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Posted by James Hutton on 09/26/84 11:52
markalroberts@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am a webdesigner/developer by trade. Whilst my day job involves
> working for a software company, I also create sites for people from
> time to time.
>
> My biggest dilema at the moment is how to create a site that the
> non-technical end-user can maintain.
>
> One particular user (a musician) wishes to have a CV site to advertise
> herself. It's a basic affair mostly static HTML, but there is the need
> to maintain a list of performances that changes serveral times a month.
>
> In the past I've used Dreamweaver templates and CSS to standardise the
> layout/styles, and allow the user to maintain content. Whilst this
> works quite well, it still requires a little technical knowledge, and a
> fair bit of money for the Dreamweaver license.
>
> I've also designed sites that use ASP and ACCESS (could use PHP and
> MYSQL, but these tend to cost more). The problem there is it's more
> time consuming for me to implement/test, and harder and more expensive
> for the user to find someone to enhance/mend the site if needed.
>
> My ideal would be to create a simple site with simple end-user
> content-editing functionality that requires minimal ongoing maintenance
> and cost. It should not be branded with too many (if any) "Powered
> By..." logos, should not have advertisments and should not by tied into
> one web host alone (i.e. the layout/style/content should be
> transferrable to other hosts).
>
> If anyone had any ideas, I'd be most grateful :)
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
I too had this problem a while ago with a local charity, I created an
<iframe> on the page, asked the client to write their content in word,
save as html (with a predefined filename) and ftp the file to the host.
Point the <iframe> to the word html file and the client can update as
often as needed. Before all the purists shout me down, it took 10
minutes to teach the client, including setting up the ftp client (she
still does not know what it is, only that it's one button to connect and
one button to upload the file!), and I've never had any problems from
her asking for support.
I know that word's html output is awful, but the vast majority of users
can use Word and they can produce acceptable documents with text and
images. Set up the ftp client for them (or give them bombproof
instructions) and you'll never hear from them again!
James
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