User friendly web page editing

Hi there,

Could some kind person tell me if it is possible to create a simple HTML
website in Dreamweaver where the users (a community group) can each have their
own page, user name and password so they can update their own pages. I want to
avoid one person having to update everyone's pages endlessly as it would be a
total pain. Is this a simple idea or am I getting into the mind boggling
aspects of JavaScript etc....

Thanks for any help or advice.

M

You are getting into the mind-boggling aspects of server scripting and
databases. Are you up for it?

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"peachespeaches" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Hi there,

Could some kind person tell me if it is possible to create a simple HTML
website in Dreamweaver where the users (a community group) can each have
their
own page, user name and password so they can update their own pages. I
want to
avoid one person having to update everyone's pages endlessly as it would
be a
total pain. Is this a simple idea or am I getting into the mind boggling
aspects of JavaScript etc....

Thanks for any help or advice.

M

Someone correct me if I am wrong but I dont think this is possible with just
plain HTML. You need dynamic pages for this (PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, etc)

You could use a Content Management System. Drupal (drupal.org) is free and
open-source CMS that you might be able to make work for this. You can set up
different users with different access levels. You will have to make sure your
web server has the right technology (Drupal uses mySQL and PHP) and if your not
familiar with application code customizing will be hard

You might also look into Adobe Contribute. I know you can set user
permissions so they can only make certain types of edits to certain pages. It
even has integration with Dreamweaver.

I hope this helps!

Eeeek, sound's like I'm trying to bite off more than I can chew. Thank you both very much for your advice; very helpful. At least I now have a clearer idea of what I'm getting into.

M

You actually have *no* idea! 8) But it's deep for sure....

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"peachespeaches" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Eeeek, sound's like I'm trying to bite off more than I can chew. Thank you
both very much for your advice; very helpful. At least I now have a
clearer idea of what I'm getting into.

M

Some content management products to consider (I have not used, were
mentioned in previous discussions) include http://www.cushycms.com/ or
WordPress http://www.wordpress.org (said to be for blog type pages) or
http://www.contentseed.com (said to be for client editing of a site)

peachespeaches wrote:

Hi there,

Could some kind person tell me if it is possible to create a simple HTML
website in Dreamweaver where the users (a community group) can each have their
own page, user name and password so they can update their own pages. I want to
avoid one person having to update everyone's pages endlessly as it would be a
total pain. Is this a simple idea or am I getting into the mind boggling
aspects of JavaScript etc....

Thanks for any help or advice.

M

There is one method I have used in the past - it is nasty, breaks all

the rules but for /some/ people it may actually be worth considering.

Set the page up with the content in an <iframe> pointing to a page
name.html where name is a unique identifier for each contributor.
Set up Word (or any other word processing package that can save html
pages.)
Give each contributor an ftp log in /just/ for their page - they upload
the content and as long as the word html files are following a
similar template then it takes all the mystique out of updating the site.

Like I said, it's not the purists way, but most users can produce
passable copy in Word and if they are given bomb-proof instructions it
will save you having to mess with CMS.

James