Adaptive user interface for a multimedia creative design system
A website building system includes a determiner, a converter and an interface. The determiner determines an editable subset of the multiple components within a user selected portion. For each single page container component of the editable subset components, a converter dissolves the single page container component and merges components of the single page container component into a parent page. The converter converts the updated page-based hierarchy into a linear user interface. The converter also defines an ordered list of the editable subset components of a page associated with a linear menu. The interface presents both the page-based user interface and the linear user interface and enables editing content of the editable subset components in both the page-based and the linear user interfaces. The interface reflects changes from the editing in one user interface into the other user interface.
1. A method for a website building system, the method implementable on a computing device, the method comprising:
displaying one page of multiple pages of a website for editing, wherein said one page comprises a page-based user interface, with multiple visual components, said multiple visual components comprising atomic components, mini-pages, multi-page container components and single page container components, said page-based user interface spatially defining different levels and sub-levels of hierarchical relationships among said container components, wherein each said multi-page container component comprises at least two contained mini-pages and each said single page container component comprises at least one atomic component;
enabling a user operation to select a portion of the one page from which to create a linear user interface, said portion comprising a set of said multiple visual components;
in response to the user operation, analyzing said portion and determining an editable subset of the set of multiple visual components within said portion thereby to define editable subset components;
converting said editable subset into a linear user interface having a hierarchy of linear menus wherein said linear user interface is a multi-level menu, and wherein said converting comprises:
associating each multi-page container component with an associated menu level and each mini-page of said multi-page container component with an associated further menu level under the menu level of its associated multi-page container component,
associating each said menu level with an associated component set of the editable subset components contained in its associated multi-page container component or mini-page, each said associated component set to comprise contained editable subset components of single page container components contained within said multi-page container component or mini-page, and
for each said menu level, ordering each said associated component set in a list as a function of a location and a size of each editable subset component in said associated component set;
enabling editing at least of content of said editable subset components in said page-based user interface and reflecting changes from said editing in said linear user interface; and
enabling editing at least of content of said editable subset components in said linear user interface and reflecting said editing changes in said page-based user interface.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said website is one of a catalog and an e-shop.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said linear user interface is updated whenever a user switches between said linear user interface and said page based user interface.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein components in said page-based user interface utilize component property sheets and wherein components in said linear user interface utilize a simplified component property sheet.
5. The method according to claim 1 and also comprising filtering said editable subset components for relevance.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said function is proximity.
7. The method according to claim 1 wherein said function is adjacency.