[WEB4LIB] how to get it all done

[Vishwam Annam]

>Each new set of pages I consider creating is now making me *cringe*. Too much repetitive work! How can I do all this as efficiently as possible?

If you are not currently using, I suggest use server side include files, 
. They can certainly takes some of  your burden in updating or creating 
a new pages. For example, if a site has same banner, and footer across 
all it's pages, instead of hard coding this code in every page, you can 
save the banner and footer's code  in 2 different files, say banner.html 
and footer.html, and then include these files in  your pages.
It really helps in ease of updating, for example if you want chnage 
banner logo, all you need to do is change the code in banner.html file, 
this will reflect in all the pages.

Vishwam

Vishwam Annam
Web Developer
Wright State University Libraries
Dayton, Ohio



Karen Davis wrote:

>Unfortunately, all I know how to do is create stand-alone web pages. I can see that I'm going to be swamped if I continue this way. I don't have a content management system for staff to use (e.g. Contribute). Each new set of pages I consider creating is now making me *cringe*. Too much repetitive work! How can I do all this as efficiently as possible? I
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>I've recommended Contribute 3 to help distribute the content maintenance work among department staff (who are willing ot do it), but am told there are security issues which make it unfeasible, since we don't have an in-house staging server (just ftp to an ISP). 
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>You all know a great deal more than I do, so, if you could suggest how I should recommend that this be set up to run efficiently, I would be grateful! What do I need?
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>Thanks again very much for your advice.
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>Current tools and setup for the web site: 
>* Dreamweaver MX 2004, Photoshop 6
>* one user account at an ISP with ftp connection
>* Forms handled with a Perl script (maintained by a techie as necessary, not me)
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>Karen Davis, Coordinator
>Center for Community Networking & 
>Web Administrator
>Lawrence Public Library
>707 Vermont Street
>Lawrence, KS 66044
>785.843.3833 ext. 104
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