cozbaldwin
11-07-2005, 08:53 AM
Premise: My client is a charter jet company. They will have a page that lists all the "one-ways" (aka "empty legs") that people can book last minute. Basically, one-ways are trips the jet will be making to pick up one of their clients. Let's say they are hired to pick up someone from Miami and take them back to Philadelphia. Well, the plane will be empty to Miami so, hey, if you want to jump on the plane for that trip down there, then let us know and you can fill that empty leg.
Goal: My client needs to update their list of one-ways from their office easily. I was thinking of just creating a Blogger account for them and they can update it like that. Easy-peasy. But they also want a marquee on the front page that displays the most current one-way that has been added to the list. I can't think of what the best way to do that would be. Additionally, on the page with all the one-ways: my client would like the list to automatically purge the empty legs that have expired -- when the date of the trip has passed (ie: an empty leg scheduled for 11/25/05 would no longer be visible once 11/25 has come and gone)
Thoughts: Blogger can create a list of "most recent blogs" by blog's title. My client can use the blogger interface and only type in the blog's title field. Then, I can use the "most recent blogs" and only display the top item. (i think this can be done) -- But I cannot think of how to purge the items once the date passes. Is there a better publishing system out there that COULD accomplish these things? Do you have any ideas as to how I could do this stuff better by tweaking things with some xml, asp, etc?
Appreciate any ideas you guys might have.
--Coz
Goal: My client needs to update their list of one-ways from their office easily. I was thinking of just creating a Blogger account for them and they can update it like that. Easy-peasy. But they also want a marquee on the front page that displays the most current one-way that has been added to the list. I can't think of what the best way to do that would be. Additionally, on the page with all the one-ways: my client would like the list to automatically purge the empty legs that have expired -- when the date of the trip has passed (ie: an empty leg scheduled for 11/25/05 would no longer be visible once 11/25 has come and gone)
Thoughts: Blogger can create a list of "most recent blogs" by blog's title. My client can use the blogger interface and only type in the blog's title field. Then, I can use the "most recent blogs" and only display the top item. (i think this can be done) -- But I cannot think of how to purge the items once the date passes. Is there a better publishing system out there that COULD accomplish these things? Do you have any ideas as to how I could do this stuff better by tweaking things with some xml, asp, etc?
Appreciate any ideas you guys might have.
--Coz