Re: Web site maintenance by non-technical users

[jenny_berger -at- fairfieldresidential -dot- com]

Well, you're right -- MS Word isn't going to work. Still, you have to use 
basic HTML. So, if your primary user can edit & save plain-text files to 
the drive you've mapped for her, can you not use server-side includes to 
reference her text file, thereby saving her from any close brushes with 
technology?

Bonnie's suggestion of having your primary user paste her content between 
HTML tags is a good one, IF your primary user can be trusted 1) to 
remember where to paste her content every time, and 2) not to cut out or 
paste over anything else in the HTML file. If she can't (because even 
clean HTML looks utterly confusing to those unused to such things), and 
you know she's going to be editing the same file (say, "bodytext.txt"), 
then the server-side includes might be a worthy alternative. Formatting 
shouldn't be a problem, either, if you also use CSS, per Bonnie's 
suggestion. 

HTH,

Jenny Berger
Technical Writer
Information Systems
Fairfield Residential





Cynthia Armistead <listmail -at- technomom -dot- com>
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09/08/2003 12:52 PM
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She doesn't want to know about FTP or anything similar - she wants to be 
able to edit site pages and save them just like any other document. That 
part, at least, I can accomplish by mapping a network drive for her.

We are not permitted the use of anything beyond basic HTML and 
pre-approved 
cgi scripts (I haven't been able to find out what scripts are available, 
though I've asked).

Any suggestions?