I've used Wordpress for this a number of times.  Easy to customize and
extend.



On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Richard Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> What about just starting with Google Sites:
> http://www.google.com/sites/overview.html ?
>
> It's free and easy. Good for a static website, which sounds like what you
> are looking to produce.
>
> -Richard
>
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Stefan Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Take a look at Joomla 1.5 (www.joomla.org). If you have a linux box with
> > Apache/php/MySql the Joomla installation is just to unzip the
> distribution
> > and run a litte menu driven install program. Administration is easy,
> plugins
> > for nearly every purpose are available. 3 designs are part of the base
> > package, more skins and designs can be installed by the administrator.
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Jeremy Thomerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 13. November 2008 03:49
> > An: users@wicket.apache.org
> > Betreff: OFF TOPIC - all-in-one wysiwyg website package?
> >
> > This is off-topic, but I figured there couldn't be a better pool of
> people
> > to ask.  I have several friends and family members that want to set up
> > small
> > websites for their businesses or hobbies.  Of course, then they'll want
> to
> > customize them and make them look like this or like that.  And add a
> page,
> > and edit a page, etc.  You've probably been in the same spot - you're the
> > "computer guy" in the family - obviously I can't build them something
> > custom
> > (we're talking free).  And I don't want to maintain it for them forever,
> > etc...
> >
> > So - do you know of any good website packages out there?  I'm not even
> sure
> > what the right name would be.  But it would need to have these
> > requirements:
> >
> >   - Total non-technical control over adding and editing pages / content
> >   (wysiwyg)
> >   - Control looks by using themes that can be downloaded or maybe editing
> >   CSS
> >   - Possibly plugins for things like RSS feeds / contact pages / and/or
> >   e-commerce stores
> >   - Can be any language - I have a server to put it on, so I'm not
> adverse
> >   to PHP / Python / MySQL / etc...
> >   - Preferably I unzip a copy of it to a directory for them, give them
> >   access to the admin (maybe setup a MySQL DB for them), and I'm DONE!
> >
> > I've even thought of trying to build this out of BRIX, but I'm not sure
> > that's the right answer, plus then there wouldn't be any plugins already
> > available.
> >
> > Any tips?
> >
> > --
> > Jeremy Thomerson
> > http://www.wickettraining.com
> >
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