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Good afternoon,

I am just looking for a little help/advice on developing websites. I'd like for the people who I develop them for to be able to modify information whether it be text or pictures on the site without them having to have me change it through the actual source code.

Any programs that are easily modifiable or anything?

thanks in advance!

Rob

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As , , , and suggested, the usual approach is to give clients a simple control panel rather than asking them to edit source files. The practical choices are: a hosted site-builder (least technical for the client), a self-hosted system with a back-end UI, or a very small custom admin that exposes only the fields the client needs. Pick the path that matches the client’s technical skill, your hosting constraints, and how much design control you must keep.

Key features to require regardless of approach:

  • A WYSIWYG editor plus an image/media manager so clients can add photos without FTP.
  • Clearly separated templates and content fields so layout changes don’t get overwritten by editing.
  • Roles and permissions (admin, editor) and content revisions so mistakes can be rolled back.
  • File-upload restrictions and input sanitization to avoid malware and layout breakage.
  • Backups and a staging copy for testing updates before going live.

A simple implementation workflow:

  1. Sit down with the client and list exactly which pages/regions they must edit.
  2. Build templates with placeholder fields for those regions only.
  3. Configure the editor to allow only the markup and image sizes you want.
  4. Create a test user account and run a short client walkthrough.
  5. Provide a single-page cheatsheet with image dimensions, naming rules and “how to” steps.

Common gotchas and fixes: clients pasting arbitrary HTML — sanitize or provide a “paste plain text” button; broken layouts from oversized images — enforce max dimensions in the media manager; plugin conflicts — keep third-party extensions to a minimum and maintain regular updates. For editor configuration and sanitization, see the TinyMCE docs (tiny.cloud/docs). For web-security basics such as XSS and file upload risks, consult the OWASP guidance (cheatsheetseries.owasp.org).

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Member Avatar for cereal

Have you considered to use a CMS (Content Management System) as Joomla, Drupal o Wordpress? Bye :)

Member Avatar for ArtphotoasiA

I recomend for sure to WordPress one of the best CMS (Content Management System) on the market ..... I used it already in several blog I'm managing and my customers are happy with it... after the CSS editing and set up eventually of PHP that I will do .... then they will be able to manage all (or at least 90%) by themself!

Member Avatar for intiqab

I use Joomla & Wordpress, its a CMS.. very easy.... try it.

Member Avatar for rcdeck

Thank you all very much for your input. I will take a look into these options. I don't have too much experience with PHP so hopefully they are not too involved with that. Thanks!

Member Avatar for virtuemart

this may be helpful, they talk about modifieable templates....that's exactly what your clients have poblems with)))

Member Avatar for ArtphotoasiA

Any one use Joomla and an share opinions?

It is hard to create a web with Joomla?

I want look in to it ...

Member Avatar for virtuemart

Any one use Joomla and an share opinions?

It is hard to create a web with Joomla?

I want look in to it ...

no problem, it may be hard to work with Joomla but you always can learn. I can attach a link with Joomla templates so you can take a look,

these templates are available to everybody

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Member Avatar for ArtphotoasiA

Thanks but I mean if it is hard make a template for joomla.... because rarely I use already made templates and incase I use to modify them quite heavily ....

Member Avatar for leahmarie

my suggestion to you is to use Content Management Systems like joomla or wordpress. this can aid you in creating and easy to modify site content.

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