Web site update page........

[Anon]

I am trying to create a script that allows people who don't know html to update a static web site. The site will have periodic news releases and the people who want the site don't want to have to contract a web developer everytime they want to update the news portion of the site.

My question is this:

How do I create a form that will save all of the user's formatting? They need basic formatting like paragraphs line breaks etc.....

Should I force them to use basic tags like <p> and <br> ? Any ideas?

[brandonschnell]

I'd give them an option. if they stay with the default "basic mode", rip the text out of the db and slap it between a couple of <PRE> & </PRE> tags (of course stripping out html). otherwise if they select "advanced mode" let them use just a couple of html tags (<p>/<i>/<bold>/etc...).

[Anon]

Thanks....DUuuuhhhhh forgot about the pre tag...... DOH!!!!!! Don\'t you hate it when you forget about the easy stuff....