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Hi All,

Is it possible to install an end user  content management system inside a table cell.

Here's where I need to put it: http://www.moderncomm.com/schepers/specials.html

Or do I need to install cms made simple and modify the look to match mine on the specials page?

Thanks for input.

Adolfo

modcom wrote: Is it possible to install an end user  content management system inside a table cell.

Yes, of course - it's only a question of the template.

So do I change the template or can I install it somehow inside my cell?

Change only your template ...

Is it possible to make it look just like my other pages?

You can style it via css how you want ...

if you don't want the whole site to be in cmsms, you can still do it for this one page, but i would suggest, perhaps, installing cmsms inside a subdirectory off the main web site... that way none of the cmsms files will clutter up the main directory (the chances of you inadvertently deleting something would be less... ).

if the main web site is at:

www.yourdomain.com/

and you wnat cmsms to manage only this page:

www.yourdomain.com/specials.html

then put cmsms inside this directory:

www.yourdomain.com/specials/

and use that as the url for that page in your menus.

you will need to duplicate the web site design inside of cmsms for that one page... the whole page, not just the 'content' area. when the page is edited in cmsms, only the 'content' area gets edited -- the rest is generated via the template. shouldn't be too hard to import your design/style into a template, especially if you're not using cmsms for navigation or anything else... (a little copy & paste, insert {content} where it belongs, change paths in links/images/stylesheets if needed...)

you'd also need to create a new user & new group (with no privs) to assign as an editor of that page.. with no other privs available, there's little they can goof up... you can even restrict them from editing page settings by using a global_content block inside the page content and only giving them editor rights to that single gcb (and not the whole page).

however... while converting the entire design, including navigation & menus to cmsms would take a little more effort.. i think you might be better off just putting the entire site in cmsms... but that's just my $0.02


i hate to mention another solution... but when someone asks me about an easy (web-based) way to edit a SINGLE page.. the first thing i think of is http://editthispage.net

Thank you so very much : )