Hello Michael, Many thanks for your reply. Please see my comments below:
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Michael Wechner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: qm westview wrote: *Hi there,* *I am an application programmer (Java, PHP) and not an experienced web development. I am currently investigating as to what is the most appropriate/applicable open source platform/framework to develop a web site (simple to start but more comprehensive into the future) for tourism or tourist attractions (or maybe better not to use any framework/platform). The following lists the basic support requirements (mainly multimedia, interactivity and future proof) * *1. XHTML, JavaScript, Ajax* *2. Multimedia – images, slides show, music, videos* *3. Simple blogging facility * *4. Community, Feedbacks* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ you mean like a forum? ---- may be a brief forum in the future so that all holiday makers could leave their feedback and discuss things – nothing heavy or comprehensive * * *5. Emailing for registered users (regular news release)* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ like newsletters or fully personalized accounts? ---- Yes *6. Database (mySQL or similar)* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ does the data already exist? ---- not yet. Even still at planning stage *7. Search ability (text based)* *8. Shopping facility (online, gift etc)* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ also the e-commerce part? ---- this is for the future plan so that the web site one day may also run a gift shop or something alike to sell stuff online to holiday makers *9. Management facility* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what do you mean by "management facility"? ---- to manage the web site, e.g. release, update, check etc ( *I have seen some CMS type of open system, such as Xoops, Lenya, Daisy, etc. But I do not have enough knowledge to make any choice decision. Just wondered if any experienced people here could help me or shed some lights please. * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I guess the choice depends very much on where you want to go in the future and also what base technology you are looking for (for example Java, XML, XSLT). Another important criteria is if the system should be integrateable with other third party components or if it should rather deliver everything by itself. ---- would like to start building static pages then gradually expanding to include dynamic (interactive) multimedia ones. JAVA is preferable. Prefer to use open source components for easy/straightforward integration. * * *I am a techi person and wouldn't mind the complicity of technology so long as the job can be done efficiently and effectively and low cost.* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ what exactly do mean by low cost? --- e.g. using open source so that I do not need to pay Cheers Michael * * *Many thanks in advance,* *Mark* -- Michael Wechner Wyona - Open Source Content Management - Yanel, Yulup http://www.wyona.com [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] +41 44 272 91 61 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
