Topic: admin page? (Page 1 of 1)

Hello,

I wanted to set up a "I-don't-know-any-web-stuff" admin page that would allow the user to change a small blurb on the page everyday and perhaps update a events page. I know I could do this through a database entry/edit page, but is there a way to do this directly?

any help is appreciated

thanks

bill

wcr one: If I understand correctly you could do something like open up the entry and then save it again (all as a text file) and then you could include it or something like that. That sounds like the simplest solution but it would depend on what, if any, server-side scripting language you have available.

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The Emperor dot org

wcr one: If you don't mind to spend ~ $149 you could also use Macromedia Contribute 2 which allow to maintain some websites though you write/know zero line of code. I've never used it, but Macromedia know their job and audience, so you should be quite happy with that soft.

What about having them edit a barebones .php file and then including that into the page?

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I was wondering about an include, and have used them in the past, but always on sites I control, so I do not have to worry about anyone else doing the changes. It is a golf course site, so I wanted to have the pro shop be able to put the course condition/opening time (i.e. frost, whatever). I have never tried php and wondered if it was appropriate for this. I will have to look at the host and see what is available, the host they chose leaves a bit to be desired for webmaster usability.

thanks and let me know if you think of something else.

bill

Use rss feeds! I've just finished making a little application that does pretty much what you are referring to. The system has two components:

1) a web interface for an office manager to type in their news update (w/ a PHP backend to write the XML rss file)

2) a php page displays static HTML and parses the xml/rss

If they can figure out how to type into a text box and click a button this works well.......

/* Sure, go ahead and code in your fancy IDE. Just remember: it's all fun and games until someone puts an $i out */

I would highly recommend using PHP and possibly a MySQL database to store the info that will be updated. Using a simple form on the website to input the new information each day. The info could also be written to a text file instead, if the DB is too much for this project.


That way it can be controlled very specifically and made (almost) idiot-proof.