Update Website without HTML

awieds · 03-30-2005, 11:21 PM

I am currently creating a website for the company where I work. They want to be able to then update the site without the use of html. How can I set this up? Can someone help me out or direct me to some website?

Thanks

redhead · 03-31-2005, 01:14 AM

Update, without html ??
Are you thinking of a php/mysql solution, where they, through a web user interface, can change what is displayed on the pages ?
Kinda like our own codenewbie here..

awieds · 03-31-2005, 01:37 AM

I'm sorry I don't understand. I followed the link but I'm not sure what you were referring to. I don't know php at all but yes, I guess I'd need a web interface to change what is displayed on the pages.

redhead · 03-31-2005, 04:22 AM

what I'm refering to, is that the frontpage here on codenewbie is actualy formed in a combination of the latest 10 blogs, and the latest 10 threads posted in the news section

A way of setting up a website to be controled like that, would be to use active serverpages (php/asp/perl/...) in a combination with some sql server (mysql/plsql/mssql/oracle/...)

awieds · 03-31-2005, 04:56 AM

Thanks, I now understand. I've started to create a database (actually Access because I don't have sql here) and then I'll have the site pulling the data from the db. I will then create another site (password protected) where the database can be populated. Does that make sense?

Thanks

redhead · 03-31-2005, 05:00 AM

yes, that is excatly the way it is achieved

awieds · 03-31-2005, 05:04 AM

Thanks!
I'm working on it.

Gillette · 05-10-2005, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by awieds

I am currently creating a website for the company where I work. They want to be able to then update the site without the use of html. How can I set this up? Can someone help me out or direct me to some website?

Thanks

If you don't feel up to doing the entire design yourself, look into Mambo (http://www.mamboserver.com/). It's some awesome OSS that allows you to manage a site from an entirely graphical interface, and it is suprisingly intuitive. I use it on a site that I admin and I must say that it has saved me hours!