Imagine this is your website. Typically a web page contains sections that are for presentational purposes and sections that contain content most likely written by you.
This content is marked as editable. Click into this text with the mouse and begin typing to edit the content.
Note: Seaweed requires JavaScript to be turned on in order to work.
Keyboard shortcuts for WYSIWYG-style commands uses typical key combinations found in typical word processor applications.
Note for MAC users: use CMD instead of CTRL.
CTRL+Z: UndoCTRL+Y: RedoCTRL+C: Copy selectionCTRL+X: Cut selectionCTRL+V: PasteCTRL+A: Select all (in currently selected editable section)CTRL+B: Bold selectionCTRL+I: Italic/emphasize selectionCTRL+U: Underline selectionTAB: Indent paragraphs/containers in selection. If cursor is in a list item then the list item will be promoted.SHIFT+TAB: Outdent paragraphs/containers in selection. If cursor is in a list item then the list item will be demoted.Above is one example of how Seaweed can work. You can take this idea of seamless editing a lot further. The example is very basic, but gives you a teste of seamless editing. Try the Seawead plugin for Wordpress for a full example, including a GUI and the ability to save content on the fly.
The Seaweed Experiment has finished! It has been a great success.
The Seaweed Experiment is going well, lots of useful data is being gathered.
The first public release of the Seaweed plugin for Wordpres has finally been released!
The full scale Seaweed experiment has been approved by the ethics commitee at the University of Waikato.
Pilot tests for the Seaweed experiment has finished. Full steam ahead for the full-scale experiment!