On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 13:07 -0400, Ernie Kemp wrote: > > > This is not a direct PHP question but I will be using PHP in the > website. > > > > After a website has been created there will a need to changes say a > product or service page over time. > > The client asking how he will be able to make changes to these pages. > > Yes, I’m a newbie at this and the only way I can think of is to edit > the page in say a HTML editor. > > > > Please comment how you might do it another way. > > > > Thanks very much, > > ..../Ernie > > > > > > > > > > > > You need some sort of content management system (CMS) for it. For something as simple as this it's not too difficult to build a basic app yourself, or you could use a pre-built system such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla or PHPNuke. If you've already got the site built as a series of HTML pages, it might be worth converting those into .php files and then taking out all the common elements and put them into include files. That way, if you need to update the navigation bar, for example, you just need to edit the navbar include file once. I tend to store all the individual content for pages inside a database and then pull it out as I need it. This makes it easy to add in features such as a site search. I use the CKEditor rich text Javascript component to allow the user to format their content (I often limit the options available to them so they don't break stuff!) and give them basic options such as adding content and updating content like that. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
