2466Lesson 14: EZ updatehttp://www.haneng.com/Lessons_14.aspWe are going to make an ASP page that pull some of it's content from a text file. And we are going to ad a simple form where you can edit the content of that text file. It's a simple solution for webpages that doesn't have the luxury of a database.
You can use this script for a number of functions (news, pricelist, special offers etc.), and we are going to pretend that we are making a site for the used car salesman "Sleezbag" Bob. Every week Bob has got a special offer on a crappy old car. Now he will be able to change the special offer each week himself.ASP > Tips and Tutorials > Content ManagementOct 10, 2006
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Why should visitors to your web site be forced to view its pages in any one particular way? This simple font customization sample illustrates how easy it can be to let your visitors pick whatever settings they prefer. It covers the basic process of letting a user pick their settings, previewing the resulting effect, and then saving their configuration for future visits.
Displaying content depending on what the current date value is a powerful and effective tool that adds value to any website. Whether it is to showcase a limited time offer, or to ?automatically? update pages with new content while you?re miles away. The following code repeats the process to three times to demonstrate the full effects of date dependent content. The content is set to display only on 12/31/1999 and shows a preview and how many days until the content will show up and an after view after expiration.
This system allows you to assign custom errors to common problems that you may experience with your web site and create a centralized error page to display custom errors. This one is so easy, you can implement it into any existing system just by adding a couple lines of code to each script. Here are a couple of examples:
Imagine a simple news site that two different writers update twice a day. Without any content management system, the writers would have to download the source code for the current page, add their news, re-upload the page, and then let the other writer know the page is updated so they won't overwrite the changes. For a larger site, such as Enfused.com or WDVL where news is updated at all hours of the day, and longer content is added on a semi-regular basis, this system will not work
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