Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-30 Thread John Faulds
I've not had that much experience with DW/Contribute, but I know they've both got pretty ordinary CSS support which means in a lot of cases you have to create separate Design Time Stylesheets just to get your layout to look presentable in Contribute. On Thu, 31 May 2007 09:50:33 +1000, Marc

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-30 Thread Marcin Szczepanski
Rather than muck around with CMS systems for content sites, we get our clients to use Adobe Contribute: http://www.adobe.com/products/contribute/ Essentially provides them a WYSIWYG interface to edit pages on their site, preview them, etc. Works with Dreamweaver templates for editable regions, r

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-30 Thread Adrian Liem
Hi all, A few thoughts from someone who recently moved from a design/developer/coordinator role into one focusing much more on content management: From the conultant/freelancer standpoint, one thing you may want to consider is what your typical client is like. Do you work mostly with individu

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-30 Thread Frank Palinkas
Thanks Schalk! Please keep us informed? Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schalk Neethling Sent: Wednesday, 30 May, 2007 11:36 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ? Hey there All, This

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-30 Thread Schalk Neethling
Hey there All, This seems to be a huge problem on the web today. I am in the process of building a CMS that will be from the ground up built to standards compliant and accessible. Also, the big issue is to ensure that whatever the CMS outputs abides by the same rules. The project is being de

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-29 Thread Nick Roper
AIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tate Johnson Sent: 29 May 2007 01:47 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ? On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:50:15 +1200 "Robin Gorry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have head very good things about silver stripe http://www.silve

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-29 Thread Steve Olive
On Tue, 29 May 2007 01:51:16 am Kevin Ross wrote: > > Can anyone lend a hand? Thanks very much... > > Regards, > Kevin. > > Have you tried looking at http://www.opensourcecms.com/? They have working installations of all Open Source CMS that you can try as user and administrator. Sit down with t

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Mark Hedley
itored for system security purposes. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tate Johnson Sent: 29 May 2007 01:47 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ? On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:50:15 +1200 "Robin Gorry"

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Tate Johnson
On Tue, 29 May 2007 10:50:15 +1200 "Robin Gorry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have head very good things about silver stripe > http://www.silverstripe.com/home/ > This is an open source cms writen in php which you are able to > cusomise and manipulate. > > Simple. Intuitive and user-frien

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread John Faulds
I liked what I saw of Silverstripe but unfortunately it has a certain PHP memory limit requirement which my web host wasn't willing to change so it ruled it out for me unless I wanted to change hosts. On Tue, 29 May 2007 08:50:15 +1000, Robin Gorry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have head v

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Mark Hedley
r system security purposes. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Gorry Sent: 28 May 2007 23:50 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ? I have head very good things about silver stripe http://www.silv

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Robin Gorry
I have head very good things about silver stripe http://www.silverstripe.com/home/ This is an open source cms writen in php which you are able to cusomise and manipulate. Simple. Intuitive and user-friendly Flexible. MVC framework Scalable. From 1 page to a million Fast. As responsive as a des

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Adeline Yaw
I'm surprised no one has really commented on Joomla! I've read the feedback and reviews on Joomla and not only is it free and open source CMS, you're able to customise and add extensions as appropriate for your client. Check out the demo at: http://demo.joomla.org/ Joomla! 1.5 is suppose to be o

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread kevin mcmonagle
I was in your situation about six months ago and someone on the list recommended textpattern. The textpattern text editor "textdrive" is meant to be easy to learn-clients can do simple formatting to their content updates easily. I was able to train a client to use it in one sitting. Still if i

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Sean Fraser
On Mon May 28 11:44 , 'Kevin Ross' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > Can anyone lend a hand? Thanks very much... I like MODx = http://www.modxcms.com/ It is intuitive and flexible. It is an excellent mid-range general purpose CMS (and, it has blog features). Sean -- Sean Fraser http://www.e

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Mark Hedley
in Ross Sent: 28 May 2007 19:44 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ? Thanks for your input. Regards, Kevin. On 5/28/07, Mark Hedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Id recommend you look at: > > Drupal - http://www.drupal.org > >

Re: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Kevin Ross
Thanks for your input. Regards, Kevin. On 5/28/07, Mark Hedley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Id recommend you look at: Drupal - http://www.drupal.org OpenCMS - http://www.opencms.org TradingEYE CMS - http://www.tradingeye.com There are a lot of other solutions out there but by far these three

RE: [WSG] Content Management issue ?

2007-05-28 Thread Mark Hedley
Id recommend you look at: Drupal - http://www.drupal.org OpenCMS - http://www.opencms.org TradingEYE CMS - http://www.tradingeye.com There are a lot of other solutions out there but by far these three stick out. Mark Hedley Web Development Manager Mayborn Baby & Child Division http://www.tom