Web page author

• US 20040205468A1
• Filed: 05/17/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Lightner, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US10/150,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20040205468A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/500
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174

Abstract

Disclosed are novel methods and apparatus for providing, for example, automated, efficient Web page authoring systems to assist in creation of Web pages with a similar look and/or feel relatively quickly. In an embodiment, a method of providing a plurality of Web pages is disclosed. The method may include: building an initial Web page corresponding to the plurality of Web pages; providing an input section to enter data into; providing an output section to output data to; providing a process section to process data based on the input section data and output the processed data to the output section; identifying variable data present in the initial Web page; and creating at least one formula in the output section to reconstitute code corresponding to the identified variable data.

Claims

1. A method of providing a plurality of Web pages, the method comprising:

building an initial Web page corresponding to the plurality of Web pages;

providing an input section to enter data into;

providing an output section to output data to;

providing a process section to process data based on the input section data and output the processed data to the output section;

identifying variable data present in the initial Web page; and

creating at least one formula in the output section to reconstitute code corresponding to the identified variable data,

wherein the reconstituted code assists in provision of the plurality of Web pages and the plurality of Web pages provide at least one of a same look and a same feel.

2. The method of claim 1 further including creating at least one function in the process section to assist in provision of data in the output section.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the initial Web page is built utilizing a Web authoring program.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the Web authoring program is selected from a group comprising FrontPage, Adobe GoLive, Adobe PageMill, Dreamweaver, HotDog, and HoTMetaL Pro.

5. The method of claim 1 further including adding a user instruction to one of the items selected from a group comprising the input section, the output section, and the process section.

6. The method of claim 1 further including adding a help tip to one of the items selected from a group comprising the input section, the output section, and the process section.

7. The method of claim 1 further including adding a filename formula to the output section.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one color is utilized to distinguish two of the input, output, and process sections.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the input, output, and process sections are implemented as separate areas in a spreadsheet application.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the separate areas are implemented as a plurality of worksheets.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the spreadsheet application is selected from a group comprising StarCalc, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, Quattro Pro, ClarisWorks, AppleWorks, and Lotus 123.

12. An article of manufacture for providing permissions management, the article comprising:

a machine readable medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a machine, will cause the machine to perform operations including;

building an initial Web page corresponding to a plurality of Web pages;

providing an input section to enter data into;

providing an output section to output data to;

providing a process section to process data based on the input section data and output the processed data to the output section;

identifying variable data present in the initial Web page; and

creating at least one formula in the output section to reconstitute code corresponding to the identified variable data.

13. The article of claim 12 wherein the operations further include creating at least one function in the process section to assist in provision of data in the output section.

14. The article of claim 12 wherein the operations further include adding a user instruction to one of the items selected from a group comprising the input section, the output section, and the process section.

15. The article of claim 12 wherein the operations further include adding a help tip to one of the items selected from a group comprising the input section, the output section, and the process section.

16. The article of claim 12 wherein the operations further include adding a filename formula to the output section.

17. A system for providing a plurality of Web pages, the system comprising:

an initial Web page builder to build an initial Web page corresponding to the plurality of Web pages;

an input section to enter data into;

an output section to output data to;

a process section to process data based on the input section data and output the processed data to the output section;

a variable data identifier to identify variable data present in the initial Web page; and

at least one formula in the output section to reconstitute code corresponding to the identified variable data,

wherein the reconstituted code assists in provision of the plurality of Web pages and the plurality of Web pages provide at least one of a same look and a same feel.

18. The system of claim 17 further including at least one function in the process section to assist in provision of data in the output section.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the initial Web page builder is selected from a group comprising FrontPage, Adobe GoLive, Adobe PageMill, Dreamweaver, HotDog, and HoTMetaL Pro.

20. The system of claim 17 further including a filename formula in the output section.

21. The system of claim 17 wherein at least one color is utilized to distinguish two of the input, output, and process sections.

22. The system of claim 17 wherein the input, output, and process sections are implemented as separate areas in a spreadsheet application.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the separate areas are implemented as a plurality of worksheets.

24. The system of claim 22 wherein the spreadsheet application is selected from a group comprising StarCalc, Excel, Microsoft Works, Quattro Pro, ClarisWorks, AppleWorks, and Lotus 123.

25. An apparatus for providing a plurality of Web pages, the apparatus comprising:

means for building an initial Web page corresponding to the plurality of Web pages;

input section means for entering data into;

output section means for outputting data to;

process section means for processing data based on the input section data;

means for identifying variable data present in the initial Web page; and

at least one formula in the output section means to reconstitute code corresponding to the identified variable data.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 further including means for providing data in the output section.

27. The apparatus of claim 25 further including means for providing a plurality of filenames for the plurality of Web pages.