AyntRyte — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 05:12:56 +0000

I second WordPress. With v1.5, it's evolving more into a CMS app, as you can add pages.

Ron R — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:16:33 +0000

andy206uk — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:44:53 +0000

The actual term for what you are looking for is a CMS (content management system). They vary in cost from free to thousands of dollars. Developing a simple CMS is a relatively easy thing to do using some flat files and a bit of PHP.

Failing that... the really easy solution is to design the site with dreamweaver and allow the user to edit the site using Macromedia Contribute. the two programs work very well together.

timjpriebe — Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:41:13 +0000

I would agree with the blog script idea. I've found Bblog easy to use, personally. More importantly, my wife has found it easy to use.

Bblog uses PHP and mySQL. I use it on my personal site (Thus the reason my wife uses it), thepriebes.com. However, that has a custom front-end. The built-in front end is visible at http://www.thepriebes.com/index.php But don't pass that URL around.

There's some other themes besides the one that php page is set up with, of course. But it's just an idea of what you can do.

Naturally, there's also 3rd part blogging sites, but I personally haven't messed with any of those.

Megan — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:16:02 +0000

You could also look into blog sites and other automatic tools that might work. My site is entirely done with a blog script and it works great - not just for the blog but for other sections as well.

hartmanja — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:02:14 +0000

That's the whole purpose, to avoid them editing the page like that. These are middle aged adults that qualify as "computer illiterate"

timjpriebe — Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:54:36 +0000

Does he have Dreamweaver or Frontpage? The easiest thing for him would probably be to just design the site using whatever HTML WYSIWYG editor your friend has. That's what I do whenever I do sites for friends.