Correct workflow for customizing things?

[oakbarrel]

Hi!

I'm a full time teacher and I really like the potential of Strut to make presentations more interesting!

I'm now creating my first presentation with it and there is one thing I would like to ask:

If I want to make custom (as in hand-coded) changes to certain slides or text-boxes, what is the right way to do that?

I have a presentation open right now. Is there a file on my file system that I can edit to insert a custom class to one of my slides? What would be the right way to do custom tweaks to a presentation that is being created with Strut?

[tantaman]

You can make modifications to the final presentation (e.g., adding css, custom html and so on). Unfortunately there currently isn't a way to make such modifications to a presentation while you are still editing it.

After you click "present" to view you presentation you can save that presentation via your browser's "save page as" and edit the raw html after it has been saved to your disk. Does that make sense?

[oakbarrel]

Yes it makes perfect sense! Let's hope one day we can add custom css/html while still editing the slideshow, but for now the method you outlined is more than usable! Thanks for building such a nice tool!

[oakbarrel]

I'm still trying to work out a reliable workflow so let me ask this:

If I export to JSON, is it possible to edit the exported JSON file in order to add custom classes to slides? I tried to simply add "class":test to a text box in the JSON file but that was probably not the correct syntax?

I was thinking I could do some initial work first with Strut, then export to JSON and add some custom classes (and also edit the CSS file naturally to make those classes do something) and the import that JSON back to Strut and continue my work in Strut.

Would something like that be possible? If yes, what would be the correct syntax of adding a class to a slide in the JSON file?

[tantaman]

I'm adding a feature so you can attach a custom stylesheet and add classes to components. Should be done tomorrow.

[tantaman]

not quite done yet, but almost there.

Here is what it is looking like:

[tantaman]

Let me know if this latest update works for you.

[oakbarrel]

This looks awesome!! I will test as soon as my crazy work streak eases off (too little sleep for a few days now)! Can't wait to use more Strut asap!

[tantaman]

this is technically a duplicate of GH-3 so closing this and posting updates there.