very simple one line cms?

[1]

hi all
i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question that
changes weekly.
they need to be able to change the question through some kind of admin page
(i was going to make a separate page that was password protected for this
purpose).
now i am thinking using MySQL etc will be like using a sledghammer to crack
a nut open, and am wondering if there is some simpler way of implementing
this using maybe basic PHP and an external text file or something? or maybe
i dont even require PHP?
any ideas appreciated.
thanks

[Perttu Pulkkinen]

Re: very simple one line cms?

"1" <1@1.com> kirjoitti viestissä news:2n92i8Fu0k imU1@uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> hi all
> i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question[/color]
that[color=blue]
> changes weekly.[/color]

If its okay, why not include a textfile inside pre-tags or you can also put
string trough this kind of php-function

function html_inclusion( $file)
{
- open that file into string
- put string trough htmlspecialchar s (maybe do striptags first)
- str_replace \n with <br>
- echo that string
}

then they can use ftp to update that textfile

[Gregory Toomey]

Re: very simple one line cms?

1 wrote:
[color=blue]
> hi all
> i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question
> that changes weekly.
> they need to be able to change the question through some kind of admin
> page (i was going to make a separate page that was password protected for
> this purpose).
> now i am thinking using MySQL etc will be like using a sledghammer to
> crack a nut open, and am wondering if there is some simpler way of
> implementing this using maybe basic PHP and an external text file or
> something? or maybe i dont even require PHP?
> any ideas appreciated.
> thanks[/color]

I use www.mamboserver.com for my personal site (see signature).
Its a Content Management System based on PHP.

Mambo allows for website content to have a start date & end date. So a new
question would appear at the appropriate time


gtoomey

https://www.gregorytoomey.com

[1]

Re: very simple one line cms?

yup i do too, but its way too much just for this system.
i need a really simple form with one text field, when they hit submit it
publishes to the page...
thanks


"Gregory Toomey" <nospam@bigpond .com> wrote in message
news:2n94fkFt9t qsU1@uni-berlin.de...[color=blue]
> 1 wrote:
>[color=green]
> > hi all
> > i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question
> > that changes weekly.
> > they need to be able to change the question through some kind of admin
> > page (i was going to make a separate page that was password protected[/color][/color]
for[color=blue][color=green]
> > this purpose).
> > now i am thinking using MySQL etc will be like using a sledghammer to
> > crack a nut open, and am wondering if there is some simpler way of
> > implementing this using maybe basic PHP and an external text file or
> > something? or maybe i dont even require PHP?
> > any ideas appreciated.
> > thanks[/color]
>
> I use www.mamboserver.com for my personal site (see signature).
> Its a Content Management System based on PHP.
>
> Mambo allows for website content to have a start date & end date. So a[/color]
new[color=blue]
> question would appear at the appropriate time
>
>
> gtoomey
> www.gregorytoomey.com[/color]

[Steve]

Re: very simple one line cms?

In news:2n95a1Fuf6 sgU1@uni-berlin.de,
1 <1@1.com> said:[color=blue]
> yup i do too, but its way too much just for this system.
> i need a really simple form with one text field, when they hit submit
> it publishes to the page...
> thanks[/color]

I would allow this form just to write to a text file, and the webpage can
just pull the content from the text file using PHP or server-side includes
or whatever you have at your disposal.


--
Steve

[1]

Re: very simple one line cms?

yup that would be exactly it.
any pointers on how to accomplish this? i am a bit of a newbie as far as php
is concerned.
thanks

"Steve" <steve@somewher e.invalid.com> wrote in message
news:zxJPc.2105 8179$Of.3498241 @news.easynews. com...[color=blue]
> In news:2n95a1Fuf6 sgU1@uni-berlin.de,
> 1 <1@1.com> said:[color=green]
> > yup i do too, but its way too much just for this system.
> > i need a really simple form with one text field, when they hit submit
> > it publishes to the page...
> > thanks[/color]
>
> I would allow this form just to write to a text file, and the webpage can
> just pull the content from the text file using PHP or server-side includes
> or whatever you have at your disposal.
>
>
> --
> Steve
>
>[/color]

[Geoff Berrow]

Re: very simple one line cms?

I noticed that Message-ID: <2n92i8Fu0kimU1 @uni-berlin.de> from 1
contained the following:
[color=blue]
>hi all
>i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question that
>changes weekly.
>they need to be able to change the question through some kind of admin page
>(i was going to make a separate page that was password protected for this
>purpose).
>now i am thinking using MySQL etc will be like using a sledghammer to crack
>a nut open,[/color]
Maybe, but you could do other cool stuff like put in a load of
questions and having them change each week automatically. I've used a
database for a list of events and found it worth its weight in gold.
Set it and forget it. Of course you can charge the client for weekly
updates..:-)

But if you just want to write to a text file, I posted a script a few
days ago that allows you to do just that. You'll have to hack it a bit.

https://www.ckdog.co.uk/logger/display.php

To edit the file:

http://www.ckdog.co.uk/logger/editlog.php

Let me know if you want it.
--
Geoff Berrow (put thecat out to email)
It's only Usenet, no one dies.
My opinions, not the committee's, mine.
Simple RFDs http://www.ckdog.co.uk/rfdmaker/

[Toby Inkster]

Re: very simple one line cms?

1 wrote:
[color=blue]
> i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question that
> changes weekly.[/color]

Do you also need to collect the answers to the competition? Or are those
collected by e-mail or something?

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact
Now Playing ~ ./dido/life_for_rent/02_-_stoned.ogg

[BasherB]

Re: very simple one line cms?

This may help, may not:
Hope it does.

PAGE 1
*************** ADDS NEW QUESTION FORM AND WRITES THE TO QUESTION.TXT
PAGE *************** ******


<?php
$filename = "question.t xt";
$seperator = "/ENDOFLINE/";
if (isset ($_POST['Submit'])){
$new_question = sprintf ("%s$seperator\ r\n%s$seperator \r\n",
addslashes($_PO ST['question']), addslashes($_PO ST['answer']));
if (!$handle = fopen($filename , "r+")){
echo "cannot open file to edit question";
exit;
}
fwrite ($handle, $new_question);
fclose ($handle);
header ("Location:view question.php");
exit;
}
?>

<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"
method="post">q uestion:<input name="question" type="text"><br >
answer:<input name="answer" type="text"><br >
<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>



PAGE 2
********* WILL PLACE ALL OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS INTO AN ARRAY
******
**** >SPLIT THEM UP INTO A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARRAY IF YOU WISH<
******

<?php
$filename = "question.t xt";
$seperator = "/ENDOFLINE/";

if (!$handle = fopen ($filename, "r")){
echo "cannot access question file";
exit;
}
$contents = fread ($handle, filesize ($filename));
fclose ($handle);

$all = explode ($seperator, $contents);
foreach ($all as $question){
echo stripslashes($q uestion).'<br>' ;
}
?>

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Re: very simple one line cms?

yeah collect the answers too
undecided if this will be by email or not

"Toby Inkster" <usenet200408@t obyinkster.co.u k> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.0 8.03.18.10.40.2 74694@tobyinkst er.co.uk...[color=blue]
> 1 wrote:
>[color=green]
> > i need to have a page on a clients site that has a competition question[/color][/color]
that[color=blue][color=green]
> > changes weekly.[/color]
>
> Do you also need to collect the answers to the competition? Or are those
> collected by e-mail or something?
>
> --
> Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
> Contact Me ~ http://tobyinkster.co.uk/contact
> Now Playing ~ ./dido/life_for_rent/02_-_stoned.ogg
>[/color]