Funny you should send that one Kevin, I am literally just scoping
around for a similar solution to the site I have just built. I was
recommended these two aparrently free CMS solutions by another client.
http://www.dotnetnuke.com/
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
I am only just taking a look now
dotnetnuke has some nice functionality, but out of the box is an
accessibility nightmare.
On 7/11/07, Paul Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Funny you should send that one Kevin, I am literally just scoping
around for a similar solution to the site I have just built. I was
recommended these two
I would avoid CMSMadeSimple
It's not a bad CMS but _everything_ is after-market and it is very difficult
to maintain as standards compliant.
I use WebGUI (www.webgui.org) right now for CMS work. It maintains
compliance quite well - although its server requirements are a bit higher.
Greg Hacke
On 11-Jul-07, at 4:09 AM, Kevin Ross wrote:
Now that I have a realization that I need to incorporate some sort
of a CMS solution, can anyone lead me to resources that may help to
teach me the ropes? I am leaning towards PHP, as I am somewhat
familiar with the language. Thanks.
Hi Kevin,
Thanks Greg, just taking a look at WebGUI, looks really good.
On 11/07/07, Greg Hacke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would avoid CMSMadeSimple
It's not a bad CMS but _everything_ is after-market and it is very difficult
to maintain as standards compliant.
I use WebGUI (www.webgui.org) right now
Here are some helpful links:
Color Design:
http://www.sessions.edu/career_center/design_tools/color_calculator/index.asp
and
Color Theory: http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html
Sample CSS Page Design Layouts for understanding how templates layout
I would suggest taking a look at ModX (www.modxcms.com). It has less
features than some of the others, but creates accessible sites and is PHP
based.
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Hi Marvin,
It sounds like your trying to do to much to soon.
First, lets understand the different aspects of web development.
1) Web Design - This involves understanding colors, extensive knowledge in
graphics
applications such as photoshop, illustrator or fireworks.
2) Front End - This is
Not that this will necessarily address Marvin's issues, but I just
couldn't let it go by :-)
First, lets understand the different aspects of web development.
1) Web Design - This involves understanding colors, extensive knowledge
in graphics applications such as photoshop, illustrator or
Yep and i would totally agree, but try telling that to marvin and youll
confuse
the poor guy, i was keeping things very simple for him/her.
From past knowledge, if your to add jargon (which it is to marvin here) you
would do more damage then good at this stage.
But yep Hassan is right. This
On 12/07/07, James Jeffery [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yep and i would totally agree, but try telling that to marvin and youll
confuse
the poor guy, i was keeping things very simple for him/her.
From past knowledge, if your to add jargon (which it is to marvin here)
you
would do more damage then
On 7/12/07, Hassan Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not that this will necessarily address Marvin's issues, but I just
couldn't let it go by :-)
First, lets understand the different aspects of web development.
1) Web Design - This involves understanding colors, extensive knowledge
in
I'm currently doing the same course as
Marvin (different stage and campus) and I don't think its a hinderance
to be exposed to all sides of web development. I don't think they want
us (students) to become all-rounders but to at least develop
fundamental basics so if we are interested (eg.
Hi
This is true, the C4 course in Web Technology or whatever it is called now
at TAFE NSW aims to give everyone a grounding knowledge in the fundementals
of well, web technology. This includes graphic design, database design,
server side coding, project management and many others.
Some people
Breton Slivka wrote:
Argghh no! the ignorance! Just stop going about thinking you know what
you're talking about when it comes to Graphic Design! Graphic Design
isn't Make it Purdy, Graphic design isn't Learn how to use
photoshop. It's exactly that perception that leads to awful website
Hi.
yes, i know how to do html, css, javascript, and use notepad, but had to use
dream weaver for one subjects, which was to improve a site, and have a
flashy macromedia flash splash page, which i got a distinction for that,
importing a flash control, a audio track, and putting together images
James Ellis wrote:
Hi
This is true, the C4 course in Web Technology or whatever it is called
now at TAFE NSW aims to give everyone a grounding knowledge in the
fundementals of well, web technology. This includes graphic design,
database design, server side coding, project management and many
On 11-Jul-07, at 4:09 AM, Kevin Ross wrote:
Now that I have a realization that I need to incorporate some sort
of a CMS solution, can anyone lead me to resources that may help to
teach me the ropes? I am leaning towards PHP, as I am somewhat
familiar with the language. Thanks.
Hi Kevin,
It has been mentioned before, but I find Drupal has been great. It has
modules for most things, has a fabulous extensible content system where you
can define custom content types, a very powerful theming engine, and an
incredibly modular approach to core functionality.
When you learn how to use
On 7/12/07, Hassan Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
, you are wrong about graphic design.
..but seriously, I have *never* seen an ad for a Graphic Designer
(or worse, mislabeled Web Designer) that looked for anything but
Photoshop/Illustrator, possibly Flash, proficiency. Nothing about
Is this the Web Standards Group or the We Spam Group?
Christopher Skene
E-Business Officer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Land Water Australia
knowledge for managing Australian landscapes
Land Water Australia graphic
Level 1, 86 Northbourne Ave, Braddon ACT
GPO Box 2182, Canberra ACT 2601
phone +61
On Jul 11, 2007, at 8:46 PM, wsg@webstandardsgroup.org wrote:
Due to an upgrade of SmarterMail, digests seem to have had a problem.
We are working on it.
Question on digests... any sign of a light at the end of the tunnel?
-- Marc
I would also consider Contribute, but only if the site information
architecture is relatively small and unlikely to change.
You can create areas within your perfectly crafted html that the
customer can edit and update with a desktop application. For the most
part, it seems to function well from
I'm trying to find some good information about making Flash accessible.
When the developer is creating the flash animation they can add alt text
and other elements to make them accessible.
I'm in a situation where we're hosting externally created flash files on
our page. When embedding these
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