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January 2, 2018January 11, 2018

Content and code, similar headaches with similar solutions. Version control, non-destructive editing, and highlighting.

Managing content and managing code are surprisingly similar. However, where content management and creation can be more freeform, coders are forced into a number of standard practices by the collaborative nature of modern coding.

January 2, 2018January 11, 2018

“Easy” content editing made difficult, then easier again. WYSIWYGs, Block Editors, and continual, unsustainable, HTML editing.

For many coders, content editing in CMSs is a secret torture. Sometimes HTML tags work in widgets, sometimes not, other times What You See Is What You Get editors show more options than actually work. All this leads to coders avoiding WYSIWYGs, and “easier” content editing, instead opting for pasting in our own custom HTML.