Another enthusiastic endorsement of Textpattern. I've used it a number of times in scenarios where the client wants to update the site themselves (see www.fluidwav.com as an example). I've also used it to manage more complex sites, where static pages would just be way too difficult to maintain (www.digroup.ca). I am very limited when it comes to php, but textpattern allows me to exploit many of the server-side benefits of scripting without having to write a single line of code.
The txp paradigm take a bit of getting used to (for example, the word "form" is used to refer to a reusable bit of html, aka a php include), but once you've got it down, you'll have a hard time imagining working without it. Peter Flaschner www.peterflaschner.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Julián Landerreche Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:54 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Standards compliant site, clients wants to make updates themselves >On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:22:29 +0800, Bert Doorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>What other options are there, apart from complex, expensive CMS setups >>(or forgetting about standards)? >> >> > >Why not use a simple, free CMS like Wordpress or Textpattern? Both are >free (as in speech and as in beer), fairly simple to configure and >work with, and built to support standards. > > I think TXP (Textpattern) will give you and your clients an easy way to update their site and also, to avoid that your client destroys all the site design and estructure, by messing up with XHTML or CSS and screwing up all your work. Textpattern has the posibility to assing different permissions to the users, so you can be a "Publisher" (you have access to all administration options), and your client can be just an "Author" (and have access to modify just the contents, articles, links, etc). BTW, TXP is a CMS, but this doesnt mean that you need to create a blog-like site. I use it to manage an static site with few dinamic content. http://www.textpattern.com Excuse my poor english. Regards, Julián Le Mannequin ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
