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My CMS Begins…and Previewing Images Before POST of an HTML Form

By Jonathan + July 11th, 2006

I’ve sorta-officially started work in my free-time on a Content Management System (to rule them all). I’m way too lazy to write a complicated middle-layer, so my aim is this: to create a CMS with as small a code-base as possible, that can run a mid-market website. Basically, I’m trying to write a CMS that’s easy to work in from a developer’s perspective, easy to use from a content manager’s perspective, and that a sysadmin can let loose with some serious traffic.

In the spirit of the occasion, here’s a script I wrote that lets you instantly preview the image you select in a “Browse…” file upload box, before uploading it to the server i.e. to overwrite the image that is already there. It’s completely client-side Javascript. For now it’s IE and Firefox in Windows only due to security restrictions. Try it out, and start the countdown to my CMS being finished. You’d probably better start at a thousand ;-)

Image Upload Preview v0.1

1 Comment at "My CMS Begins…and Previewing Images Before POST of an HTML Form"

Chris December 28th, 2007 (#)

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Jonathan!

I’ve been contemplating getting into personal blogging myself and searching through various resources, I recalled your blog and so I am going through it.

I have to say that I like your style and you do a great job as well. You’ve changed the layout since the last time I was here though.. no more ads either I see?

I’d be interested in checking out your CMS and seeing how it works.

BTW, this is Chris, we met last year at Firkins I believe. I had met you through Micheal and we met a couple of times… I was the black guy from Ottawa who didn’t know anyone and had no friends here.

Anyhow keep up the good work!

cheers :)

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