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Totally Dynamic Site - Help Needed
Posted 13 Feb 2002 11:33:09
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13 Feb 2002 11:33:09 Oli Wilkinson posted:
Hello All,I'm in the process of trying to make a totally dynamic site.
The end user wants to be able to ammend/update/add/delete entries to the site navigation. This I have been informed can be done with a CSS style nav' system. I think I know how to this.
They also want to be able to ammend/update/add/delete pages! I can make them ammend/update pages, but I'm not sure how to allow them to add totally new pages!
I'm sure it can be done, using templates etc, but how do i do it? Also these new pages will need to link to the new corresponding link in the menu!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Oli
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Replied 13 Feb 2002 13:57:47
13 Feb 2002 13:57:47 Viktor Farcic replied:
There are two options that comes to my mind.
1. Insert all information into DB (navigation, page content...)
2. Combine DB with real pages.
For second solution you'll need to master how to create file out of data pulled from page form or DB. If, for example, you want to create new page, you'll need to create file out of form data and insert reference to that page in DB.
I used this for few sites where I wanted to allow clients complete control over data and design. If everything is pulled from DB (like colors, large texts...) site would be slow. So, when they want to change colors, fonts... there interface that creates CSS file. When they want to change header there's interface for creating SSI file. And so on.
You haven't wrote what language are you using. There is, also, the question of how familiar you are with 'hand coding', since there will be a lot of it.
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Hello All,
I'm in the process of trying to make a totally dynamic site.
The end user wants to be able to ammend/update/add/delete entries to the site navigation. This I have been informed can be done with a CSS style nav' system. I think I know how to this.
They also want to be able to ammend/update/add/delete pages! I can make them ammend/update pages, but I'm not sure how to allow them to add totally new pages!
I'm sure it can be done, using templates etc, but how do i do it? Also these new pages will need to link to the new corresponding link in the menu!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Oli
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Viktor Farcic
TalkZone Manager
Edited by - vfarcic on 13 Feb 2002 13:58:49
1. Insert all information into DB (navigation, page content...)
2. Combine DB with real pages.
For second solution you'll need to master how to create file out of data pulled from page form or DB. If, for example, you want to create new page, you'll need to create file out of form data and insert reference to that page in DB.
I used this for few sites where I wanted to allow clients complete control over data and design. If everything is pulled from DB (like colors, large texts...) site would be slow. So, when they want to change colors, fonts... there interface that creates CSS file. When they want to change header there's interface for creating SSI file. And so on.
You haven't wrote what language are you using. There is, also, the question of how familiar you are with 'hand coding', since there will be a lot of it.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>
Hello All,
I'm in the process of trying to make a totally dynamic site.
The end user wants to be able to ammend/update/add/delete entries to the site navigation. This I have been informed can be done with a CSS style nav' system. I think I know how to this.
They also want to be able to ammend/update/add/delete pages! I can make them ammend/update pages, but I'm not sure how to allow them to add totally new pages!
I'm sure it can be done, using templates etc, but how do i do it? Also these new pages will need to link to the new corresponding link in the menu!
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers
Oli
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Viktor Farcic
TalkZone Manager
Edited by - vfarcic on 13 Feb 2002 13:58:49