[FX.php List] [OFF] Recommendation for building/buying web site building/management system

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Thanks, Bob.

On one hand, I can envision this as being a straight-forward project. 
On the other hand, I could also see it mushrooming into an 
unmanageable mess.

On the straightforward side...I see building a front end to capture 
the data and design/template preferences required for each site.  The 
target end user client would access this to specify the site.  Then, 
a php script would generate the site (6 pages or so) to the target 
web folder.  I don't see dynamically *generating* new clients and 
directories on the fly.  That would be a back end job.

Jonathan

At 2:08 PM -0500 5/23/07, Bob Patin wrote:
>Jonathan,
>
>I've done that in FX.php; I used a subset of it on Crystal Gayle's 
>site, which is almost all FileMaker-driven:
>
>http://www.crystalgayle.com
>
>There are a few static pages on her site, but I built this from a 
>template that I used for another client's private site, where each 
>member has his own customizable set of pages.
>
>One of the music associations tha I belong to just went to a 
>membership site like this; each member apparently has the ability to 
>edit his page, but on that site I think it's just a single page.
>
>I also did a similar thing for the auto comparisons site that I 
>built; each of their dealer members can very lightly customize the 
>pages of the site so that any visitors using the pages, after being 
>referred from the dealer's website, see customized pages with the 
>dealer's logo, address, links, and background colors.
>
>Bob Patin
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>
>On May 23, 2007, at 12:27 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>I have been asked by a client, to build or buy a system that can 
>>help automatically generate and maintain web sites for *their* 
>>clients. We've talking 200 - 300 web sites, using some sort of 
>>central management system.  The end client will have no technical 
>>expertise, and probably have no desire to do anything other than to 
>>fill out a form and pick a graphic template from a selection.
>>
>>Any one gone down this path before?
>>
>>Thx,
>>
>>Jonathan
>>
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