[thelist] Client wants to update page content

[patrick]

I am curious about situations such as this -- vis-a-vis 'no budget'.
Not being privy to the particulars of this situation, forgive me if I may
seem out of line, but this client is asking you to give him the capability
to change things -- through a wysiwyg page-based doo-hickey or training in
an editor -- for free.
    This is your livelihood, is it not? It is valuable, correct?
I understand things can not always be budgeted for, but there are other
things of value the client can offer (it's a restaurant, right?). Why not:
    For each hour of html 'training', you get one hour of cooking lessons?
    Providing a server-based solution to make updating pages easy, you get X
number of meals in the restaurant?


patrick
----- Original Message -----
> >
> > I know there are a myriad of server-side solutions for this, but there
is no
> > budget right now for developing any of them. One suggestion that has
been
> > made is to install a WYWIWYG html editor on his machine, teach him how
to
> > get the pages he wants to edit via FTP, and then re-put them when he's
done.
> > Of course, he could always edit the html file itself in a text editor
but
> > that make me pretty nervous, given his knowledge level.