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Posted by Jim Royal on 07/20/05 15:04
A while ago, I put up a site for a client that had a very simple
mechanism for providing a small bit of dynamic content. I'm looking for
something better.
The front page of the site has a weekly specials column. The entire
site is unchanging aside from this small list of sales. I didn't feel
that a CMS for such a simple site was warrented (and the client
previously had a bad experience with a proprietary CMS and was leery of
it). So I created a text file for the specials that I include using
SSI. The text file is formated like this:
<p>Item name</p>
<p>Item details</p>
<p class="price">Item price</p>
And so on. It was my intention that a secretary could update this page
on a regular basis with an hour of training. Six months later, we're
finally getting around to training her.
However, it now looks like the company wants to create customized
landing pages for some of its clients. And I'm thinking that while
updating one such text file would be manageable for the secretary,
multiple ones might easily confuse her.
So I'm looking for suggestions. The vast majority of the site will
remain static. There's no need to rebuild the site using a CMS. But is
there anything that would make this small amount of updating easier on
the company's staff?
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Jim Royal
"Understanding is a three-edged sword"
http://JimRoyal.com
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