web design help
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web design help
Hi guys I'm building a website for someone and I just wanted to know how can I give him the file so he can edit them later on his own. Just so that he dosn't come to me to get a picture changed or text changed all the time.
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Hey!
Depending on how experienced that person is with webdesigning I can recommend a few scenarios.
1) Set up a shortcut to the FTP where files are residing on that person's computer. Then install any HTML editor that has visual interface (CoffeCup, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, etc.)
Every time the person wants to update a file explain to him that he/she needs to download the specific file to a local hard drive, edit it and paste it back to the folder on the FTP. If that is easy enough for him/her then you're good. To set the FTP shortcut use this ftp://username
assword@hostname.com
2) Use Dreamweaver to edit files. Dreamweaver is in my opinion the best tool out there, since it allows you to edit content "live" which means you open files directly from the FTP, edit, save, done.
3) Use a CMS-driven (content management system) website. That allows a person that has completely no knowledge of HTML/webdesigning to easily add/modify/remove content from the site. You can check out Joomla which is a great, open-source CMS.
I hope this helps! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to simply reply to this post!
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thanks Abes for all your help I like the idea that if I can get something like frontpage that is open source then I can add this to his computer and he can edit his site. Is there a program like Frontpage but free.