thanks [was:Re: helping html-illiterate content managers]

Thanks to all who sent me ideas of dealing with this.  I spoke with our apps
developer who is working on a universal "updater" for our sites, & my
department director who is exploring the Dreamweaver alternative.  Seems
that one of the reasons I was brought aboard was primarily for my concerns
with validity, accessibility & my ability to hand-code. We are slowly going
to bring the others up to speed with these issues, but I sure wish someone
had told me this earlier!

much alohas,
Lady Wist
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauri V�in" <optima(at)hot.ee>
To: "Lady Wistfulee" <nospammerstowistfulee(at)millenicom.com>; "HWG Techniques
Discussion" <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: helping html-illiterate content managers


| Lady Wistfulee,
|
| I work in Ericsson Estonia. Here a company designed our site and updating
the
| content happens with database solutions. People enter the text into a
form, then
| it goes into a database and later it's displayed inside the template. It
has
| some downsides, but for non-HTMLers this solution would be OK. The site
also
| uses ActiveX controls, to make stuff like bold text, change the font and
so on
| (it looks pretty much as MS Word).
|
| Another option would be to use Dreamweaver(somebody already mentioned
this). It
| allows you to "lock" the template area and only allows to add text to the
| unlocked areas(unless the function is turned off from the menu). I'm sure
I did
| a bad job in explaining it. Power users can screw up your code, no matter
what
| you do!
|
| Yours,
| Lauri
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Lady Wistfulee <wistfulee(at)millenicom.com>
| To: HWG Techniques Discussion <hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
| Sent: 04. oktoober 2000. a. 6:23
| Subject: helping html-illiterate content managers
|
|
| > Hi,
| > I know of no other group with such a vast storehouse of knowledge &
| > experience & once again I need to call on you.
| > While I understand the "comfort" that html-illiterates feel when using a
| > WYSIWYG editor like Front Page, I cringe when I see what it does to my
| > pretty validated code.  The last barrier at work to allowing us at work
to
| > use the editor of our choice is that once the site is finished, it gets
| > turned over to html-illiterate content managers who must add and delete
| > content.
| > We are dealing with IE & NN version 4+ sites...I want to use validated
HTML
| > with CSS1, but am encountering resistance.  Is there a way to make a
| > page/site in the editor of one's choice (non-WYSIWYG, but not Notepad),
&
| > still make it easy for HTML-illiterates (who are not in the process now,
nor
| > will ever want to try, learning HTML) to add/delete content without
either
| > freaking them out, or destroying validated code?  & how can I explain
this
| > so the diehard in the department (with seniority) won't feel attacked?
| > I made a validated page today, & then stuck it in FP (as per current
| > policy), & it stripped out end tags & non-breaking spaces & other
horrendous
| > things!  This can't go on!
| >
| > awaiting replies impatiently  : )
| > Lady Wistfulee
| >

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