This web site is a demonstrator site for the figures editor. There is no need to install any software on the client site. To get started simply follow this link
In general, you can edit any any diagram you can see. Editing gives a new URL, ending in ?fig=nnn . If the software is installed on myhost, then http://myhost/diagram.php gives you an empty diagram with an editing panel so you develop a diagram. In addition to diagram.php there is also image.php and figure.php, which offer faster download speeds. image.php generates a GIF of the requested figure, and figure.php also offers a button to start editing.
The editor is written in JavaScript, so is included by diagram.php. There is a Word document that describes how the completed system will work. You can set up you own figures server, by using this 75KB download: figures.zip . Feedback and bug reports are welcomed: please include a URL for any problematic diagram, and details of how to produce problematic behaviour.
Malcolm Crowe, University of the West of Scotland