Updating Text On A Page

[tomyknoker]

I am designing a site with which my client wants to be able to update the text on each page of the site e.g. each week they will want to change the "About Us" text, they also have food menus which they want to update. I realise this would be done using php... does anyone have any examples of something like this?

[NancyJ]

What you're basically describing is called a 'Content Management System'
Try googling for 'php cms tutorials' or looking here http://www.php-mysql-tutorial.com/cms-php-mysql.php

You might also want to consider a pre-made CMS rather than building your own such as
http://greenbeastcms.com/
or
http://www.mamboserver.com/

[tomyknoker]

Yea I have heard of Mambo, I only want them to be able to update one text box... I thought there might be a simpler way than having to use an entire CMS...

[NancyJ]

You dont have to - if its only a small amount of info then you can write your own - as I said, google for php cms tutorials or look at the link I sent.
Its very simple to do
A CMS doesnt have to control everything in the site, you can build it to control as much or as little as you like.
I have built sites with a custom cms that can edit every piece of text on the website and others where they can only edit the news.