Best Practices + How to get started

TorontoMan

Hi all,

I need to create a section within a site, that section is basically for a non-technical person to be able to update and modify content, change text etc..

So suppose you create a website but the content manager isn't technical with HTML, so you create a section that allows that person to edit content without needing to be technical.

What are some best practices for this feature and how would you get started?
Also how long would such a feature take to build?

No username or password, no membership, just content management at it's basic level

I did a search and found some threads already started on this, but how long would it take for a junior developer to create such a tool? Roughly!

Thanks

ednark

what you describe is a wiki, no/low html required but it gives up some high formatting capabilities

If you need to retain the complex html stuffs you could also go with a wysiwyg editor, there are several ones that will convert a textarea into a rich syntax field. much like what you see in this forum when posting..

between those two solutions you should be able to find something

TorontoMan

ohh, I completely forgot about formatting

I don't need complex HTML, that would be hard coded and mostly the content would change.
formatting like enter, space and the regular bold, italic and underlink and make this a link, text color, images, bullets and tables would be sufficient.

Also able to change and add menu items.

How long would it take a junior programmer to do that with about 60 pages of content or so. How long would the cms type feature take to build?

And do you have a link for referencing that has some formatting capabilities but no memberships?

TorontoMan

The most important thing now is I need to know how long it would take a junior programmer to create this tool.

Can anyone let me know with the above project details?

I would apreciate any help.

Thanks