Using Wiki's as a model for SMB Web Sites
Wiki's have a very simple and powerful model for content management that seems to follow Tim Berner Lee's orginial concept for the world wide web where all content is linked via a url. Wiki's allow you to create new pages by inserting a link into an existing page. A "navigator" then uses a search or a url to pick a"landing-point" in this content space and explores the links from there. Wiki's also use the pattern of "view-edit-save" thru the browser - so there is no separate step for transferring information from a "composer" program to the web server. As most web sites are a collection of web pages anyway ,why are not all web sites done this way? Some common reasons with my thoughts on resolving them. A) Preventing Grafiti Solution: A "Lock" on pages - to ensure only authorized people can edit it B) A "nice" aesthetic look to the pages Solution: A Use-Template type command line at the top of the page C) Image