I assume that Flash is out of the question. I'm guessing some kind of CSS coding will help alleviate confusion by keeping design and content separate.
Any suggestions?
2007-05-08 04:44:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
As Rex M suggests, the user will most likely do it wrong. The only sure fire way things won't get messed up is if they send you the updates to make for them. And you can charge extra for that ;o)
2007-05-08 05:25:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a CMS. There are literally thousands of products out there. Granted, most of them are pretty terrible, but there's a hundred for every price range and budget, and if you look hard enough you will find some really solid ones.
The sad fact is that no matter what you do, if you give someone access to the markup itself, they will mess it up. They will want to do something different that you didn't tell them how to do (make a table, make the font red because this part is REALLY IMPORTANT even though red type looks absolutely wretched on your design) and they will try, and then they will fail, and the site will break and you will have to fix it.
2007-05-08 04:56:30 · answer #2 · answered by Rex M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you use WYSIWYG then it is *extremely* important to keep a version (not necessarily the copy that is online...) of the code that has lots of whitespace and is heavily commented. Also keep a "readme.txt" file that explains the structure of the files (and the separate directories, if any). Print this last item, and make a CD of the website, and hand both, face to face (with a grin and good cheer), to the customer, before departing.
2007-05-08 05:39:38 · answer #3 · answered by fjpoblam 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋