Can I make it so people can edit parts of my website through a form?

14 Mar
Posted by webmaster in portal.cgkq.com
  • Like if I want them to have a user profile, they would be able to edit it. Also, how would I make it work with a user system. Like, they would be able to create an account, then edit they're user profile. Or, you could just tell me how I can edit my site through a form. But, is there somewhere where I could download a script like I described? Thanks!


  • Yes. This is called content management and there web portal apps written in every language that will allow you do this. Ones like DotNetNuke and PHPNuke are just two of the biggies, but there are much smaller and easier ones to do.

    If you try to do it yourself you will need to know a web app language, SQL and have some kind of database accessible by your web server like MySQL or SQL Server or an Access file or at minimum a local XML file.

    As other have mentioned you'll really need to know what you are doing from a security stand point since you do not escape and encode certain characters a malicious users can do nasty things to your site like insert JavaScript that then redirects other to a malicious site.

    This requires scanning what a user wants to edit on the site and then escaping certain characters like < becomes <

    Unless you are an experienced web programmer or just playing around on a server you can limit access to, I suggest googling for a free content management system or portal app written in a language your server supports.



  • This is pretty complex but you can do it through any dynamic language such as ASP or PHP/MySql. You should probably hire someone becuase you want to make sure it's secure from possible hackers. I can give you detailed instructions or a price quote if you email me. Good Luck either way.

    Also if you want to learn some PHP and do it yourself go to w3schools.com.


  • It depends on how much control you have over your hosting. You can use Joomla for that sort of thing but I'm not sure if you have to put a bunch of files onto your website - I think so.

    If you do allow editing of ANY part of the website, make sure that all the appropriate permissions and locks are in place so that no-one can hack in.







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