Hi there

This is my first time on DMX zone but already it feels great to be here.

I am about to start a web design company and I wish to get some advice from you about different types of software as I'm relatively new to it all. I wish to get a piece of software (I work on Apple OS X 10.4.8) that will allow my customers to update the content of there website, from there browser, but at the same time the layouts and formating that i have created in a program such as Dreamweaver must not change. I believe that many call this type of software Web-based CMS (Content Management System) but I've never been totally sure about the terminology, maybe you can tell me more.

Please tell me what software solutions are out there for someone like me.

I think that one of the most important issues for me is that it is really easy for my customers to edit
there websites that i produce. Also my background is artistic, programming is really hard for me.

I really look forward to hearing your comments, i'm sure that this is a common dilemar, one that some of you guys with more experience could answer in the blink of an eye, well, this is my hope anyway.

SHAUN

It's all cool...

Edited by - hutchinson_shaun on 03 Feb 2007 17:19:54

I spent a month evaluating CMS - all open source, Jumla, Typo3, Drupal and a load of others, I was impressed by some of the things they did. I was not impressed by the ease of doing things or the documentation and ease of understanding the terminology etc.

I was looking for exactly the same thing as you, that ability to let the client do all the routine updates without me having to do anything. Sorry to say I decided against CMS in favour of DW, that was the best decision for me. Your requirements will probably be different, so what I would suggest is downloading a selection then trying them out. In my case I had the Fantastico installer on the webspace that I sell, so it was pretty easy to put in the packages. Give yourself a specification - something that you might be doing for a client and try to replicate it using them. You"ll discover the features and benefits really fast.

Another thing I found was that the serving of the pages was incredibly slow compared to what I produce in DW.

Hi Alan

It is really nice to hear from someone who has had a similar experience. Thanks for responding... You mentioned that you use 'DW' to let your clients do routine updates. Does DW mean Dreamweaver?

SHAUN

(It's all cool...)

What do you want your clients to be able to do?

If its adding content to their site then this can be done via forms which will data to a database which asp page can then read...

DW8 | ASP | ACCESS

HI,

DW = Dreamweaver

Charlie K is right too, you can give them update capability by having forms that put things into a database yourself