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Plutarian(From Pluto, stupid!)
Ok Im need to working with the puplic and am starting to get a lot of questions Im unsure of. I really need your imput..
<client> I want a news section that I can update at will.
<me> ok...Thats not be a problem.
<client> but... I don't know what Im doing and don't want to pay anyone for the service... is there some free/very cheap software I can get that will allow me to do this?
<me> HTML editor......hum..???
Stuck! Which one? WYSIWYG editor for cheap????
How do you guys handle this?
Is there any other questions I should be on the look out for?
Thankz!
kitchee
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Modding with Class
Tell your client to search on http://www.tucows.com or http://www.downloads.com for a free one.
Otherwise, find out if he has PHP. If he does, I can install a news updating package on his server for you for a small fee. I'll charge you and you can just charge him whatever you want to make.
This way, he can just add news items right from a control panel, not even needing an editor.
Regards,
Jabez
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Dynamic Systems, Inc.
well, if the text is not that complicated, can't your client can edit it in MW Word?
VM
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The best answer (nay, the only answer) is to use something PhP or PERL (or JAVA, CGI, whatever, so long as it allows dynamically built pages). a free app if you can use SSI's is Newspro, i cant find a link, but just search for it. It's dead easy to install, and you only need give a small link somewhere and it's free.
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Plutarian(From Pluto, stupid!)
Originally posted by JabezStone
Tell your client to search on http://www.tucows.com or http://www.downloads.com for a free one.
Otherwise, find out if he has PHP. If he does, I can install a news updating package on his server for you for a small fee. I'll charge you and you can just charge him whatever you want to make.
This way, he can just add news items right from a control panel, not even needing an editor.
Regards,
Jabez
Thanks for the offer and I would take you up on this, but the site this would be for is a non for profit charity and Im not charging.
Can I contact you in the future regarding this service if I need it?
>bandwagon<
I can't find anything on NEWSPRO.. If you could post the link that would be great.
kitchee
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Try Blogger.com. Should be along the lines of what you are looking for. Any other questions, please e-mail me.
Thanks for the offer and I would take you up on this, but the site this would be for is a non for profit charity and Im not charging.
Can I contact you in the future regarding this service if I need it?
>bandwagon<
I can't find anything on NEWSPRO.. If you could post the link that would be great.
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Modding with Class
Sent you an email, Kitchee!
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Heaven is made of 1's and 0's
Sell him a copy of a simple HTML editor? Perhaps Microsoft FrontPage.. or?
Or there is always the 'other' alternative if you have a handy CD-R drive..
Of course, I will get flamed for mentioning that..
(but I mean PURELY for evaluation purposes only)
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tell me, is this sellable.....
coffeecup does a free html editor.
http://www.coffeecup.com/editor/
or better yet tell him to use note pad.
Then get rid of this client. Clients who use the word FREE are trouble.
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Plutarian(From Pluto, stupid!)
Yes... total pain in the a*s....
The thing is I offered to do it for free and their giving me attitude like ..."Well how good is going to be... I don't know" and their site is a non 4 profit charity and it is sooooo aweful!!!!! I mean horrible!!! The Nav is at the bottom where you never notice it and it's all HTML. Looks worse then a free geocities site using templates.....
I tried to explain I charged upwards of $35 dallors an hour and thier still like... I don't know.... Showed em a port of top level work and their still I don't know...
What the f**k is wrong with people. Someone offers to give your company well needed free service and they still won't take.
I just don't get it.
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tell me, is this sellable.....
give something away for free and the person will not value it.
Why ?
Because it is free.
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Plutarian(From Pluto, stupid!)
I guess... Seems like really bad business sence to me..
I just gave up on GIVING this away to these people.
Ya know it not like there is any obligation to use the new site....
Some people just suck!
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I just like to type......
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tell me, is this sellable.....
do not burn your relationship on this.
be diplomatic
I have had a similar problem and I got out of the job by stating that I was not able to understand what they wonted.
This was a paided job, but the guy was getting way to over demanding for the budget. He came back the same afternoon offering to pay more.
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