I'm looking to create a finance website that is mainly text-based, similar to a Wikipedia page. The challenge is that some financial thresholds change each year, and I want to know if there's a straightforward way to set this up without having to comb through my entire page to update each figure manually. I have a feeling I need a content management system (CMS), but from what I've seen, they seem to update entire pages rather than specific parts of text. What's the best solution for this?
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If it's really just one page and you only need to update it once a year, a basic HTML and CSS setup would work just fine. You could find and replace the numbers every year when they change. If you're looking for something a little more user-friendly, look into using Astro. You’d set it up to define variables for your financial values, and then just update those variables in your template. When you deploy it, it will reflect the changes automatically.
Is this financial information meant to be public? Also, what’s your experience level with web development? It’ll help me suggest an option that matches your comfort level.
You can start by making a free GitHub account and using GitHub Pages to host your site. This approach might not give you a fancy domain, but it’s an easy solution for hosting. Since you’re creating a static site, you’d mostly need HTML for content and CSS for styling. If you really want to avoid manual updates, consider writing a small JavaScript script to automatically fetch and display the updated values once a year. No need to complicate things with a CMS!
You could implement a function like this when coding:
My very long static text {{ getMyDynamicText() }}
This function 'getMyDynamicText()' could fetch your dynamic data from a server when the page loads in the browser. Keep in mind, the syntax might vary depending on the framework you're using.
This seems pretty close to what I was thinking, but it sounds like I'd need a bit more coding knowledge to pull it off.