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Urgent website design problem... Please help!?

I have a potential client on a low budget (small biz) looking to get a website designed very soon... THE PROBLEM : I only have knowledge of static website coding (XHTML / CSS) as my main thing is graphic design. CLIENT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO EDIT WEBSITE HERSELF --- has no knowledge of Dreamweaver so I can't create a template like that... Ofcourse client has no knowledge at all about basic coding either.... 1) What can I do for her? Is this a CMS thing? 2) Will I need much knowledge of other coding language to even set up a content management system? 3) How much does it usually cost to get something like CMS set up / equivalent? Is it a once-off expense to the client? As much info as possible would be great as well as ANY RELEVANT AUSTRALIAN LINKS would be great. Many thanks for your help!! B xx

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1. Try the open source content management systems on http://www.opensourcecms.com It's a demo site for open source and freeware based on PHP and MySQL Content Menagement Systems and e-Commerce Systems. You can try everything and see the pros/cons for yourself before you chose to install a certain CMS on your own server. Also, consider using MediaWiki as CMS with a few modifications. It's very simple to add and edit content.
2. It depends on what you mean by "edit website herself". If she only needs to edit the data, then a content management system could be in order. If she needs to have the ability to do anything with the site design itself, that could be a problem. Assuming the prior, and given you lack any server side programming knowledge, it sounds as though your best bet is a premade content management system such as http://e107.org/ Keep in mind that once the site is made, it can be difficult to mess with the design much without a complete overhaul. Here is a list of content management systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems
3. Yes you can go with CMS like vbulletin, you may contact a web designer at websites like http://getafreelnacer.com/ to help you out.
4. Hello, As i see your knowledge is Web designer knowledge and you’re looking to merge your website with coding or a program that has a backend which Administrator can add data and the user can read it immediately. This kind of sites needs knowledge in dynamic web languages as (asp, php, asp.net ect... ) and databases like (msaccess, mssql, or mysql) . the asp and asp.net with msaccess and mssql are concidered windows hosting plans. and php with mysql is considered Linux. Both servers supports html and htm js xhtml css... now let’s go back to CMS, there is many CMS on the web that can make your website looks pro and with lots of data you will just have to install it on your server online incase your hosting has it otherwise just to upload it. You can get cms applications from ------------------------------------php cms----------------------- http://www.opensourcecms.com/ or http://www.joomla.org/ ... and many other CMS's those are big applications and you can use templates to chance your design. ---------------------------------dot net cms ------------------------ http://www.dotnetnuke.com/ ------------------------- be sure all those CMS applications wouldn’t let you learn... and the best to try to learn how to create a small dynamic content site for yourself. And always you can edit it for each client as much as they need; moreover you can import it on your design. If you would like I have many small samples that it can be helpful. best regards