website/client management tool

affect on SEO

[Tony_Perry]

One of my clients wants to be able to make text and picture changes to his site himself. He has convinced himself that he needs one of the new website building programmes that allow him to do so.

To be honest, I don't much about these and am unsure whether these pages can be optimised inn the normal way?

Are there any pitfalls with this software as far as SEO is concearned?

[DaveAtIFG]

I suspect you're asking about programs like Dreamweaver or FrontPage, WYSIWYG HTML editors. If so, either will serve to maintain or update an existing page with no SEO impact (beyond the expected effects of content changes.)

My FP experience is limited to an early version and I was very disappointed although other members are happy with recent versions.

I suspect your biggest problem will be limiting your client's changes to the content area. DW can use templates that will restrict which areas of a page can be edited.

[tigger]

>asking about programs like Dreamweaver or FrontPage

I don't think it is Dave I was chatting to an estate agent recently that had a site and he told me they could update the site with new properties & info, he did tell me the name which I can't remember but I know wasn't Dreamweaver or FrontPage I've also had some spam mail about a program that also offers the same type of service, but it went straight into the trash

If it turns up again I’ll forward it onto you

[Tony_Perry]

no, I'm not talking about html editors. This is another way of updating the site without using one. I'm talking about products like scriptwriter.

[universalis]

You should really look at Macromedia Contribute, especially if you use Dreamweaver. It is designed specifically for this kind of situation.

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[tigger]

>Macromedia Contribute

That was the email I received it looks very good

[universalis]

Macromedia Contribute is about the only tool specifically designed for this type of situation. The Contribute user can't screw up the template or the CSS, ensuring that the site continues to work well. It's loads cheaper than building a whole content management system too.

The downside is that it is very tied-in with Dreamweaver MX-created templates, so you really need to be using DW on the developer side to get the best out of it.