So I'm gonna see a client about a new website on monday!! yaay! and he said over the phone tonight, can i update it myself?

oh dear...
Can he?
he wants to add used items for sale, with a bit of info...

any simple way of him uploading pix and a text doc into a folder and the website does the rest (other than php n stuff?)

well for starters mate, any help, such as mentioned, is beyond the call of duty, so thanks!
I'll have to check on the availability of a php server - whether he has his server already and what the cost is in a server with or without.

Yes, if he's going to be doing the uploading himself, it would be ideal that he deletes the items when they're sold.

If i was uploading items and not him i'd probably have thumbs and then a popup large image, but it ideally should be kept simple whoever does it as the changes could be regular, so maybe no on the thumbs front.

i know NOTHING! of descriptional texts or online forms, so whatever would be easiest.

Layout wouldn't need to be anything groundbreaking, simple table kinda layout - product name followed by image, with specification on the left, with possible price below.

And now that i've discussed all that, excessive server cost might be the one major issue with the client (though i don't think it's too much more than a normal basic server)

So, given a php script or whatever, would it really be that simple for someone with i imagine NO web experience, other than browsing, to do this themselves?

PS can't stress enough CPU how grateful i am for your input. THANKS!

i am halfway through it.

its not going to be something great by any means - but it will work.

ic: as small as this project is i think its not a teamwork thing, but
when its finished it would be highly appreciated if you could have a look
and maybe change some routines, as im sure i will produce some shit

finished!

Simple + pretty basic
minicms - version 0.3

Adminpage:


Viewing the items:


Done yet:
• No MySQL needed (only php + gdlib)
• Client can add/delete items incl. pictureupload
• Thumbnails get created automaticaly
• Colors/Fonts can be changed (external css)
• No tables used
• using "md5_file" for filenames, so images with identical names are no problem
• form-validation to make sure the user has attached an image and filled in all data (ty zippo )
• Special chars are safe now. Only "#" gets replaced by "+" now, cause i need that char for the arrays
• Only Numbers, "," and "." allowed in the pricefield (ty michael!)
• Only jpeg-images allowed for the upload
• Dropdown for currencies on the adminpage (£, $, &euro
• Live-preview of the chosen image before the upload - not in all browsers by now
• Security-confirmation if the user realy wants to delete an item
• Items get sorted now (newest on top)
• Headline of the page can be changed on adminpage

To do:
• form-validation to make sure the user has attached an image and filled in all data (ty zippo )
• Item-sorting?
• Checking if its secure enough (htaccess file in admin folder)
• Improving the Layout (more user-adjustable)
• Checking for Probs when using special charakters in the text
• Function to edit Items?
• Dropdown on the Adminpage for currencies?
• Working on a "contact seller" function (in progress)
• ... [fill in more points here]

I will most likely continue the work on it, but if anyone is interested
to try it out at this point, let me know and i will send you the files.

please read more carefull zippo hehe

i said "if i have some spare time next week ...",
i never mentioned what amount of time i need

yes, fear my awesome copy/paste skills

TY, would you like to have a look at what i did for optimization reasons?

CPU:TY, would you like to have a look at what i did for optimization reasons?

i dont think that will be necessary. i assumed your lack of freetime might have meant you needed to palm off something - im in no position to be your reviewer

Hmm, seems interesting.
But I think I'll still make my own content management system if/when I need it.

Awesome stuff chunky!