[Hidden-tech] How can clueless client update website

[Terran Birrell]

Like Kimo I've only "noodled around" in squarespace, but my impression was
that the most advanced access you have is to change the css, so you're stuck
with whatever underlying structure they give you. If I'm correct about this
(which I may not be) it won't matter how advanced your coding skills are --
you'll be stuck with the features, and even the html that they give you.

If they are going to be on a limited budget going forward as Kimo suggests,
David Kutcher over at Confluent Forms has actually been getting some pretty
impressive results using blogger which apparently can accept a custom
domain. And in this case hosting is actually free. He says you also have
access to html and css.

Given how cheap hosting is I am a little unsure I'd want to leave my content
with a hosted service (especially a free one) that could go away at any
time, but I guess if you keep backups of all your content it's not a bad
deal.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:44 PM, B. Kimo Lee <bklee at azurelink.com> wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
>
> Hi Bobbi,
>
> One other thing to consider is whether the theatre group can afford the
> ongoing updating required to maintain security in the various CMS systems
> presented by others. The group should know upfront that the site's core
> software and/or third-party plugins will need to be kept up to date as
> security issues inevitably come up. Or if the cms version undergoes a
> end-of-life cycle and needs to be migrated ($$$ depending upon complexity).
> So it's not as if one can put up a static site these days and expect to
> just pay a hosting fee.
>
> However, on that thought, you might consider using a hosted solution that
> not only provides a browser-based interface for WYSIWYG editing, but also
> maintains the site software with any needed CMS security patches as part of
> the hosting cost.
>
> One that is pretty cool that I like is Squarespace.com
> Check it out. I haven't set up an entire site in it, just noodled around in
> a trial version, but it looks pretty good.
> I'd bet you could take it pretty deep, feature-wise, if you have coding
> skills. I'd be interested in feedback/opinions about Squarespace from other
> list members — on or off-list.
>
> Anyway, as a Joomla site builder, I thought that might be a good
> perspective to throw into the mix.
>
> Good luck,
> Kimo
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> On Aug 15, 2011, at 11:12 PM, B. Melville wrote:
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> >   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's
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> >   ** If you did, we all thank you.
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> >
> > I have a small theatrical group that wants me to rewrite their
> > website so that they can easily change information and add photos by
> > themselves on the fly. However, and it seems to be a big however,
> > nobody in their group knows anything about html, php, etc. Although
> > brilliant at what they do, they are completely and totally helpless
> > when it comes to code.
> >
> > I've considered doing something with Wordpress. However, there are
> > many places on their website that they want to be able to change and
> > you can only have one blog associated with a Wordpress website. I've
> > been thinking about having several blogs that each feed into a
> > separate iframe on separate pages of their standard html
> > (non-wordpress) website. This seems cumbersome.
> >
> > I've also considered doing editable regions on their website. The
> > problem with this is that they do not have Dreamweaver. They need to
> > be able to make changes without using an expensive program.
> >
> > Does anybody have any ideas about how I could set up this site for them?
> >
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