how can I dynamically update HTML

[bashveank]

I'll be running a web site that needs to be updated daily and I need to have some way of entering my posts on an earlier date and then make the web site automatically update the front page with the latest post and add that post to an archive at midnight each day.
I also need to be able to enter my post from inside my browser.
Is there any way to do this with some combination of HTML and a scripting language or am I going to have to learn PHP? I'll be reimbursed so I don't care if I have to pay for something, I just want it to work.

[Mazza558]

Sounds like it's easier for you just to use a blog. Most blogs nowaways let you set a timer for posts to appear, like you want. Not sure about the archive though.

[kostkon]

I'll be running a web site that needs to be updated daily and I need to have some way of entering my posts on an earlier date and then make the web site automatically update the front page with the latest post and add that post to an archive at midnight each day.
I also need to be able to enter my post from inside my browser.
Is there any way to do this with some combination of HTML and a scripting language or am I going to have to learn PHP? I'll be reimbursed so I don't care if I have to pay for something, I just want it to work.

PHP is a web scripting language and you can mix it with HTML. Anyway, you don't have to make your own publishing/blog system from the start. Assuming that you have your own server or hosting that supports PHP and MySQL, your best solution would be to use Wordpress (http://wordpress.org/). It's free and the best out there.

[jflaker]

I'll be running a web site that needs to be updated daily and I need to have some way of entering my posts on an earlier date and then make the web site automatically update the front page with the latest post and add that post to an archive at midnight each day.
I also need to be able to enter my post from inside my browser.
Is there any way to do this with some combination of HTML and a scripting language or am I going to have to learn PHP? I'll be reimbursed so I don't care if I have to pay for something, I just want it to work.

take a look at Joomla.....it is a full featured site, which you can turn off most of the stuff that you don't want. Joomla is a Content Management System which allows you to do just what you ask.......enter content and have it appear at a later date....you can also have content expire from the site at a given date.

http://www.joomla.org/

[bashveank]

Hmm, well I guess I'll try Wordpress. I want it to itegrate visually with the rest of the site, would you say I should port my site's look to a WP theme, or just use iframes and a WP theme with the same colors?

Many thanks.

edit: Hmm, well Jooma looks nice, I'll look into that, thanks again.

[Joeb454]

try wordpress.org (http://www.wordpress.org) I believe that is the free (and AFAIK Open-Source) engine behind Wordpress :)

[Blutack]

www.drupal.org would be my choice. Wordpress can be rather slow sometimes...

[23meg]

Take a look at Texty (http://www.texty.com/).