Another person to update a website page

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Not totally sure how to word this, but will give it a go. I have a website page, that needs constantly updating and I pay someone to update that page, by emailing me the text and then I update the page - is there any way that I can cut me out and they update the page themselves, even though they have no experience of ever doing so and they are in their 60’s, with no IT knowledge?

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Perhaps make use of a CMS that has a WYSIWYG editor?

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If you don’t want to CMS maybe you could host a page that would allow simple text edits to rewrite the file?

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Thanks for the responses to this, it’s appreciated. I didn’t even know it was possible.

One thing, the page is in table format and she might have to add more rows, or delete some - and would a cms be easier for a noob, than the last idea above?

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For a noob, a CMS is always the best option :wink: .

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Agreed, Especially if it’s more than simple text. Else you’ll need to teach them mark-up or write a more complex app.

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Thanks, looks like it could be a cms route, unless anyone here has any other ideas? Are they easy to setup?

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Hi Dez,

Setting up a CMS is not at all a cumbersome task.
You can go with wordpress or any other CMS.

Happy Coding!

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Thanks - what’s the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to set one up please?

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Off topic for a second - I’ve been a member here since about 2002, but in my profile, it says 2014???

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Off-Topic
Yes, Accounts that were migrated from vBulletin all got the migration date as their join date.

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Not good then really!

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Not really a big deal though :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: .

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Yep, it wouldn’t exactly stop me having a couple of beers on a Friday night, just would have been nice to have kept the ‘real’ join date.

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When I was looking to do something similar, @ralphm recommended Perch, which you can integrate into an existing site to make sections editable. In the end, I went with a different approach, but I did play about with their demo first and was impressed by it.

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Thanks TB, what other system did you go for in the end?

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My client wanted to be able to add just a monthly blog post, and wasn’t keen on paying extra to use Perch, so in the end I went with Chyrp.

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Shame you didnt go with WordPress as it would have been perfect for blog posting, but am interested to hear how Chyrp goes

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Off Topic:

I don’t want to hijack Dez’s thread and take it in another direction, but the reason I didn’t go with WordPress was quite simply that it was overkill. I didn’t need it for an entire site, or a blog which was being updated daily. I needed to enable my client to make one post per month on her existing site, so I was looking for a simple, lightweight solution.

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I may give it a good look… I’m still trying to find a good blogging platform. I didn’t like very much what I saw in Ruby so I guess I may consider going to PHP :slight_smile: