How to set up a user-generated page???

[Graham]

I would like to include a page on a website that can be easily updated by an authorised user.
The person has no web design knowledge, so I dont want to give them access to the site, just to update their particular page.
All they need is a basic "Gig Guide" page which they can update regularly to show their upcoming events and remove expired events.
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I haven't had to deal with anything like this before and have no idea which way to approach it! Any suggestions about a simple solution to this would be greatly appreciated.
thanks for any help or suggestions provided. :)

[webgovernor]

Well,

You'll need a database (or text access, DB is better [i think]), and
some sort of server-side scripting (PHP is my favorite)...

You could also look at CMSs,
http://www.opensourcecms.com

A CMS allows people to change the physical look of the site.

But writing one is pretty simple, that's what a lot of people do,
something that just allows the client to edit/update the body content
via wysiwyg or something(just plain data)...

Sometime you'll need a customized one, that'll allow easy update
of merchant code (paypal or similar), that's a little more complicated,
but it's still only a 20 hour project.

Well, I hope that helps!

Good Luck!