re: Customer updates

by "David.Strausfeld" <david.strausfeld(at)emotion.com>

 Date:  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 10:11:33 -0500
 To:  <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
  todo: View Thread, Original
I'm wondering if the included file has to include all the html tags?  Just
curious. It would be better if a customer could just modify a text file
without the tags, since the likelihood of confusion would be less. I'm
curious if there's a way to do this?

Regards,
Dave

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>`Hi there, Dale -
>
>We had a similar problem with a client who basically thought he knew a lot
>more than he actually did.  We set up a simple
>#! include virtual ...>  statement to link to a text file that he could
>just change the information whenever he wanted.  We even set up the text
>with easy to follow "commented" instructions to make it totally
>"idiot-proof" so that he couldn't possibly make any mistakes that would
harm
>the rest of the page.

>At the time we presented him with the finished product, we instructed him
on
>the file and how to change it and even how to upload it via ftp.  Seems to
>be working really great now.  He has gone in and made numerous changes in
>adding and deleting entries all without being able to change any of the
font
>colors/sizes or organization of the page.

>Just need to make sure that his server supports SSI.

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