and CSS for the look and feel for your website. If this is all a >> bit complicated, you may want to try some of the self serve website builders >> available out there. Many of them require no previous knowledge of HTML, >> CSS, or scripting whatsoever >> > >> > Chipp Walters >> > CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc >> > > Chip is correct that "You can't just design your website on cards and have > it convert to a website", but you can run stacks with multiple cards as a > revlet using the RunRev plugin. There are currently limitations with which > browsers, but for the ones it works on, it works great! I don't do > html/css/php, etc. I use LiveCode 100% and publish as revlets, and this > makes database access a breeze. > > ˜Roger > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Chipp Walters CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
