[mdlug] Rapid website development

[Wojtak, Greg]

I can vouch for joomla and wordpress.  Of the two, Wordpress is the easiest to administer (they boast the 2 -minute setup or something like that).  Joomla, IMO, has more features but has a higher learning curve for the admin.  For normal users (authors or publishers), I'd say they are about the same.

-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Michael ORourke
Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:00 PM
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Rapid website development

Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think a Wiki is going to give us the 
look & feel of a business website.  So I would rather trade off the ease of 
maintainability, for a professional looking template driven website.  So 
perhaps Joomla, WordPress, or WebGUI might be worth looking into.  Thanks to 
all who have responded thus far.

-Mike

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Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Rapid website development


> bob, Michael, Mike,
>
> >>> Michael ORourke wrote:
>>>> I'm looking for some recommendations for a Content Management System 
>>>> (CMS) under Linux.  Perhaps something that is LAMP based, but it 
>>>> doesn't have to be.  e.g. Drupal, Joomla, or Typo3.  I'm looking to put 
>>>> together a functional website for a client, but I want it to look 
>>>> professional and have a consistent look and feel.  I have experience 
>>>> with Typo3, but there might be some more user-friendly solutions 
>>>> available.  The ideal solution would be a website which can easily be 
>>>> modified/maintained by the office secretary (non-technical person).
>
> >> Michael Naughton wrote:
> >> I would recommend Wordpress.
> >> Dead simple to set up and a lot of nice themes and plugins.
> >> It plays very well with a LAMP set up. ...
>
> > bob dion wrote:
> > I was just looking at Webgui, might work for you.
> > http://www.webgui.org/wg
>
> If your goal is maintenance simplicity,
> consider a wiki (e.g. MoinMoin http://www.moinmo.in/ ).
> You lose some of the more complex gateways and engines of a CMS,
> but the simpler gateways and engines are supported by macros(?)
> and if you don't need something more complex,
> a wiki is easier to setup,
> much easier to maintain,
> and easer for non-computer-literate to update.
>
> Hopefully helpful,
> --
> Bob
>
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