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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:31:55 +0000 Neil Winchurst wrote: > I am a member of a local MCTI group. (Market and Coastal Towns > Initiative). Recently on their behalf I went on a seminar which was > an intro to a CMS program which has been created especially for > groups like ours to easily set up our own web site. > > I reported back yesterday and agreed to test the CMS out for them. > Then I ran into a problem. At the seminar, of course, all the > computers were running MS Windows. Now I have tried it out at home on > my kubuntu set up it has failed with a message about needing to find > the registry!! > > On checking further it appears that the CMS needs Windows to work > properly, not Mac and not Linux. It even seems to need IE v 7 rather > than v 6. So I have reported back to the chairman of the MCTi > explaining that I will not be able to help them, and that I could not > recommend using a program which is so biased one way. > > Meanwhile, I am wondering if I could help out by setting up the web > site myself. It would not be a very complicated one, and I have > written one already for myself. > > I have looked at Drupal and Joomla among others and also considered > something simpler such as Bluefish or NVU. Most of the CMS programs > out there seem to be rather too powerful for what we need and could > have a steep learning curve. > > Anyway, if anyone has any comments or suggestion I would be grateful. > > Thanks > > Neil Winchurst If you need a simple way to ensure that you can have multiple users potentially adding content, each with their own login and settings, but you don't want the complexity of a full-on CMS like Drupal and Joomla and you don't fancy an overly-simplistic "here's a template... just add your content" system either, then there are still some options for you. I quite like using Wordpress for simply jobs. There are tonnes of plugins/addons/whatevers that let you manage your Wordpress site as a CMS rather than as a blog. Equally, there is also e107. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html