I would like to build a module that addresses the issue of rapidly
creating and adjusting static content pages. But first, I'd like to know
if something like this exists, and if not, if there might be any
inherent problems in building a module of this type.
THE PROBLEM
Our company develops and maintains a number of small sites that contain
a good bit of static content. With our current, non-Drupal system, we
can rapidly create static pages, and more importantly, adjust them by
keeping a browser window and our editor program open at the same time,
save adjustments to a page and quickly refresh the page in our browser
to test it. A simple adjustment can be made and tested in a couple of
seconds. With Drupal, there are a number of factors that make editing a
static content page much more time-consuming and difficult. This can
amount to an additional overhead of several hours a week in development
time, which makes this part of developing in Drupal fairly unattractive.
THE DRUPAL METHOD OF EDITING STATIC PAGES:
1. Navigate to the page you would like to edit (or you can go to the
manage content screen and search for the content).
2. Click the "Edit" button, which adds another page refresh.
3. To edit using a TinyMCE, you may need to click another link to
display the correct formatting.
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