Content Management System - sync with FTP?

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   Hi all,

My company has been using ProductCart extensively for our online store for many years. I am their new web commerce specialist and am redesigning the interface of the store. I have a question about the content management system in ProductCart.

Is there a way to edit the content pages so that it syncs up with Dreamweaver?

I make many changes to the HTML/CSS of the content pages and would like to be able to edit them in Dreamweaver without having to copy the code from Dreamweaver, open ProductCart, find the content page, paste the code into the HTML editor, preview the page, edit the code again in Dreamweaver, and repeat the process.

I guess what I'm asking is: do the content pages have a physical location in the "pc/store/" folders (or elsewhere) where I can edit them in Dreamweaver and then automatically upload them to the FTP through the sync feature in Dreamweaver.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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alexL-icc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-March-2010 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote alexL-icc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Content Management System - sync with FTP? Posted: 11-May-2010 at 2:06pm
	Hi all, My company has been using ProductCart extensively for our online store for many years. I am their new web commerce specialist and am redesigning the interface of the store. I have a question about the content management system in ProductCart. Is there a way to edit the content pages so that it syncs up with Dreamweaver? I make many changes to the HTML/CSS of the content pages and would like to be able to edit them in Dreamweaver without having to copy the code from Dreamweaver, open ProductCart, find the content page, paste the code into the HTML editor, preview the page, edit the code again in Dreamweaver, and repeat the process. I guess what I'm asking is: do the content pages have a physical location in the "pc/store/" folders (or elsewhere) where I can edit them in Dreamweaver and then automatically upload them to the FTP through the sync feature in Dreamweaver. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
	Alex L.

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 2:17pm
	The content of those pages are stored in the database. There is only a single page, viewContent.asp, which displays that stored content.

alexL-icc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-March-2010 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote alexL-icc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 2:26pm
	Is there a convenient way to access the database where the content pages are stored to edit them in Dreamweaver?
	Alex L.

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 2:35pm
	No. Apparently you are unfamiliar with how databases work. That's not possible.

ProductCart Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group ProductCart Team Joined: 01-October-2003 Status: Offline Points: 135	Post Options Post Reply Quote ProductCart Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 3:06pm
	Hi Alex, As Greg said, this is not technically possible "out of the box" because the HTML is not available in an FTP location (there is no HTML or ASP file that contains that content). However, you can certainly do the following: - Open the HTML editor in ProductCart - Go to Code View - Copy - Paste into Dreamweaver - Edit in Dreamweaver - Copy the content in Dreamweaver that is between the <BODY> and </BODY> tag - Paste back into ProductCart - Save the page It sounds more time consuming than it actually is. We have done this many times ourselves too and it works great.
	The ProductCart Team Home of ProductCart shopping cart software

alexL-icc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-March-2010 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote alexL-icc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 3:34pm
	Greg, you're right, I'm not familiar with how databases work. Early Impact Team, thanks for the clarification. Based on this discussion, the solution that I have come up with is this: I will keep the content pages separate from the ProductCart CMS while I am still extensively working on them, but once our entire site is more or less finalized, I will integrate them into the ProductCart CMS. That way, since any future editing would be minimal, I would very rarely have to go through the Dreamweaver-ProductCart editing loop (I must say I disagree with you: this is the process I use to edit our product descriptions - they use HTML and CSS - and I think it is lengthy and cumbersome when working on many pages). Thank you for your help!
	Alex L.

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 3:46pm
	Alex, my reply about understanding how databases works may seem curt. Not intentional - my apologies. Good luck.

alexL-icc Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01-March-2010 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote alexL-icc Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 11-May-2010 at 5:27pm
	No worries, no offense taken. Thanks for the "straightforward" reply
	Alex L.