Qixite

Qixite - simple web site development software

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

It seems that tables cannot handle MBCS chars on Windows, there is some kind of problem in TStringGrid where it does not transfer the data after editing is done correctly.

I have tried to create a new form with one edit field just above the table cell being edited and using that TEdit object to edit the text. I have succeeded in doing that but this now means that you have to press Enter or F2 in order to start editing the cell contents. And you have to press Enter, F2 or Esc to finish editing. Esc - restores the value to the previous one.

Basically this is a stupid workaround, so I just had to put a lot of comments in code, explaining what is being done.

Sunday, September 28, 2003

I have released Qixite 0.0.10 today.

It features table support and allows to specify custom attributes to any element of the web site.

Monday, September 22, 2003

Last weekend I have been working on table support in Qixite. I have updated all the templates to generate tables, built Qixite on Windows - had to fix some problems. Windows version of Delphi handles events little bit differently than Linux version.

I am almost sure I will release Qixite 0.0.10 this week.

Thursday, September 18, 2003

Added width attribute to cell.
Updated qixite.dtd.

Monday, September 15, 2003

Things remaining:

  • Modify templates to support tables

  • Document new features

  • Code cleanup

  • Ensure everything can be builtand works in Windows



I expect to release version 0.0.10 some time this week.

Enhancements:

  • possibility to specify additional attributes for any node

  • possibility to add tables to pages and text nodes


    • Add, insert and delete rows

    • Add, insert and delete columns

    • Set alignment for each cell

    • Set font to bold or italic for each cell

    • Import table from CSV file


Sunday, September 14, 2003

Today I have been working on table support in Qixite.

I have been drawing (16x16) icons for table manipulation buttons as well.

Friday, September 12, 2003

Brokas - a web designer - started working on a new template for Qixite.

I guess I will need this RSS 2.0 spec when building a RSS template for Qixite.

I have added a script for wrapping Qixite translation files. They should be readable and comparable now.

In order to wrap the translation file just type make wrap.

I am thinking of possibility to generate several versions of the web site in one go. It would be usefull if you want to publish the same site in different formats... e.g. normal web site, web site for PDAs and RSS feed.

I am working on Qixite table support.

Started using TDrawGrid instead of TStringGrid as this will allow me to specify some font information + text alignment.

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Answered couple of e-mails relating to Qixite templates.