THe University I taught at, now uses Plone for all the sites in the ag college. It was a way so that everyone's pages were the same. FOlks just had to add their content. Assures the same look throughout the system. With little knowledge required other than to add content.Plone is an opensource content management system. It uses python as the server scripting language. Python is not something that all hosting packages offer. Some do, some don't
What is it that you think you might want to use Plone for? It is probably overkill for the average B&B website..
I know someone who is designing a website (non B&B) and will have a 30 day rotation of ads on the first page. After 30 days, the ad will expire and the next one in the cache will pop in, hopefully. If Plone wouldn't be the way to go for that, what would? Just one thought was Plone. Not sure what the other is. Just thought I'd send it out to my techie-"Wise Ones" to get a layman's overview..
If that is the main feature of the site is a rotating add page, then no that would be better built with a little custom coding.penelope said:I know someone who is designing a website (non B&B) and will have a 30 day rotation of ads on the first page. After 30 days, the ad will expire and the next one in the cache will pop in, hopefully. If Plone wouldn't be the way to go for that, what would? Just one thought was Plone. Not sure what the other is. Just thought I'd send it out to my techie-"Wise Ones" to get a layman's overview.
The ad rotation is only part of the request of the client. They also want to put together a classified ad section. Would that be something that drupal or one of the others would be better for?
In terms of skill level...not as high as yours .
Classified like Craigs List sort of thing (anyone can author)? Or classified like someone contacts this web person and he/she puts the ad up for them? (again too many missing details to give you good information)penelope said:The ad rotation is only part of the request of the client. They also want to put together a classified ad section. Would that be something that drupal or one of the others would be better for?
The ad rotation is only part of the request of the client. They also want to put together a classified ad section. Would that be something that drupal or one of the others would be better for?
In terms of skill level...not as high as yours .Classified like Craigs List sort of thing (anyone can author)? Or classified like someone contacts this web person and he/she puts the ad up for them? (again too many missing details to give you good information)penelope said:The ad rotation is only part of the request of the client. They also want to put together a classified ad section. Would that be something that drupal or one of the others would be better for?
Any of the content managment systems can be altered to specific requirements so the choice of which to use comes down to what familiarity and skills the designer has. If the designer can program in Python, then Plone is the way to go...if the designer can program in php then Drupal or Joomla may be a better choice...if the designer can program in both, then they really don't need you asking these questions for him/her LOL
I've built several sites using Drupal so it would be my tool of choice, but that is only because I know most of the ins and outs with it. I know its quirks. If your designer friend has all these requirements from a client but can't build it, then they may be over their head .. but thats ok, its not a permanent condition...it just takes time and a lot of reading and building to overcome it. None of the products will fit the need by simply "opening the box" and "turning it on."
Another deciding factor would be who they have access to. I use Drupal largely because I had a friend who had some experience with it...so when I got stuck I could ask him for assistance.... if he had a friend who knew Joomla, it is very possible that it would be my tool of choice. Even with all that...it took me months to get profficient, and years to get good with it...and there are still times when it is over my head.
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That's good to know. I think what the client has decided to do, for right now, is to just have a submit form for an ad and an administrator will upload the info. If the site (it's a local site) gets bigger and demand gets greater, then they are going to go with a more sophisticated format. Right now, it's just "get it up and functioning" and then tweak it as necessary.swirt said:they may be over their head .. but thats ok, its not a permanent condition...
WOW! Thanks! I get stuck now and then from the original format you created. My webserver doesn't support Front Page, or won't shortly.THe University I taught at, now uses Plone for all the sites in the ag college. It was a way so that everyone's pages were the same. FOlks just had to add their content. Assures the same look throughout the system. With little knowledge required other than to add content.Plone is an opensource content management system. It uses python as the server scripting language. Python is not something that all hosting packages offer. Some do, some don't
What is it that you think you might want to use Plone for? It is probably overkill for the average B&B website..
I would see no reason why one person would want to go that route. Why would you want to take all the time to learn how to install, set up and use????
I too think it would not be the choice I would use. Other options for you. Sure seems like more than I would want to learn just to do a web site for a B & B :-(
Have you tried using Kompozer??? Free to download. And from what I see very easy to use to create web site.
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