[cms-list] CMS development

2002-11-22 Thread Drew McLellan
ch this issue" type question? If so, I have a few issues I'd like to throw into the fire. Thanks guys! -- drew mclellan web standards project http://www.webstandards.org/ -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.

[cms-list] Staging / Deployment structures

2002-11-24 Thread Drew McLellan
ave the deployment routine list all changes and allow selective deployment in that way? How do you eat yours? thanks! -- drew mclellan web standards project http://www.webstandards.org/ -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.

[cms-list] Repost : Staging and Deployment structures

2002-11-24 Thread Drew McLellan
roblems?) * flag items of content ready for deployment, and only deploy those? * have the deployment routine list all changes and allow selective deployment in that way? How do you eat yours? thanks! -- drew mclellan web standards project http://www.webstandards.org/ -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.

Re: [cms-list] Repost : Staging and Deployment structures

2002-11-24 Thread Drew McLellan
Charles Reitzel wrote: The short answer is to manage replication by collection. Collection is a good unit for this type of management because of its open ended definition. A collection is just a bunch of stuff that goes together. So people tend to naturally understand and even expect that a

[cms-list] Teaching resources

2002-12-01 Thread Drew McLellan
this? Are there any good resources that might help me with the "what is a CMS" bit? (btw, I come from a technical background - I'm the development lead / technical manager). Thanks! -- drew mclellan author: dreamweaver mx web development http://dreamweaverfever.com/dwd/ WaSP d

Re: [cms-list] Teaching resources

2002-12-01 Thread Drew McLellan
e company will need that. Is there a tried and tested method of explaining such a thing? Thanks for you comments - I fully appreciate what you're saying. -- drew mclellan author: dreamweaver mx web development http://dreamweaverfever.com/dwd/ WaSP dreamweaver task force http://www.webstandards.org/ -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.

[cms-list] Re: CMS Resources for your sales and marketing staff

2002-12-01 Thread Drew McLellan
oduct. Thanks Carol. It's going to take me a while to digest your post, so I'll say thanks now, and come back with questions later :) -- drew mclellan author: dreamweaver mx web development http://dreamweaverfever.com/dwd/ WaSP dreamweaver task force http://www.webstandards.org/

Re: [cms-list] Preserving pagination in a CMS

2002-12-08 Thread Drew McLellan
Adam Fields wrote: Abstraction is your friend here. Surely abstraction is a friend of a friend? :) From a development point-of-view, I'd go with XML too. Group by page and make each paragraph a separate child of that page. You then display this in any number of ways. -- drew mcl