Well, I was working on PageCat again last night and after a few stupid mistakes I got some things working pretty neatly.
I can now add graphics via URLs to articles using the HTML editor. You just click on the Add Image button and a dialog pops up. This dialog will eventually allow you to specify an existing file from the web server or upload a new file for inclusion in the article. Before I complete this, though, I will need to add a database configuration plugin, so I can add/edit/delete the database config table.
I also added the capability of inserting PageCat tags into article data. So if I wanted to, I could use a PageCat tag (<pc>fieldname</pc>) to insert the title of this article right here:
I could also use this method to add an image slideshow right in the middle of the article, but I would have to have an imagelist field attached to this article first. I plan on adding a field to the articledata table that denotes data type instead of using the current scheme, then I'll be able to add custom data fields to individual articles willy-nilly.
I've been thinking I might like to revise the template implementation a bit so that the entire template is tag-driven and inline rather than being implemented through some cyrptic PHP object methods. That will require some more work with regular expressions and the PHP ob_start() command.
Ah, so much to do, and I still have dinner to cook. As soon as I get the image upload capability online, I'll be throwing up my Johnstown pictures, probably a couple of shots of Palm Springs, and of course some Abby pics.
