What I have now: A website stuffed with HTML pages and an InDesign catalog with most of the same information.
What I want to do:
a) set up a database that populates the website that I can also hook to InDesign.
b) enable an inexperienced user to update the database / website and create new pages based on preconfigured templates with CSS styles. Since the data is going into InDesign, I want to keep the data tag-free.
Most of the website updates consist of minor changes to text and data tables, some PR and home page announcements, new PDFs, occasional new products, etc. Updates to the InDesign publication can be done at a later time, so no fancy, real-time connection needed.
So, what all do I need or should I have to do this? Do I need an XML editor of some sort? A CMS of some sort?
The more I've been looking into this, the more confused I've become. Maybe someone is doing something like this and has som ...
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