I have a client that wants to add new posts by herself to the blog that I created on his sitely website . His there is a way to do that? Because I don’t want to manage her post all the time, I want her to be autonomous and manage the blog post without me.
@Frenchie, Sitely behaves as a local CMS, so your client needs her Sitely and a copy of your created project file on her end. This is how she can add too and edit her blog.
If you want to keep your original project file up to date then maybe talk to her about having the Sitely project file in a shared cloud folder, where you can also update your original project file when she makes changes.
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I’m dealing with the exact same situation. I refer customers to WordPress. But still, I would like to find a solution that comes directly from Sitely. I can’t ask a customer to buy a computer with OSX and an application and learn it. It makes no sense to make such a site at all. That’s why I avoid blogs and don’t offer them at all.
I know… For a Web Designer it is a hard call. Most of my clients use Windows 11 so they see no point in purchasing macOS to maintain their website.
My way around this is offering them a support service where I handle it all, wether they are on Windows 11 or macOS.
I have given you a way around it with my reply to your latest forum entry…
Yes, I feel exactly the same way and I have already noted your reply.
Thank you
Do you mean that your support for your client’s blog includes answering questions from all participants on your client’s behalf when they post a question on the blog? We’re talking about dozens of questions per day here.
Interesting, but no…
It is more to the tune of creating the blog post they want on their website.
With people asking questions or wanting to give feedback or commentary, I suggest to my client to use something like Disqus which they have total control over, and allows them engagement with their User base…
I’ve faced this issue a number of times and found the simple option is to incorporate a blog/forum script into the client website. This is usually installed into its own folder on the server and usually requires a mySQL database, so be sure that option is available on the server. In Sitely, you simply create a PHP page (most scripts are PHP driven and will require a page with a PHP extension). In that page you add a code element that displays the blog/forum page - the code is supplied by the script developer. This then allows clients to enter the admin area of the script in their browser so they can add or edit content. The blog/forum is automatically updated in the Sitely website.
You’ll find plenty of low-cost scripts on Envato market place. Look for one that allows registration, login and commenting if that’s what you want. Scripts usually come in at under $40 and is a small price to pay for such a facility. It’s also a lot easier to handle than a full-blown Wordpress installation, which will often require clients being trained in using it.
Maybe it is your terminology @Stephie, but we can’t manually create PHP pages in Sitely. We can add/embed PHP snippets, or with the Developer package we can add PHP above the header.
Or are you talking about editing the Page Filename from html to PHP?..
Yes, I’m talking about changing the html file extension to php. Some php scripts will work fine if they are embedded into a normal html page, but can sometimes require the page to have a php extension for best performance. I suppose the best option is to try it in a standard html page first, and if problems occur, change the page type to php.