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Using the new Squeezebox stack, Feeds and some newly created FAQS blog entries to work out how to do FAQS that are maintainable in Total CMS

The only thing not working in this setup that I have found is that the text in the hosting question loses it's line breaks which would normally form 3 separate paragraphs. I am currently using Markdown, both in the Blog Form and also inside a Squeeze Box Item.
  • No. I do not offer hosting. I would also advise you to investigate carefully which hosting company to use as although they may all look the same on the surface there are many differences in the services they can offer and the ease of working with them. I previously used Siteground.co.uk for many years for all my sites but due to a second major issue in 2024 with their service I am no longer willing to recommend them. I am slowly moving all my personal sites and friends and family sites across to Allsimple.net and so far have no regrets about making that move, especially as Allsimple.net's prices are highly attractive. A significant benefit of you taking charge of your own hosting is, that if anything happens to me or you want to re-build your website with a different developer you have total control of it! I have had several clients now who previously had a website built by another developer but have lost contact with them and can do nothing about it. I can of course build them a new site with a new domain but I cannot do anything about the old one. They have to wait for the hosting contract to expire for the old site to disappear. This interferes with the rankings of the new website because the redundant domain is older than the new one that I build. So I would always encourage you to take out your own hosting package so that you have control over it and you are not be totally dependant on one individual developer for this, no matter how trustworthy they may be. I include myself in this because no-one knows what may happen in the future!

  • Yes absolutely. Most of the sites I build currently have full control over text blocks using an in-built content management system, controlled from an Admin page. A high percentage of my sites also use a blogging tool which can be used for so much more than merely blogging. It can also be used for maintaining staff profiles, reviews and anything else that resembles a list of items that need to be maintained.

  • Yes of course but you may not need it. I provide a pop-up section on the Admin page which will give you the basics but it is a very easy system to use compared to most content management systems I have seen. Trust me it is very intuitive. I have been told by one of my clients that it is a lot easier to use than Wordpress.

  • Yes of course you can. I understand that it is a big ask for many people to produce multiple pages of text and there is no point me producing pages with no content. Usually, once we have established a style for the Home page, the following pages can easily be created using previous pages as a template.