From: Shaun Johnston
Subject: CMS
I create web sites for lodgings, who need to be able to alter their
rates periodically and post specials. I give them a Word page saved as
html in an iframe.
In Word I create a page with just their rates table or a sample special,
say. I save that in Word as html and upload it (plus the accompanying
folder this makes) to a folder on the web site ( subfolders will
accumulate in this, so make it a separate folder). I then create a new
web page and create an iframe this Word page shows in.
I show the client how to access this Word page in Word through ftp. They
can work in it as they would in any Word file, changing styles and
colors and adding photos. Then they save back online. The file is
updated, and shows in the iframe at once.
They love it.
I warn them to keep a backup of the Word file locally in case they mess
up. No problem so far. At
www.merrell-inn.com this is applied for
attractions.htm, directions.htm, policies.htm, rates.htm, and
reviews.htm, all with iframes containing respectively
attractionsdoc.htm, directionsdoc.htm, policiesdoc.htm, ratesdoc.htm,
and reviewsdoc.htm, all in a single folder with the client's name,
"andrew," that the client has access to, with all the dependent folders.
From frequent changes the folder has accumulated perhaps 100 backup
files and folders in about a year, but the client seems to have no
problem. He now wants two more pages of the same form. Soon half his
site will consist of pages with iframes, that he maintains. He loves not
being dependent on me for changes.
Shaun Johnston
