Content Management

Report · Jul 23, 2006

Hey there.

I've just created my first blog using php and dreamweaver and it does part of what I ultimately want to do.

I have a client who wants to post 'special offers' on her website. The blog I've created goes some way to doing this. It allows her to update information on a given page.

The only thing I want it to do in addition is allow her to modify any information already on there and/or delete to add new info, but get rid of the old (obviously a blog doesn't allow this).

I'd like to extend on what I've already done, and wondered what I will have to do to achieve this and where I can look for information on it.

Cheers.

Report · Jul 23, 2006

> The only thing I want it to do in addition is allow her to modify any
> information already on there and/or delete to add new info, but get rid of
> the
> old (obviously a blog doesn't allow this).

You can do this with Dreamweaver using a database and the insert, update and
delete functions that are right in the tool. Each item would be a separate
record and you would have pages for your client to add a new item, edit a
current one or delete one she didn't want any longer.

Unless I misunderstood what you are doing, just look at the tutorials in
HELP or on the DevNet site. This is easily doable.

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Report · Jul 24, 2006

I think you've got what I'm saying.

I just want the logged in user to see her 'special offers' page with the words edit | delete only viewable by her and then when she clicks edit it will take her to a page containing her previously posted material that she can then change and will click a save button to save changes. Or in a similar way, a delete option to post completely new material.

She'll probably have more than one special offer, so being able to display them like a blog does would be ideal. But what the blog I've made doesn't offer is the ability to modify and delete entries.

I'll have a look and see what I can do, to be honest though I don't know what I'm looking for. Yesterday was the first time I even attempted to look at PHP.