How It Works

Overview

Pulse uses a system of "blocks". These blocks represent sections of content that can be embedded into an existing site and easily edited from within Pulse. The idea is to give CMS like capability to static sites and allow clients to edit their own sites from within a browser.

Create a Block

To create a new block, click the "New Block" button at the bottom of the content blocks page.

Now name your block in the box provided and click "create". Your block is now created and ready for editing.

Edit a Block

To edit a block, simply click on the block you wish to edit. This will bring up the WYSIWYG editor and you can begin. The editor has basic formatting controls like bold, italic, alignment, insert image, insert link, etc. For advanced users there is also a "Source" button that will allow you to see the underlying html and edit it as well. When you are finished editing, click save and you are ready to embed this block into your website.

Embed a Block

Pulse makes use of PHP includes to embed the blocks content into your site. Select the Embed URL and copy it so it can be pasted into your sites HTML. (File name must end in .php for this to work)

Open up the page you wish a block to appear on in your favorite html/text editor and paste in the embed code.

Now the blocks content will appear on the frontend of your website and can be easily edited from within pulse any time.

Delete a Block

To delete a block, just go to the pulse/blocks folder and delete the corresponding .html file. There is no frontend functionality for this in order to prevent a client from accidentally deleting a live block.

Backing Up

The backup feature in Pulse is pretty straight forward. It creates a zip archive of all your blocks in case you need to revert back. Just click the create backup button and you are done. You may download any of the archives by clicking on the link to the file.