Re: HTML/Web Site Authoring Tools for easy updating

[Ed Wurster <glassnet -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Karen Casemier wrote:

> I'm going to be designing a website for a non-profit. We need to design
> a site with content that is easily updatable by non-technical users -
> ideally, those updating the site would not need to update the HTML
> directly, but could instead update a single file in Word or a similar
> program. I'd like to hear from those of you who have done something
> similar and the success you've had with different programs. Also, as
> this is for a non-profit, cost is also an issue.

First thing I would do is identify the hosting company, and look at
the details. Some of the proposed solutions may not work, depending on
the type of host.

Second, be careful of the MSO HTML bloat thing. I am experiencing this
first hand, on a site that is heavily used. They are using Excel, Word
and Access, along with PDF files. The bandwidth consumption is
extraordinary, as the HTML files produced by MSO are more than ten
times the expected size. Of course it doesn't matter if you have one
or two files. But in this case there are dozens of 500K+ files being
served. This can lead to extra cost if you pay for bandwidth.

Hope this helps.
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