Date: 02/26/07 (Web Development)    Keywords: blogging, software, database, web

Hey guys,

I'm trying to put together a project in which users will be able to interface with a rich text input editor, kind of like what you see when you click the "rich text" tab on the Update page of Livejournal; that would allow a user to insert images, create link anchors, etc.

More generally, though, I'm trying to figure out in this project a way to let some users of my website to be able to create new pages and modify them using this rich text interface. You may ask, why not use a blogging tool? The reason I'm not using Wordpress or other blog software is unfortunately I cannot use a database in this project (don't ask), and those tools practically demand one. I can use a folder and file structure. So now you know the outlines of my challenge.

What do you think are the odds of creating a system like this without a database? I initially figured it would be a piece of cake until I stopped to think of how and where the data would be stored, etc.

Moreover, do you know any out of the box apps to use in this project?

I know a few people here contributed to Wordpress and other open source projects like Geeklog. I'd appreciate your input.

Thank you!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdev/388772.html