I also recommend Drupal, Wordpress, or Joomla On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Jouni Valkonen <jounivalko...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hallo, > > If you need help, I can do database stuff with php and MySql. However, I > am lousy webdesigner, so I will not build you modern looking tempelate from > scratch. > > However, there are ready made templates and I can modify one for the needs > of your site. So if you can find a web a html+css template for your site, I > can do the database programming. So that it is easy for you to maintain. > > —Jouni > On Jan 13, 2012 5:18 PM, "Jed Rothwell" <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Ed Storms, Akira Shirakawa and others have suggested I update the look >> and feel of the LENR-CANR.org website. In particular, the library indexes >> are badly out of data and useless. I was thinking of doing this a few years >> ago but a large organization said they might take over the maintenance of >> the site, so I put it off. I have not heard from them lately so I guess >> that's on hold. Anyway, I've been thinking about doing this. >> >> The actual work is trivial because the website is simple. I could do it >> in a week. It would save me time and prevent errors if someone who knows >> about modern rituals would assist. I could pay a consultant but it am a >> cheapskate and this is a volunteer effort anyway so I don't feel like >> paying. >> >> Please contact me by direct e-mail if you're interested in >> assisting. This is off topic here, but let me briefly what I have in mind. >> >> LOOK & FEEL >> >> Converting the screens to a modern look should take a week. It could use >> some reorganization along the way. I welcome any suggestions. The thing >> about the "look and feel" is, I do not like the way modern websites look so >> I have not bothered to do it. I have no strong opinion about this, but >> changing it seems pointless. If someone who likes modern web design would >> be willing to lend a hand and get me started I would be happy to finish up. >> I do not want to burden it with pop-ups or lots of graphic images. >> >> Akira suggested I look at Wordpress instead of HTML editors. I see it has >> some advantages but it seems more suited to blog-style web pages than a >> library. I use Namo Webeditor 9. That is a creaky, unfriendly old >> program. LENR-CANR.org pages is so rudimentary I often just edit the HTML >> directly by hand. >> >> INDEXES >> >> In the present version of LENR-CANR.org the indexes are crude, static >> HTML code. The obvious way to do this is with SQL. When we started, the ISP >> did not even offer an online utility SQL. Later we moved to ISPs that offer >> this kind of thing but it cost a lot of money. So I never bothered to >> convert. Now that MySQL and PostgreSQL are free, I might as well use SQL >> instead of my home-grown indexes. I downloaded the manual. Relational >> databases have no changed much since the 1980s. This is simple database >> with only 3000 items so it is a piece of cake. >> >> I tested the PostgreSQL at our ISP, which is Jumpline.com. There is >> nothing to it. I can reformat the database into their import format and >> make the one-to-many links and whatnot. >> >> The problem is, Namo Webeditor 9 does not want to talk to Jumpline's >> SQL utilities. Maybe I just can't figure out the right parameters. >> Companies such as Jumpline and Namo offer no help for things like that. I >> have been poking around with Wavemaker.com and some other SQL utilities. I >> do not like the idea of using two different programs to maintain the >> website. >> >> Perhaps someone can recommend an integrated solution? One program that >> does it all and works with the latest version of PostgreSQL? I don't >> mind paying for a program. I am not that much of a cheapskate! I do not >> want any Microsoft web programs such as Frontpage. I am allergic to >> Microsoft. Frontpage was a nightmare to work with. It generated >> outrageously bloated HTML with lots of nonfunctional stuff. I mean stuff >> like HTML that does not display! You wonder how they managed to do that. >> HTML is an idiotic standard in many ways. It has lots of ad hoc stuff lying >> around. But it is simple and relatively foolproof. How do you manage to >> crank out HTML code that flies off the screen or makes the background the >> same as the foreground?!? It takes a kind of genius. I have to convert >> Word files to HTML sometimes, for the abstracts in the database. I ended up >> writing a Pascal program to clean out the garbage. I see that Frontpage >> has been replaced with Microsoft Expression. Probably just as bad. >> >> >> As I said, contact me directly if you would like to assist. For free. >> Bearing in mind that virtue is its own reward. >> >> - Jed >> >> -- Patrick www.tRacePerfect.com The daily puzzle everyone can finish but not everyone can perfect! The quickest puzzle ever!
