Re: FN-FORUM: Content Management etc

date posted 6th August 2004 14:36

At 13:41 on Friday, 06 Aug 2004, KKC TFXWeb wrote:


> In order to have a bit of a 'heads up' on this one, I'm wondering if
> anyone
> can give any basic advice regarding CMS (if that's going to be
> appropriate
> in this case). Not really got involved in that side of things yet, so
> not
> sure where to start.

Start by identifying the data structures.

in English:

which bits of the menu are always the same type:

menu item, menu price, menu description.

if you can get the client to agree that they will stick within constrained
data fields then you could use a CMS. if they are vague about which exact
bits they want to amend, or they want to be more free text orientated,
then a CMS might not be a good idea.

custom designed CMS for adding/editing/deleting menu items shouldn't be
more than a weeks work for a competent developer. (ASP/IIS or PHP/MySQL
will depend on preferences and server OS) with you providing a design
template.

If they want to mess around even more (pictures, text etc) and you don't
want to get involved with CMS have a look at Macromedia Contribute, and
build in a "i'll fix it up if you break it" price into the contract.

hth