Due to prolonged heavy rain over the weekend, I was able to spend a lot of time at my computer, programming my latest application.
It's a content/article site creator and manager. Once finished, it will let me build a content site without having to wrestle with HTML. All I will need to do is type in (or paste in) an article, give it a title, and then the program will generate all the required web pages for me. At the moment, it generates the home page, complete with Google AdSense ad units, and a Recommended Books section that links to Amazon with my Amazon Affiliate ID. It works with either Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk, and I might add support for other locales later.
The sites generated by this program will categorise the articles for easier navigation, so the home page links to all the Category pages. These will in turn list the article summaries in a similar way to those on the home page of this site.
The design of the generated sites are based on templates, so that the entire site looks consistent. It also means that if I need to change the appearance or layout of the site, I simply choose another template and regenerate all the pages.
Today, I'll be adding the code to generate the Category pages.
