DrupalCon Austin 2014: WYSIWYGGIN' OUT
Speakers: tkoleary
Now that all of the Spark content authoring improvements are available in both Drupal 7 and 8, what's the next step towards effortless structured content authoring?
The fact that we have better tools will not, in itself, ensure that your content will be structured, semantic and re-usable. Getting the most out of the tools requires a disciplined approach to site building that encompasses a responsive multi-channel content strategy, semantic content types, well thought out roles, permissions and WYSIWYG configuration, as well as considered theming for whatever tag an author might use.
As sitebuilders put these things into practice as many new questions will be raised as problems are solved. Each new idea can lead to iteration and improvement in D8 contrib. A few things that already being talked about are:
Markdown in the body field
More minimalist/contextual WYSIWYG editing
Using DITA or semantic markup to structure content at a granular level
The ability to manage fields and display at the node level
Extending in-place editing to views
The first part of the session will cover how Drupal 8 Authoring UX will impact site building best practices. The second half will explore questions about how Authoring UX can be improved or extended with plenty of time for input and open discussion.
Now that all of the Spark content authoring improvements are available in both Drupal 7 and 8, what's the next step towards effortless structured content authoring?
The fact that we have better tools will not, in itself, ensure that your content will be structured, semantic and re-usable. Getting the most out of the tools requires a disciplined approach to site building that encompasses a responsive multi-channel content strategy, semantic content types, well thought out roles, permissions and WYSIWYG configuration, as well as considered theming for whatever tag an author might use.
As sitebuilders put these things into practice as many new questions will be raised as problems are solved. Each new idea can lead to iteration and improvement in D8 contrib. A few things that already being talked about are:
Markdown in the body field
More minimalist/contextual WYSIWYG editing
Using DITA or semantic markup to structure content at a granular level
The ability to manage fields and display at the node level
Extending in-place editing to views
The first part of the session will cover how Drupal 8 Authoring UX will impact site building best practices. The second half will explore questions about how Authoring UX can be improved or extended with plenty of time for input and open discussion.