Re: FN-FORUM: CMS

date posted 7th March 2008 15:48

Hi Claire,

At 16:27 +0000 7/3/08, Claire Toche wrote:
>Wordpress? I haven't heard of it but will have a look at that and Pure edit.
>Truth is I am looking for 2 things: one quick way to do this very
>simple website because I am past the deadline for it...

Given the context of an existing static site with only a hand-full of
pages requiring occasional edits, something like Contribute would
probably suffice.

http://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Contribute

As I understand it, Contribute is a desktop app. based on
Dreamweaver. You can manually define editable 'zones' within your
HTML for Contribute using simple start/end comment tags in any text
editor so your client can't affect the layout etc. As such you won't
need a database or programming skills.

Quick. Simple. Cheap.

If you switch to a CMS with SQL database you'll probably need to start over.

Regardless it sounds like this is a new requirement so you should be
looking for some additional budget to cover your time and a deadline
extension.

The client would need to buy a copy of Contribute (though I think
there's a free alternative available if you have Google).


>...and another more thorough way of doing cms as all my clients have
>started asking me for it as part of the website quote.

You may need to look at a range of systems which provide different
strengths depending on your typical client base.

I use Joomla for content rich sites with multi-user registration
requirements and community building. Drupal offers much the same with
it's own idiosyncrasies.

For full-blown eCommerce sites I tend to use Zen-Cart.

If a brief goes beyond what pre-built systems can offer I work with
programmers to deliver something bespoke.

HTH

ColinR
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