Posted by markalroberts on 07/08/06 07:37

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.

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