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[Solved] Best way to accomplish this?

  • What is the best (and easiest) way (or is there a way) to add an "Updates" page to this site: http://ledfordschampions.com/ (still in development) where someone could easily add updates and/or comments, news, etc... without having to edit html or upload files?

    I hope this question is understood properly and makes sense. If not let me know and I will re-word.

    Thanks for the help.
  • what resources do you have available? does your web host offer PHP+MySQL?
  • Yes, I'm pretty sure both of those are availble.
  • Use a cms. Create Users, and post their updates on the desired page. ( I recommend wordpress. )
  • I am not familiar with wordpress. Can this be used on the current site to be able to just post updates on one page or do I have to recreate the entire site in WP to accomplish this?
  • Looks like your using php, so it shouldn't be that painful to move your site over to wp. Installing is easy.

    For a site like this, the 5 main files you need to make a WP site are: header.php, footer.php, index.php, page.php and style.css put these in a folder and upload to wp-content/themes folder.

    you can then create a page to display your users posts.

    wp codex and forums are your friends.
  • Thanks for the suggestion. BTW, is moving to WP the only way to accomplish this, or just the easiest?
  • nope - there are many CMS's out there. WP may be "more than you need" for this particular situation, but there's plenty of support in the WP community, so it's still a good choice.
  • I ended up going with tumblr, but thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction. Everyone on this forum is always very prompt and helpful. I hope to continue learning so that I can return the favor soon.