I came across this site

runninghair08 — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 15:52:42 +0000

I came across this site searching for a way to do this. It seems the OP probably does need the info anymore, but if anyone else comes across this thread another I found another idea and its similar to the database storage idea. It will probably not work for everybody, but if the client wants to update content themselves you could store the content in text files. Using PHP you could pull that info into the fields in the html. Then on your hosting site just give your clients access to only change the files where the text files are and the logon to do so. Just inform them of the files that will change the proper content and as long as they arent silly enough to put in tags they should be fine. And for the security issue, I believe the hosting site will be safe enough.

I just finished reading this

DanielGarneau — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 18:46:48 +0000

I just finished reading this entire thread. I am not familiar with the more technical aspects mentioned, but what it says about Drupal and WordPress CMS is still valid as I write today.

I would add to this thread's flow of thought that if you go for a CMS, it will always require maintenance. Whether you choose Drupal or WordPress, the plug-ins used to make it run will require regular updates. The core CMS itself will also require to be updated once in a while.

Another observation in the Drupal vs WordPress debate. I began developping a CMS prototype for my web site www.savoiretcroire.ca using Drupal. It required a lot of learning to get there, but once I got the hang of it, I really liked Drupal, and would have chosen it.

As I tried to rebuild my prototype after it had broken, I realized I did not have the level of expertise to even understand some of the fine points of documentation.

That's when I turned to WordPress. The challenge here was learning to work with the template, and changing from the logical approach that I really liked in Drupal to a completely different approach. Once I understood however the basic principles of WordPress, I felt home in it.

fifeclub did you ever figure

Professor-T — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:44:55 +0000

fifeclub did you ever figure out how to build a web site that the user can easily update a small portion of? I have a request from a writer (very not computer savvy) who wants to update his site whenever he publishes new work.

this means you are adding

arthur — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:40:23 +0000

this means you are adding something extra to the site.. so be sure to confirm from him, that how much and will allow it?

Agreed with "fifeclub", I

blueeye — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:22:14 +0000

Agreed with "fifeclub", I have also used free version of snippemaster and I really liked it. Although I have not yet bought the pro license but even then I am quite satisfied with free version performance too.

I guess I should post a

fifeclub — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:22:10 +0000

I guess I should post a follow up. Somebody pointed me in the direction of Snippetmaster. They have a free version which works perfectly fine for limited simple editing. It worked well enough for me that I thought it was well worth the cost of purchasing a pro license. Definitely worth checking out for allowing others to edit sections of your code but not letting them touch (destroy) the rest of the code.

Resources like the one you

santox — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:37:49 +0000

Resources like the one you mentioned here will be very useful to me! I will post a link to this page on my blog. I am sure my visitors will find that very useful. Wordpress is indeed very useful !

I prefer to use the

jansky — Fri, 29 May 2009 02:50:47 +0000

I prefer to use the Wordpress also.. Wordpress is much more user-friendly compared to others.

I've edited my post as it

greg — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:01:00 +0000

I've edited my post as it was probably a bit harsh.

But I still maintain security is a must. Anything and everything where an unknown visitor can enter data into an input field that is handled by a database or php files, post data etc should be checked.

Especially when it is to allow actions such as writing to a file stored in the public area on the server.

Even without hashing, the password could be pre-determined to be mixed case alpha numerical, so any other chars is simply an incorrect password ('!"£$%^ etc)

Another option would be to store the admin files you have (at least the login) in a sub-dir, and with cpanel (htaccess) password protect that dir on the server level.
This initiates the browser pop-up login, which is another level of security.

greg wrote: but

decibel.places — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:09:31 +0000

greg wrote:

but unfortunately it's not very secure though

here we go again with "not secure" and "doesn't check for invalid input"

the processing page is password secured - incorrect or no password entered in the admin form, no changes...

person entering the info has admin clearance for the site, is provided the password, s/he will presumably enter appropriate text or can see the error immediately

but it is only useful for admin of a small part of a site, in this case it manages a list of links... but that is often exactly the type of content that a client wants to manage and update, particularly for events eg.