Hello fellow programmers!

I have a website I am creating for a non-profit with multiple locations, and I want to know the best approach to take. The styling will be the same for all them, but the actual content should change depending on the location. I want to create the website in a way that is easy for someone who is not technical to update, even if it’s only text, images, and links. Any thoughts would be helpful.

I would like to avoid libraries or frameworks, as I want a simple ftp server to reduce costs and complexity for everyone involved.

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    1 year ago

    There’s a case to be made, realistically speaking, that using a well-known framework or even a CMS like Wordpress means less complexity specific to your website to understand for the next person. FTP cough SFTP or Markdown/HTML is definitely not beyond non-technical people to understand and use, but sadly there could be some resistance nowadays I imagine.

    I would look into static website generators. Sadly I’m not sure what is most reliable nowadays, but I would prioritize easy of use and installation, as speed is probably meaningless on your scale. Here’s a random article.

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    1 year ago

    Document document document.

    Also, the nice thing about libraries, frameworks, and CMSs is that they already have documentation. If it seems like a pain to learn one of those, imagine how much worse it would be for someone to learn custom code that doesn’t have any resources on Google.

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      1 year ago

      Thanks for your response! I’ll do my best, however the issue is I don’t necessarily want someone to look over documentation just to edit a date on a webpage. I do understand what you mean though.

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      1 year ago

      Problem is teaching non techies how to use that static site generator. Start talking about html or git and the eyes will glaze over. Definitely not sustainable.

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    1 year ago

    Have you worked with WordPress before? You could create a theme for the sites to maintain consistency, while letting the client have CMS access to edit the content.