[WEB4LIB] user-modified webpage

[Chris Murphy]

How about a blog? I used an off site blogger to create an intranet page that 
staff could update on their own.

I used http://www.blogger.com to create the blog, and hosted it for free (with 
advertising banners) at http://www.blogspot.com. For a small fee, you can do 
away with advertising.

As the blog administrator, you can edit the look and feel of the site, control 
content, and assign permissions for uploading content, etc. There are many 
freely available templates for creating blog pages, or you can match your 
intranet's layout.

There are other free blogger sites besides blogger.com and blogspot.com, but 
they are perhaps the most popular.

Best regards,

Chris Murphy

-- 
Christopher Murphy
Information Systems Manager
The Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho
chrism at thecommunitylibrary.org
http://www.thecommunitylibrary.org

Vicki Falkland wrote:
> hi folks,
> 
> i manage (amongst other things) a very small intranet for a two-campus
> library (9 staff). 
> one of the staff creates a fortnightly roster of staff hours, emails it to
> me, i convert it to pdf and stick a link to it from the staff page. (i do
> not have access to our organisation's web server - i just upload files to it.)
> 
> i'm wondering (perhaps in vain) if there is a way i can create a webpage
> which allows this person to update this info herself, from her browser, and
> be submitted to the server so that the updated display is there for all
> staff to see.
> 
> so far i've looked at: 
> content management (and similar) software - wayyy too complex for this
> simple task and too much $$$ 
> PHP - can't find anything pre-written (if it can be done using PHP)
> javascript - i'm sure i saw something once "let your users edit your
> webpage" and laughed at it ... now i can't find it again.
> CGI - might be something possible here, but CGI is no longer supported on
> my organisation's web server
> ASP - ?? not sure. know nothing about it. don't know if its supported here
> (?).
> 
> also looked at "contentEditable" documents and building HTML Applications
> at msdn.microsoft.com (as well as ASP stuff) which made my brain hurt, and
> i came away still unsure if it would do what i am looking for. 
> 
> is this the sort of thing that XML or DHTML can do? (also know nothing
> about, but more than willing to dive in and have a go)
> 
> am i being ridiculous and horribly ignorant? is this possible WITHOUT
> expensive content management software and/or without hassling my
> organisation's webmaster?
> 
> any input will be gratefully accepted and will give my brain a rest.
> 
> tia,
> VF
> 
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