Which content management method should I use?

[digr]

I have a genealogy page with a list of people's names, email addresses in images, and their ancestors. (I only have two dozen or so people listed, but will be adding 100, 200, or more.) And I would love to make it possible for these people to update their email address and genealogy website, if they have one, and add or correct ancestors' names, with free scripts, if possible.

I can use php, perl and cgi on my site, and have a MySQL database. I also have a php script for converting an email address to an image. And I would like to have a notice sent to them automatically once a month to validate their email address, to make sure they're still using it.

The only catch is I don't know how to code in any of them. Only in HTML and CSS. But if told exactly what to do, I can make minor configuration and appearance changes. I've installed and customized a php bulletin board and a php click counter to fit the look of my site.

With a bit of help, how can I make it possible for people to update their info, and have it appear in their entry in the list, with their email address as an image? With PhpWiki, a membership script, a web form with cgiecho, some combination of them, or what?

Are there any free scripts or combinations of them I can use to achieve this without having to do any coding myself? Just some minor changes, with some help and guidance?

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by digr

I have a genealogy page with a list of people's names, email addresses in images, and their ancestors. (I only have two dozen or so people listed, but will be adding 100, 200, or more.) And I would love to make it possible for these people to update their email address and genealogy website, if they have one, and add or correct ancestors' names, with free scripts, if possible.

I can use php, perl and cgi on my site, and have a MySQL database. I also have a php script for converting an email address to an image. And I would like to have a notice sent to them automatically once a month to validate their email address, to make sure they're still using it.

The only catch is I don't know how to code in any of them. Only in HTML and CSS. But if told exactly what to do, I can make minor configuration and appearance changes. I've installed and customized a php bulletin board and a php click counter to fit the look of my site.

With a bit of help, how can I make it possible for people to update their info, and have it appear in their entry in the list, with their email address as an image? With PhpWiki, a membership script, a web form with cgiecho, some combination of them, or what?

Are there any free scripts or combinations of them I can use to achieve this without having to do any coding myself? Just some minor changes, with some help and guidance?

Most decent hosting providers have ImageMagic installed. Using PHP with ImageMagic you can automatically convert text to image to display on web pages.

[digr]

Really? Thanks! I appreciate the info. I'll check it out. Anyone know if a wiki / ImageMagick / email validation combo would be all I need, to do what I want?