Automatic sub-template selection based on content

• US 20070162846A1
• Filed: 01/09/2006
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Computer Incorporated (Apple Inc.)
• Inventors: Rosner, Roger, Rudolph, Christopher, Cave, Richard, Capela, Jay, Murrett, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 8,584,002 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/210
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Enabling a user to create or edit a webpage is disclosed. A content type of a content item to be included in the webpage is determined automatically. Code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published is generated.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a user to create or edit a webpage, comprising:

determining automatically a content type of a content item to be included in the webpage; and

generating for the webpage code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the webpage is based at least in part on a template and the method further comprises selecting a content type-appropriate sub-template and associating the content item with the sub-template.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting a content type-appropriate sub-template based at least in part on the determined content type.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising selecting based at least in part on the determined content type a content type-appropriate sub-template configured to generate for the webpage the code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising displaying via an editing interface a representation of the webpage and including in the representation a content type-appropriate object that represents the content item.

6. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the content type-appropriate object is editable via the editing interface.

7. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the content type-appropriate object includes one or more of the following:

the content item, an image associated with the content item, and one or more content type-appropriate controls associated with the content item.

8. A method as recited in claim 5, wherein the content type-appropriate object appears as it would in the webpage as published.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein generating for the webpage code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published includes one or more of resizing and re-rendering the content item.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein content item comprises one or more of the following:

a media object, a still image, a photograph, a movie or other video, and an audio file.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, further including receiving an indication that the content item is to be included in the webpage.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the indication that the content item is to be included in the webpage comprises an indication that a representation of the content item has been dragged, pasted, or otherwise placed in a representation of the webpage as displayed for editing.

13. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising storing in a first file having a first format a first data associated with the webpage, which first data includes data usable to edit the webpage via an editing interface, and storing in a second file having a second format a second data associated with the webpage, which second data includes said code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published.

14. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the content type is determined based at least in part on one of more of the following:

an extension or suffix of a filename or other name or identifier associated with the object;

an application, system, and/or process with which the object is associated;

metadata associated with the object; and

a logical and/or physical storage location in which the object is stored.

15. A system for enabling a user to create or edit a webpage, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide to the processor instructions for determining automatically a content type of a content item to be included in the webpage and generating for the webpage code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published.

16. A system as recited in claim 15, further comprising a display coupled to the processor, wherein the memory is further configured to provide to the processor instructions for presenting via the display an editing interface that includes a representation of the webpage and including in the representation a content type-appropriate object that represents the content item

17. A computer program product for enabling a user to create or edit a webpage, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:

determining automatically a content type of a content item to be included in the webpage; and

generating for the webpage code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published.

18. A computer program product as recited in claim 17, further comprising computer instructions for selecting a content type-appropriate sub-template based at least in part on the determined content type.

19. A computer program product as recited in claim 17, further comprising computer instructions for selecting based at least in part on the determined content type a content type-appropriate sub-template configured to generate for the webpage the code appropriate to the content type as required to include the content item in the webpage as published.

20. A computer program product as recited in claim 17, further comprising computer instructions for displaying via an editing interface a representation of the webpage and including in the representation a content type-appropriate object that represents the content item.