Malcolm - Thanks for replying. I'm just starting to work out the customer's requirements so I can't give a precise list yet. I think my biggest up-front challenge is cultural: they're used to going into any page and modifying it at will. This seems like it's very efficient for them and lets them have exactly what they want on each page but I'm trying to convince them that some of the pain they're starting to feel is caused by the lack of a managed approach and that to gain cost efficiency, they'll have to give up a certain level of "micro-control."
The entire site was written years ago (well before I entered the picture) and is basic CF, no framework, no templates for web-pages, etc. I raised the CMS idea with them when they wanted to do something simple - replace an image in their page header - and I told them that the relevant <img> tag exists in 260 .cfm files. Who knows how changing it with a global search and replace will affect the table-based layout on each of those? I also raised the CMS idea because their budget is extremely low and having me revamp the entire site is not an option - unless I can point to something like this that pays back over time. In keeping with the thread topic, I welcome input on what questions to ask in order to determine my requirements. Also, are there certain requirements that would make the decision for me? Etc. db ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:332406 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
