[thelist] Client Maintanence Software

[j s]

Thanks John - I'll check.  I created the subscription portion, changed the support section to asp, and the rest I just maintain. It looks great graphically - but there's no style sheets, no includes, just alot of basic web pages.  So when they want to change a phone number - she wants to change it on the page.

"Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com)" <peter at easylistbox.com> wrote:  
If they have a recent version of Office with FrontPage, that might work... I hear it's pretty good about ignoring server-side code these days.

From: John Hicks johnlist at gulfbridge.net

j s wrote:
> I have a client that wants to do some simple maintenance on their web site. It's a non profit company that really has no money. Can you recomend so free/cheap software that won't mess with asp code and allow them to change text? Something user friendly, these ladies know alot about autism but not alot about web pages.

You are talking about "content management". Google for "content 
mangement system" or "CMS". Also search at sourceforge.net

As Joel pointed out, it is possible to roll your own very simple system. 
However it is a slippery slope. If your client wants to change multiple 
text areas on multiple pages, you will soon wind up with templates, 
content database, and x-injection security considerations. You will be 
reinventing the wheel. (Although, properly done, it will be a wheel you 
can reuse with additional clients.)

But definitely do a "make or buy" analysis before beginning. (In this 
case it would be "make or reuse FOSS".)

--J
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