Simplified document creation

• US 7,823,057 B1
• Filed: 01/04/2002
• Issued: 10/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Hay, Judith A, Schultz, Dietrich W, Kusmer, Steven R, Wallace, Kevin G, Schectman, Hal R, Thompson, Michael P
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong; Stephen S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vaughn; Gregory J
• Application Number:
  US10/039,537
• Time in Patent Office: 3,217 Days
• Field of Search: 715/500, 715/511, 715/513, 715/522, 715/526, 715/530, 715/200, 715/229, 715/234, 715/236, 715/248, 715/273, 715/255
• US Class Current: 715/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

A document publishing system. Users create document templates using a first user interface. Users generate content files related to the templates. The templates and document files are combined to create documents. A second user interface has functionality defined by high-level users.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of generating a document, where one or more computers are programmed to perform steps comprising:

receiving a document template;

receiving content data;

combining the document template and the content data to generate a document in a first context, wherein the document comprises a relative uniform resource locator (URL) that is relative to a first site base associated with the first context of the document;

receiving a request to publish the document to a second context associated with a second site base;

modifying the relative URL such that it is relative to the second site base associated with the second context; and

publishing the document, including the modified relative URL, to the second context.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content data is received through a user interface having functionality defined by a first user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein functionality of the user interface is determined by the document template.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the content data is received from a user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the document template defines an editable section.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified relative URL identifies a publish type.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the publish type is a page preview.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the publish type is a local publish.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the publish type is an external publish.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the publish type is a local stage.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the publish type is an external stage.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the document comprises a plurality of URLs, wherein at least one of the URLs comprises a first relative URL type that is relative to a first site base associated with the first context, and wherein at least one of the URLs comprises a second relative URL type that is relative to a second site base associated with the second context;

and

further comprising, for each of the plurality of URLs, determining whether the URL needs to be modified based on the second context to publish the document to and a URL type of the respective URL.

13. A computer implemented method of generating a document, where one or more computers are programmed to perform steps comprising:

receiving a web page document template and web page content data;

combining the web page document template and the web page content data to generate a web page document;

publishing the web page document to an editing context for previewing the web page document prior to publishing the document;

receiving a request to publish the web page document to a viewing context for viewing the web page document; and

in response to receiving the request to publish the web page document;

determining that the web page document comprises a relative URL that is relative to a site base associated with the editing context;

modifying the relative URL such that it is relative to a site base associated with the viewing context; and

publishing the web page document, including the modified relative URL, to the viewing context.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that the web page comprises an other relative URL that is relative to a site base associated with the viewing context; and

not modifying the other relative URL.

15. A computer implemented method of maintaining the integrity of a uniform resource locator (URL), comprising:

generating a document in a first context, wherein the document comprises a plurality of uniform resource locators (URLs), wherein at least one of the URLs comprises a relative URL that is relative to a site base associated with the first context, and wherein at least one of the URLs comprises a relative URL that is relative to a site base associated with the a second context;

receiving a request to publish the document to the second context; and

in response to receiving the request to publish the document to the second context;

determining that a first URL of the plurality of URLs comprises a first relative URL that is relative to a site base associated with the first context;

determining that a second URL of the plurality of URLs comprises a second relative URL that is relative to a site base associated with the second context;

modifying the first URL such that it is relative to a site base associated with the second context;

not modifying the second URL; and

publishing the document, including the modified first URL, to the second context.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the first URL is a site relative URL.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the first URL is a document relative URL.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the first URL is a template relative URL.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the first URL is a page relative URL.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the first URL is a system relative URL.