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Jul 09.2006

Hi,
I’m in the proces of designing a site which will contain a monthly schedule of events – it’s going to be something like a table: date – event – description. Now, what i’d like to do is to allow someone to update this schedule from within a browser. The person has no knowledge of html, so i’ll have to make some kind of interface to allow him/her to enter the data. Can you suggest any solutions to this problem?
I’m fairly new to web development, I’ve got some background in HTML and I’m trying to learn JavaScript at the moment. I don’t expect neither complete code nor step by step instructions, just some general guidelines.
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@felgallJul 10.2006 — To be able to apply permanent changes to the site via a form requires server side processing - it can't be done with (just) Javascript.
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@humbugJul 10.2006 — I think you'd be better off with a CMS or blog.

A CMS allows you to set up a site in such a way that anyone with a browser and the password can alter various parts of it.

If all you need is a sort of events diary, use a blog. A blog needn't actually be what everyone thinks of as a blog. You can set up WordPress (for example) so that there are various static pages for the site itself, and one page does the diary in the way you envisage. Saves an AWFUL lot of work and debugging.

EDIT: Most blogs allow you to override the current date and time of the posting, so the "dumb" user would just have to set the date and time of the event, plus the override option, and put the event description in the blog body. Then you would set up the display page so that the date and time came out very clearly on the displayed page.
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@parasiteauthorJul 10.2006 — Thank you very much for your help, it is much appreciated. The blog solution looks pretty tempting (as it's probably the easiest one) so I'll have to investigate it. I'm also going to do some reckon on the CMS. Any other ideas folks? It's always good to have more options to choose from?
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