Re: SPAM-LOW: Re: FN-FORUM: CMS

date posted 7th March 2008 14:38

Hi all,

The site is a portfolio website to generate more commissions, etc...
It is already built and is quite simple with sections such as 'profile',
'reviews', and a 'work' section which has several parts to it. They
include pics of her work/description... She wants to be able to add text
when a painting has been sold saying 'sold', add pictures of new
paintings, amend the text of her profile and reviews, etc... Very simple
stuff really but I am a designer not a programmer so new to CMS
altogether. I am not completely thick though so a certain amount of
learning would be fine with me (I am learning php at the moment but a
long way before I get to a stage I can build cms with it I think)...
I even considered building her templates but she is so not technical
that I really want to offer the simplest solution for HER to use, even
if I have to sweat a little myself to make it initially...

Claire.

Colin Rainsforth wrote:
>
> Hi Claire,
>
> At 14:49 +0000 7/3/08, Claire Toche wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> Can anyone a novice which of the following I am best to use: Joomla
>> or Drupal?
>> I have built a very simple html website for an artist who wants to be
>> able to upload her own photos and change and add text to certain
>> pages and for this I would like to build some sort of content
>> management system but I know nothing about it (learning quick though!).
>> I came across a 'discussion' online about both products
>> (http://www.alledia.com/blog/general-cms-issues/joomla-and-drupal-%11-which-one-is-right-for-you?/)
>> and, although useful, I am unsure which of the features I need for my
>> specific use of it.
>>
>> Any advice please?
>
> I use Joomla myself, but this may be overboard for your requirements
> and tricky for you to set up if you've no experience in this area.
>
> Can you provide a little more information? Does the client want to
> generate direct sales from the site (ie: eCommerce). Is it a portfolio
> to help generate bespoke commission enquiries? Or is it more of a
> personal site with no specific commercial application?
>
> ColinR