Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 21:43 +1000, Simon Wong wrote: I guess the basic site map is something like: Front page - News blog Page type 1 - static content created from Template A Page type 2 - static content created from Template B etc So I've finally come across this one... CMS Made Simple (http://www.cmsmadesimple.org) !! It looks like it will do the job nicely. You can assign different templates to every page if you want! It has a news module too! I'm going to investigate it further and I'll keep y'all posted. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 15:57 +1000, James Polley wrote: cmsmatrix.org has details about a whole lot of CMSes, including a feature that allows you to choose the features you want and see what CMSes match. They're not all free though, so make sure you specify a cost that's appropriate (ie, probably $0) opensourcecms.com goes one step further and has demo installs of a whole bunch of CMSes for you to try out. You (or your sister) can have a play and see what you're comfortable with. Thanks, I had a look at those sites, quite useful. Just trying to not be overwhelmed :-) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 15:55 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: I'd recommend Drupal for something simple and easy to use. I'll have a closer look at that then. * The ability to create new pages from templates where she can supply the text and pictures to fill in the template I think that's the only item that Drupal won't satisfy, but there may be a module to help with it. Something that I'm struggling with is working out which ones support multiple templates. Most have themeing but this seems to mean for a whole site not parts of it. Still digging... I'm looking at WordPress as it seems to be the closest to what I need. You're probably best off trying something that isn't blog-centric. I was wondering about that. Thanks. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=Simon Wong Something that I'm struggling with is working out which ones support multiple templates. Most have themeing but this seems to mean for a whole site not parts of it. There's a module for Drupal that lets you use a different theme for any section. - Jeff -- EuroOSCON: October 17th-20thhttp://conferences.oreillynet.com/eurooscon/ All this self-centred cock-handling is totally where it's at. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 16:36 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: Something that I'm struggling with is working out which ones support multiple templates. Most have themeing but this seems to mean for a whole site not parts of it. There's a module for Drupal that lets you use a different theme for any section. Finally found it: http://drupal.org/project/sections Have you used it and does it work reliably? The other thing I want is a mix of static html pages and pages that have dynamic content. Is this easy to do with drupal or is it just a matter of coding the static pages separately and linking appropriately? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=Simon Wong Finally found it: http://drupal.org/project/sections Have you used it and does it work reliably? No and Dunno. ;-) The other thing I want is a mix of static html pages and pages that have dynamic content. Is this easy to do with drupal or is it just a matter of coding the static pages separately and linking appropriately? You want actual static pages served by the server (harder to do, you'd need to use Alias directives in Apache), as opposed to static paths for nodes in the CMS (which Drupal does very nicely)? - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2006: Dunedin, New Zealand http://linux.conf.au/ boc i wish i could write good flames jwz boc: you can't win if you don't play -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
Maybe you should look at a CGI based CMS - Blosxom is light weight easy to use - visit http://www.blosxom.com As it states Blogging--and, indeed, any online publishing-- should be as simple as typing away in your favourite text editor and hitting Save. Fundamental is Blosxom's reliance upon the file system, folders and files as its content database. Entries are plain text files like any other. Andrew D Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Simon Wong Finally found it: http://drupal.org/project/sections Have you used it and does it work reliably? No and Dunno. ;-) The other thing I want is a mix of static html pages and pages that have dynamic content. Is this easy to do with drupal or is it just a matter of coding the static pages separately and linking appropriately? You want actual static pages served by the server (harder to do, you'd need to use Alias directives in Apache), as opposed to static paths for nodes in the CMS (which Drupal does very nicely)? - Jeff -- Need to make a tax deductible donation? Bicycle NSW is now included on Register of Environmental Organisations. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. Visit http://www.bicyclensw.org.au for further information and credit card donations -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=Andrew d Maybe you should look at a CGI based CMS - Blosxom is light weight easy to use - visit http://www.blosxom.com Blosxom is a blog tool, not a CMS! :-) - Jeff -- GNOME Summit: October 8th-10th http://live.gnome.org/Boston2005 A problem worthy of attack, proves its worth by fighting back. - Paul Erdos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 17:40 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: You want actual static pages served by the server (harder to do, you'd need to use Alias directives in Apache), as opposed to static paths for nodes in the CMS (which Drupal does very nicely)? I think I'm still trying to work out what I want :-( I guess the basic site map is something like: Front page - News blog Page type 1 - static content created from Template A Page type 2 - static content created from Template B etc I want to give her the ability to create those pages from pre-configured Templates that essentially have placeholders for text (paste it into a form) and images (browse file to upload). Does that clarify my needs? -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 18:36 +1000, Andrew d wrote: Maybe you should look at a CGI based CMS - Blosxom is light weight easy to use - visit Had a look but not sure it does what I need wrt templates for different pages. I don't think that a pure blogging tool is what I want, see my other reply to Jeff. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
indymedia use to run on Postgresql (http://active.org.au/doc/) http://sydney.indymedia.org/ Nick Croft wrote: * Jeff Waugh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: quote who=Simon Wong Finally found it: http://drupal.org/project/sections I'm also interested in cms. I've got postgresql in place on my server. It seems drupal uses mysql. Two questions: Is there a cms which uses postgresql? What performance loss would I face with a web-server running both mysql and postgresql? Nick -- Need to make a tax deductible donation? Bicycle NSW is now included on Register of Environmental Organisations. All donations over $2 are tax deductible. Visit http://www.bicyclensw.org.au for further information and credit card donations -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=Nick Croft I'm also interested in cms. I've got postgresql in place on my server. It seems drupal uses mysql. You can use PostgreSQL with Drupal too, but it's not as well supported (most modules only include MySQL schemas, etc). - Jeff -- EuroOSCON: October 17th-20thhttp://conferences.oreillynet.com/eurooscon/ Gah. Out of coffee. Shall think whilst auto-caffeinating. - Telsa Gwynne -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=Simon Wong I guess the basic site map is something like: Front page - News blog That's the default for Drupal. Anything posted as a 'story' node can be published to the front page, just like a news blog style thingy. Page type 1 - static content created from Template A Page type 2 - static content created from Template B You can create a 'page' node with a static path (/page-one/ for instance). I really don't know about templates though. - Jeff -- UbuntuBelowZero http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBelowZero I've been thinking: I get way too many pieces of e-mail, about 60 a day. - Microserfs -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On 8/30/05, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Simon Wong You can create a 'page' node with a static path (/page-one/ for instance). I really don't know about templates though. - Jeff Depending on how complex the templates you invisage are, the flexinode module may do what you need http://drupal.org/project/flexinode -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On 8/30/05, James Polley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depending on how complex the templates you invisage are, the flexinode Dammit, I'm only meant to do spelling mistakes inside grammar flames.. envisage is what I meant.. unfortunately there's a paucity of useful documention online about flexinode, and I've not played with it myself. the demo on opensourcecms.com doesn't include the flexinode module either, so you can't test it there.. -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=James Polley On 8/30/05, Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quote who=Simon Wong You can create a 'page' node with a static path (/page-one/ for instance). I really don't know about templates though. Depending on how complex the templates you invisage are, the flexinode module may do what you need http://drupal.org/project/flexinode So I talked to the Drupal dudes who were at OSCON about a site I'm building, and they said (with their fingers in crosses), NO WAY IN HELL should you use flexinode on a real website (one that gets traffic). Too loady (database), hard to administer, painful to recover. - Jeff -- EuroOSCON: October 17th-20thhttp://conferences.oreillynet.com/eurooscon/ Driving Miss Daisy. Best film of 1989. So said the academy. What does that tell you? - Spike Lee -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 23:30 +1000, James Polley wrote: unfortunately there's a paucity of useful documention online about flexinode, and I've not played with it myself. the demo on opensourcecms.com doesn't include the flexinode module either, so you can't test it there.. I did see that module but didn't find any documentation. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 23:42 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: So I talked to the Drupal dudes who were at OSCON about a site I'm building, and they said (with their fingers in crosses), NO WAY IN HELL should you use flexinode on a real website (one that gets traffic). Too loady (database), hard to administer, painful to recover. hmmm, OK maybe I'll pass on that one then. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 23:07 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: You can create a 'page' node with a static path (/page-one/ for instance). I really don't know about templates though. Funny thing is that I thought that's what CMSs were for and given the number of FOSS ones around I thought this was going to be easy :-( Maybe this is why so many people say that they've made their own but that's seems crazy or just some sort of masochism. Anyway thanks for your help, Jeff and for your comments James and Andrew. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
Simon == Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Simon On Tue, 2005-08-30 at 23:07 +1000, Jeff Waugh wrote: You can create a 'page' node with a static path (/page-one/ for instance). I really don't know about templates though. Simon Funny thing is that I thought that's what CMSs were for and Simon given the number of FOSS ones around I thought this was going Simon to be easy :-( Another possibility is to use a Wiki, like Moin. You can have pages setup by template, etc., and you can mark pages as static/unchangeable (although it requires a bit of setup to do that) -- Dr Peter Chubb http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au peterc AT gelato.unsw.edu.au The technical we do immediately, the political takes *forever* -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Simple website CMS?
Hi everyone! I'm looking to setup a very basic CMS for my sister's website. It only needs to be quite simple with the following capabilities: * A blog where she can put up her latest news * Static HTML pages * The ability to create new pages from templates where she can supply the text and pictures to fill in the template * All done server side so she can do updates from any browser. * MySQL DB and PHP (+ static HTML) I'm looking at WordPress as it seems to be the closest to what I need. Does anyone have any suggestions for this style of site or feedback on using WordPress? Most of the CMS's seem to be overpowered, they mostly seem to be based around community sites with forums etc that she just doesn't need. Thanks for any suggestions. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
quote who=Simon Wong I'm looking to setup a very basic CMS for my sister's website. I'd recommend Drupal for something simple and easy to use. It only needs to be quite simple with the following capabilities: * A blog where she can put up her latest news * Static HTML pages * The ability to create new pages from templates where she can supply the text and pictures to fill in the template I think that's the only item that Drupal won't satisfy, but there may be a module to help with it. * All done server side so she can do updates from any browser. * MySQL DB and PHP (+ static HTML) I'm looking at WordPress as it seems to be the closest to what I need. You're probably best off trying something that isn't blog-centric. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2006: Dunedin, New Zealand http://linux.conf.au/ Debian is not as minor as many business end people think. - Alan Cox -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Simple website CMS?
No suggestion per se, just two useful websites.. cmsmatrix.org has details about a whole lot of CMSes, including a feature that allows you to choose the features you want and see what CMSes match. They're not all free though, so make sure you specify a cost that's appropriate (ie, probably $0) opensourcecms.com goes one step further and has demo installs of a whole bunch of CMSes for you to try out. You (or your sister) can have a play and see what you're comfortable with. On 8/30/05, Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone! I'm looking to setup a very basic CMS for my sister's website. It only needs to be quite simple with the following capabilities: * A blog where she can put up her latest news * Static HTML pages * The ability to create new pages from templates where she can supply the text and pictures to fill in the template * All done server side so she can do updates from any browser. * MySQL DB and PHP (+ static HTML) I'm looking at WordPress as it seems to be the closest to what I need. Does anyone have any suggestions for this style of site or feedback on using WordPress? Most of the CMS's seem to be overpowered, they mostly seem to be based around community sites with forums etc that she just doesn't need. Thanks for any suggestions. -- Simon Wong [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- There is nothing more worthy of contempt than a man who quotes himself - Zhasper, 2005 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
