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Hey folks I’m redesigning some pages for a website and now they are starting to ask for more than just the redesign. Basically its for an acting agency and the people who run it want to be able to access the pages to add additional info on the actor or new pictures of the actors and also to be able to be in a position to add new actors to the list with their own pop up window etc. I feel the only way I can do it is by giving them some form of templates which they will have to edit in dreamweaver or somesuch software. I just want to know if there is anything out there that would be easier to use for client based editing. This is how the layout currently is and I want to keep it that way with popup windows for each actors CV:
any help would be most appreciated as I dont have much time to get this done 😕Would CSS (cascading style sheets) help at all ? and could you introduce me to Cristina Brondo ?? 😉
you need a CMS system in place. What you describe would be doable for a small number of people but would quickly scale out of control if more than a handful of people signed up.
Do they have a budget or is it a favour for a friend basis?
if no budget you need to be looking for an open source solution… but someone will still need to pay for a server (the one they have may do the trick)
i love finding answer for these sorts of probs.. i will have a look around as well.
you might even be able to use an e-commerce system for this and just remove the shopping elements. all these types of systems have non-techy back ends with wysiwyg input areas and either end users (ie actors) or multiple staff can work on the site at the same time.
There are quite a few open source social network in a box systems starting to appear which may do what you want.
Basically the dreamweaver route is a nightmare waiting to happen.
how much control do you want over the entries
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will they always appear in alphabetical order?
do people need to search for particular people?
do you need to be able to tag the entries?
are you handling any other content or just the client list?Any chance I could pop over to the UK and slap you on the back of the head Chris?
Cheers for the response. They already have the domain and the web space. They just didnt like the design of the old one so that was the initial request. I was then going to make the changes myself if and when hey had new actors pics etc for a nominal fee (the person is a friend of my sisters so although I’m being payed on a professional level I’m also doing a special consession) I wasnt sure how easy this would be or how easy it would be to make this CMS look pretty much the same as the design I already have in place? I would also want it to be as simple as possible for me aswell as I will then need to demonstrate how its done to the others. The actual website itself is pretty simple in terms of what is required ie; the image you see above is pretty much it, including listings of actors, young actors, young actrices, a contact page and a main page. So what you see above is pretty much how I want to keep the design aspect of it.
If you wish to look into it at more detail (what I currently have redesigned) I can pm you and send you a zip of the websitealphabetical no prob search no prob, tagging? in what way?
They also were asking about the possibility of adding video which I either saw at that point as creating a youtube account and embedding video from there so thats another topic to look into otherwise as stated above its a pretty basic setupHello Spunker
Yeah you really need a cms system if you want to let others update information via a forum like form.
Unfortunately, I dont think you will find one that allready exists for this, as its not a very common feature, but like Magicker said, you may find one that you can modify.
What type of server is this running on, Windows/ Linux, and is PHP/MySQL available?
L8rs
Fek! I dont know m8!
I’ve only ever re-designed stuff and am not really aware of the mechanics of what or where it gets hosted.
I thought you could just upload stuff like php yourself?!Naa m8, that needs to be installed by the server support staff with whoever they are hosting the server from, but I would be surprised if it didnt have PHP, nearly every hosting company supports it.
MySQL i,m not so sure about, hence the Windows/Linux question. If its on a Linux server, then it will have MySQL, if its on windows, it,ll be mssql, although MySQL does run on windows to.
If you have access to the server there is something you can try to find out.
Create a file a file called info.php with the following contents …
phpinfo();
?>Then use your web browser and go to that page.
If it gives you a big list, then its running PHP and if there is a MySQL box, then it has that to.
L8rs
would try that but I only have access to the offline web content. Should check it out with one of the tech savvy girls at the agency and see if she can check
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