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Can a PHP website be edited by myself? Hi there
I recently used a freelance web designer to design my website and i specified that i need to do the content management myself. However, he created the website using php and after i paid him and all, he says that it is impossible for me to change any text in the website myself without programming knowledge.
He also says that the only way i can change the text is to go through him.
I'm not familiar with any programming language, so i don't know if that's true. I do however, have access to the admin portion of the website which i can add / delete product pictures. does this mean i can actually edit text? Can anyone help?
I recently used a freelance web designer to design my website and i specified that i need to do the content management myself. However, he created the website using php and after i paid him and all, he says that it is impossible for me to change any text in the website myself without programming knowledge.
He also says that the only way i can change the text is to go through him.
I'm not familiar with any programming language, so i don't know if that's true. I do however, have access to the admin portion of the website which i can add / delete product pictures. does this mean i can actually edit text? Can anyone help?
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Well you will probably want to change the dynamic setup (i.e pages people interact with and the part that php is used for) of your site so learning php would not be a bad idea. But im pretty sure the main bulk of your content should be in html. You should be able to find the content and change it. You can edit php files in notepad and then just save them as .php files.
I would say that next time though i would get a guy who is not a jacka$$ and will write it something a little easier like html.
I would say that next time though i would get a guy who is not a jacka$$ and will write it something a little easier like html.
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seriously if he says you have to go through him. your done with him now. now hes gone overboard. you asked him to design it not webmaster it. Just as long as you have access to the server itself you can make all the changes you want, and im pretty sure any questions you may have will be answered here. Its not hard at all to change how your site would look. it would just take a good enough understanding of PHP. now if he wrote sloppy code.. thats another thing.
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you can add to it but you can not edited only what one you have made.
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Certianly you can add to it and edit it... IF you know the language.
Post a link so we can see...
Post a link so we can see...
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If he has encrypted the php pages, then it would not be possible to edit them. Make sure you have the complete source code before saying bye! to the programmer 
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Originally Posted by Killer_Typo
seriously if he says you have to go through him. your done with him now. now hes gone overboard. you asked him to design it not webmaster it. Just as long as you have access to the server itself you can make all the changes you want, and im pretty sure any questions you may have will be answered here. Its not hard at all to change how your site would look. it would just take a good enough understanding of PHP. now if he wrote sloppy code.. thats another thing.
Thanks for your reply. the server is managed by his friend, does this mean i really have no editing power? he did give me an admin password to the website which is run by oscommerce which i can use to edit product pictures,etc do you think i can edit home page text here or is it in a different area?
he did not give me the codes or anything else besides just the website. What should i ask from him if i want to drop him complete?
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Originally Posted by mikeandike22
Well you will probably want to change the dynamic setup (i.e pages people interact with and the part that php is used for) of your site so learning php would not be a bad idea. But im pretty sure the main bulk of your content should be in html. You should be able to find the content and change it. You can edit php files in notepad and then just save them as .php files.
I would say that next time though i would get a guy who is not a jacka$$ and will write it something a little easier like html.
Thanks for your reply. i really dunno what the bulk of the website is on. you mentioned that i can edit php files in notepad. does that mean i do not need any other software, just the notepad? what must i type in to be able to access and make changes?
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Ah!!!! people who get their work done from others always come across with such kind of situations.I have been working with PHP and Java for last 10 years.i never did that in my past ..nor intend to do that in future.
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Not sure if it's of any help anymroe but if you have access to the server, then if you know how to ftp, you need a file from the language folder. located in
(/shop/includes/language/english/ index.php)
where shop is the folder which it's installed on, it may already be there when you access through ftp,
english can be what ever language you select to use.
open the language file up and you should be able to search the line, which appears on your main page of the oscommerce website.
Replace whats' in the ( ' something in here ' ) with your html code and it should fix the main page.
Hope it helped.
(/shop/includes/language/english/ index.php)
where shop is the folder which it's installed on, it may already be there when you access through ftp,
english can be what ever language you select to use.
open the language file up and you should be able to search the line, which appears on your main page of the oscommerce website.
Replace whats' in the ( ' something in here ' ) with your html code and it should fix the main page.
Hope it helped.
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