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Re: [LUG] simple website tools

 

Dave Berkeley wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I'm looking for suggestions. I need to put together a website for a 
> group in Plymouth.
>
> I need something simple, that I can get members to add content to. I 
> have access to a linux host, and can run apache / php / mysql, and 
> probably anything else I care to add.
>
> What I need on the site is:
>
> * contact details
>
> * who we are, what it is all about.
>
> * events
>
> * links to national site
>
> * items in the news
>
> So, very simple. It needs to be easy for authorised non experts to add 
> / modify contents without needing ssh / sftp access, so a web based 
> system.
>
> I had a quick look at Drupal and it looks way too complex. I don't 
> have the days it would seem to take to get up to speed, and I can't 
> expect anyone else to either. I don't want to have to learn PHP 
> (though I write Python for a living at the moment).
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
Maybe e107 might fit the bill.  It's free (GPL) and fairly easy to 
install and adding things is a doddle with a nice easy to use interface.

You can get it from www.e107.org

Rob


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