Updatable Website?

[Rhombuss]

I'm helping a friend design a website for his computer hardware store. We're just wondering what the best way of creating the site so that it is easily updatable. IE - hardware and prices can be updated the easiest.

One way is to just download the HTMLs and edit them locally, then repost them on the site - but that can be cumbersome. Would PHP/CGI be useful for something like this? How do online stores manage the updates of their products?

A detailed answer would be greatly appreciated!

 

[RedRooster]

You pretty much need a database to do something like that, or as you said, the updating of every single html page would be awfully cumbersome.

I'd suggest, if you know nothing of PHP/ASP and databases, perhaps hire someone to whip a site up for you. For something as simple as having an updateable price list, it really wouldn't be a big job at all, but would be big enough to overwhelm a person whose never attempted such a thing before.
If you've got the time and motivation to try it yourself, assuming you're running a Windows server, grab PHPTriad and it'll set everything up for you, then you just need to learn basic PHP/SQL, create the database, webpages, and start entering information.
Those are the terms you'll see flying around when trying to set something up like you want, in general. PHP, SQL(some variation), Apache/IIS.

 

[FOBSIDE]

database-driven is definitely the way to go. the page is created from the numbers in the database. then you can create your own interface to update prices. of course youll want to protect this page so not just anyone can access it.

 

[kermalou]

where can I get a copy of phptriad, the website says he doesn't do it anymore?

 

[RedRooster]

Originally posted by: kermalou
where can I get a copy of phptriad, the website says he doesn't do it anymore?

The pink one should work