Empower the People
I’m truly delighted by the development of The Point’s website. While it’s still under construction and development, it’s come a long way in a short while. The great part, for me, is that I haven’t had to do a whole lot of work on the site. Rick has added most of the content, and I was pleasantly surprised to see two new photo galleries had been uploaded today by other users. It’s definitely a burden off my shoulders enabling others to maintain the site.
This leads me to an interesting point. As I take on more and more web projects, and create more and more complex sites, I like the idea of enabling the users of the site to keep it maintained. This was confirmed when I discovered the user-friendliness of iPowerweb’s web editor. It only allows you to update the content area of the page, and does not allow you to mess with the design.
I’m highly considering a switch to site design & setup only. I would be available for support issues and administrative maintenance, but I would train the users to maintain the content of the sites. Talk about a huge time-saver on my end. The more I think about it, the more I like it. Hmm….
