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Hi there,One of my clients questioned me: “How can I make changes on the app contents at my control?”
Is there any way possible to create a platform for our client to make changes on the app?
By analogy, at the moment, all of the website they can be edited using HTML code and WYSIWYG platform. Therefore, for iPhone and Android application, is there any such way for our clients to edit the content as well?
Can we put the database on a server and make them display on mobile?
Some thoughts:
1) The generated code is your’s to modify or transfer to whom every you choose. It can be modified but not that the Visual Designer will not understand your html modifications…
2) You can continue to use the App Center builder to create native apps by reintegrating your html into your project directory’s www/ folder.
3) If you modify the code to any major extent it is virtually impossible for us to support your app because it is “your implementation” from that point forward…
@support-wayne wrote:
Some thoughts:
1) The generated code is your’s to modify or transfer to whom every you choose. It can be modified but not that the Visual Designer will not understand your html modifications…
2) You can continue to use the App Center builder to create native apps by reintegrating your html into your project directory’s www/ folder.
3) If you modify the code to any major extent it is virtually impossible for us to support your app because it is “your implementation” from that point forward…
Hi Wayne,
Thank you for the efficient reply.
I still have some uncertainties:
So, is it possible if my client have control on all the content changes?What I have in mind is to have them, whom without html knowledge, to edit the content at their control without using MobiOne.
For example, I would like to link the app database on a website so that they can make changes through the website using WYSIWYG feature as well. What I will do is to link the database and make them display on the iPhone, for instance. Is this possible?
Wayne,
I am not sure whether you get my point or not. I was inspired by the EURO 2012 official app.
They updated the match results online. It’s a “news” app. I would like to create that kind of app as well and put it online so that my clients who have the administrator key, they can make changes by themselves.
Any thoughts about this? Would appreciate if the support team can provide a tutorial to make this kind of app. =)
Thank you.
Based on your project description my 1st thoughts are:
1) On the server-side use a content management system (CMS) that users use to create and publish news articles and information (content). The CMS publishes new content in the form of an RSS feed or similar popular format. Google content management systems and you’ll get a zillion hits. There are hosted CMS systems that you can startup with almost no costs.
2) Use MobiOne with custom logic to access the RSS feed and render info to the user in a custom UI layout
Here is an example of MobiOne app that reads and displays an RSS feed from the USA cycling site:
http://www.genuitec.com/support-genuitec/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1386I hope this is helpful.
Hi Wayne,
Thank you for the RSS link. I shall study and try to implement on the apps.
Regarding the CMS, is the content only available when user is accessed to the internet?
Because, let’s say the client want an offline app and to have control on the content update. Is it possible?
Regards,
Carson>Regarding the CMS, is the content only available when user is accessed to the internet?
This is a question of how much content caching can you support? I’m not familiar with the app your referred to. But with some custom code you can cache all or portions of the content when connected. For example most RSS feeds provide very small portion of content and maybe a small image. Then user can select the article and load the full article. You may choose to cache only the RSS feed and only fetch details for an article when online. I’m not familiar with any off-the-shelf caching systems that you could integrate. But the RSS feed is an xml doc that could be saved and read locally.
