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On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Gour <g...@atmarama.net> wrote: > On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 12:17:04 -0400 > Richard Vézina > <ml.richard.vez...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't say re-invent the wheel. If you have a couple of clients, you > > will re-use app, so it get tested overtime. > > Why not contributing such codebase to the web2py community, so that > others can built on that. > > > A basic html page is more then enough for greate number of small > > business because of lack of vision maybe or just because there core > > business doesn't required online tool. > > That's true and I also plan to use some SSG (static site generator) for > such use cases, but, fortunately, there are plenty of them and they're > free. :-) > > > I setup many CMS for many organisation since 2000 and most of the > > time the client where calling me to update stuff on the site even if > > I give them a formation to show how easy it was to update or add more > > content on their site. That why I say CMS is dead. It will never > > really reach it objective for small business. > > There are tons of sites out built with WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, > Concre5, CMS Made Simple, SilverStripe, MODx...(not mentioning ones with > Ruby-powered CMS-es) and I simply do not believe that most of them are > updated by developers. > > > CSM is good for mid to large organisation, but most of the time they > > will build their own solution with a framework today... > > Here I also believe that most of such organization does not care what is > used to run their site as long as ot provides what they want, so it > depends on the agency/developer doing the work. > > Here (https://www.django-cms.org/en/case-studies/mercedes-benz/) you can > see how the agency used e.g. Django-CMS to build the site for Mercedes > Benz. So, if it's good-enough for Mercedes Benz to have web site built > upon open-source Django framework and 'general' CMS, why not based on > web2py and appropriate CMS? > > > So, I am not against creating a CMS, but what serve to create another > > pizza shop in town, there is already 3... > > Maybe there is no pizza shop in the town suitable for vegetarians. ;) > > > I think it is more pragmatic to combine technology that works, even > > if I where prefere to keep everything simple by doing everthing in > > web2py... > > There is nice quote on web2py site: "Please use www.web2py.com when > using MVC , no PHP/SQL stuff please...its 2011 not 1999!" > > It seems to be that, according to your logic, we should leave the users > with no option except using Windows OS and let all the devs use > Slackware/Gentoo or LFS. :-) > > Fortunately, someone invented Ubuntu (btw, I use Debian Sid) and it was > not enough so some brave users went further and provided Linux Mint or > even PC-BSD. :-) > > I'm encouraged by Massimo's "+1" and strongly believe that in order to > say thank you for his work of providing such a wonderful piece of > software for *free*, that web2py community should come together and > give something back in the form of general web2py-ppowered CMS easy > enough to be used stand-alone by end-users as well as flexible enough to > allow devs/agencies to build upon it custom solutions. > > I know that if I'd be capable to do it, I wouldn't not think twice. > > However, I'm at the beginning of python-based web development and will > probably have to start my modifying Mezzaning to build some sites, but I > won't forget idea of web2py CMS. ;) > > > This is just my opinion and only my opinion... > > In my case I'm glad I'm not alone with my opinion. :P > > > Sincerely, > Gour > > -- > Not by merely abstaining from work can one achieve freedom > from reaction, nor by renunciation alone can one attain perfection. > > http://www.atmarama.net | Hlapicina (Croatia) | GPG: 52B5C810 > > > -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
