[thelist] Client wants to update page content

[Nan Smith]

Do you have a database available to you? I have done this
sort of thing lots of times for clients storing the info
in a db. I create a form on the website that is not linked
from anywhere, the client has to bookmark it, and using a
username and password, they can add/delete/edit any item
they want on a certain page. I did this for an artist's
website where she lists the upcoming shows of her work at
galleries, for a charity that lists who has donated money
to them, and for a company that lists a photo and blurb
about their employees, and the employees change from time
to time, someone leaves, they hire someone new.
It is pretty easy to do with php or asp.
Nan

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of
David.Cantrell at Gunter.AF.mil
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:49 PM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: RE: [thelist] Client wants to update page content


>The owner/chef is eager to be able to update various
pages (such as menu)
>himself. He is not very tech-savvy, but doesn't want to
have to pay me
>forever to update frequently-changing data.

XML, but sounds like he may not even be that proficient.

Given the content, and the fact they probably will want to
update more than
just the menu, I'd look into a text-file solution.

I would break each menu section into a separate text file,
one item per
line, then process them on the server as includes. In
other words, include
say a PHP file and have the PHP file pull the text
contents and format them
into the HTML.

You could do this with the other sections as well, such as
the Events, Wine
List, etc.

-dave
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