HELP!! editable website from abroad software

[thompsontwins]

Hello everybody!!!

Please help me out, I need to locate a (cheap) program that will allow less web skilled people edit text and images from a website on another computer.

I built a website using iWeb and Dreamweaver, now i want to allow my clients (parents) edit it from abroad.


Really appreciate the help!

 

[Dimwhit]

Unless you built the website with that in mind, it's going to probably require them having iWeb/Dreamweaver, downloading the files, changing them, then uploading them.

To get a website editable by other users, say from a back-end web form, you need to create some type of dynamically created system. A CMS would work (something like Drupal). I created my company site with php/mysql and built a back-end access to my boss could edit.

But I don't know how to do that with an already-created, standard html site.

 

[CanadaRAM]

Adobe Contribute is not super cheap, but it is exactly intended for editing Dreamweaver sites from a client machine, with little experience in HTML.

It does not require any server-side modifications. Just make the site in DreamWeaver, use Templates and Editable Areas, and the client buys and installs Contribute on their machine, and they can edit / add to whatever you have defined as Editable.

 

[Dimwhit]

It does not require any server-side modifications. Just make the site in DreamWeaver, use Templates and Editable Areas, and the client buys and installs Contribute on their machine, and they can edit / add to whatever you have defined as Editable.

Huh. I always wondered what Contribute was used for, but was too lazy to find out. That definitely sounds like the best solution in this case.

 

[InLikeALion]

I'm not sure what skill level you have, mentioning iWeb, but look into something called web-edit pro. Its a web based system more similar to contribute than a cms system. If you can usderstand how to connect that to your site, it might be a cheeper alternative to Contribute. Also, as it is web based, the client can edit it from anywhere.

We've used it at work for a couple client sites that werent big/dynamic enough to need a full CMS, but needed the ability to edit a few static pages every once in a while.

 

[ChicoWeb]

Sounds like you need a CMS, not web editing software, unless your parents are web gurus

 

[thompsontwins]

Hey thanks InLikeALion I'll check-out Web-Edit Pro. Adobe Contribute is also an idea, i new id work out something eventually. Thanks forum answer!

 

[tominated]

cushyCMS looks really good and crazy simple to use