Contextual Editing in Page Rendering Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional page rendering engines are inefficient in streamlining the process of editing content for web pages, requiring users to download edited documents and often necessitate changes to the original content stored in databases, which can disrupt the rendering process.
Innovation Solution
The system enables contextual editing by allowing editors to make updates directly on the web page, saving changes to cached content without altering the original content in databases, using a page rendering engine with an integrated editing module that allows real-time editing and dynamic layouts based on feature order and grouping.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional page rendering engines are used for editing content, then the editing process requires downloading edited documents and changing original content in databases, but this disrupts the rendering process and reduces editing efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the content management process by separating cached content (which can be edited) from original database content (which remains unchanged). This allows editors to work on local copies without affecting the source data or requiring complex database transactions, thus improving editing efficiency while maintaining rendering stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and maintains cached copies of published content that can be edited independently from the original database content. Editors work on these cached copies locally, and changes are applied without requiring downloads or database modifications, simplifying the rendering process while enabling efficient editing.
2Ease of operation
If editors make changes to original content in databases, then content can be updated, but this requires republishing and affects metadata used for rendering
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by maintaining cached copies of content before editing is needed. These cached copies are prepared in advance and can be edited directly without triggering database transactions or republishing workflows, eliminating the time loss associated with traditional update processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The cached content acts as an intermediary between the original database content and the editing interface. Editors interact with the cached copy rather than the source data, allowing updates to be made quickly without affecting metadata or requiring republishing, thus saving time while maintaining operational simplicity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If special editing windows or object tags are used for editing, then editorial changes can be made, but this requires downloading edited documents to clients and increases interface complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The system makes the web page itself universally editable by enabling direct contextual editing on the rendered page without requiring special editing windows or modes. The same interface serves both rendering and editing functions, eliminating the need for separate editing interfaces and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full editing capability.
4Productivity
If editors download edited documents to clients, then changes can be viewed, but this increases loss of time and reduces editing speed
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service editing by allowing editors to make changes directly on the web page in the browser without downloading documents. The editing interface leverages the existing rendered page structure, enabling editors to work immediately on visible content and see changes in real-time, thus eliminating download time and improving editing speed.
Data Source
AI summary
Exemplary embodiments allow contextual editing to proceed in real time while the editor views the actual web page (or other page) being edited. The editing may change the underlying content without changing the look and feel of the web page. Example embodiments enable an editor or web page developer to make changes to already published content by changing cached or locally stored content without changing the original content stored in databases.