[thelist] DOC to HTML and a CMS

Hershel Robinson hershelr at netvision.net.il
Sun Jun 9 04:48:01 CDT 2002


I have a new client who has between 500 and 1000 articles in MS Word format.
He wants to put them on a website.

1 Is there a utility to convert these into a usable HTML format
automatically?  Even if I were to hire a data entry person to convert by
hand via MS Word's Save As Web Page feature, I am then only going to want
the BODY of the thing because I want to build the CSS myself.  Hmmm--I also
don't know if the articles are full of formatting or not which I may have to
remove.  I do know someone who runs a fairly large site with a
constantly-growing database of articles, and he puts new articles on the
site via a secretary who cuts and pastes from MS Word into a private, online
data-entry web page--this is an option but seems somewhat low tech.  Any
ideas are appreciated.

2 Is there a pre-fab CMS which would be appropriate for such a site?  He
does have the articles broken down into categories and subcategories, so I
suppose it's actually only a matter of a small database, but I don't know if
he plans to update the articles or to add a lot.  The client is brand-new to
the internet and doesn't know quite what he wants for this site just yet.

Thanks,
Hershel




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