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How can I allow users to select from templates to build custom pages?

Here's what I know: basic HTML, CSS. I'm pretty handy at picking up code, and once I see something new, I can usually figure out why it does what it does.

What I'd like to be able to do is allow my site's users to create individual pages (kind of like how MySpace lets you make a profile, but nowhere near that sophisticated -- just a member bio page, really). I would like to offer them a set of templates to choose from. I have already coded stylesheets, etc for the different templates, but I have no idea how to implement this.

Where should I start?

Update:

A really great example of the functionality I'd like is at theknot.com (specifically, the wedding webpage builder)

Update 2:

I do have some programmers helping out on the back-end. I just wasn't sure if there were any steps I could take on the design side to help get this functionality working.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    You need some programming with that.

    You mentioned "member's bio" which means they have register, which translates more programming. If you already are using some kind of CMS type software, chances are they already have template system you can incorporate.

    How was your website setup? Is it plain HTML/CSS, Flash, PHP, ASP, or others?

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