However, I get many prospects who want to update sites themselves. In many cases, these are very small businesses with just one or two people, none of which have any idea about (x)HTML. Most of them have very small budgets, so they can't afford a complete "CMS" type setup (and it's not the kind of thing I can supply) and they tend to only want a small site (a few pages) for next to nothing.
Is it just me, or is this a common dilemma? Apart from abandoning standards compliance (not an option as far as I'm concerned), setting the site up in HTML4.01 Transitional and letting amateurs wreak havoc with Micro$oft <FONT>Plague, what options are there to design standards compliant sites, letting clients maintain them and still stay within web standards?
What is the issue with HTML 4.01 Transitional? A site that validates to that is standards-compliant.
Regarding updating, from what I've heard Macromedia Contribute is good for these sorts of jobs. It allows clients access to specified content areas of the site and produces pretty good markup.
Mike
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