Re: FN-FORUM: CMS

date posted 7th March 2008 16:33

Thanks to all. I am having a look at all the suggestions and will
probably emerge in 2010! ;-)

Claire.

Colin Rainsforth wrote:
>
> 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