Comments on: So, what is a CMS?

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:24:16 +0000

I've recently started offering CMS's to my clients through wordpress. One thing that has been great are the plugins that you can use with wordpress, it can actually make the job as quick as a static site. Web Design Melbourne

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By: Harry Gondalf

Harry Gondalf — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:29:23 +0000

Should I change my existing web site (1750+ files, 900MB) to a CMS?

I probably only need some hand-holding and reassuring…

1. seems like it’s complicated to keep local copies of a web site this large. Our provider dropped us for missed payment.

2. I have edited hundreds of files to correct global misspellings (à instead of à) using wingrep, then easily uploaded the 200 changed files. Can this be done with CMS? This includes changing tags, when I changed the file structure of the site. Is this possible with a CMS?

…

And many more questions such as this. I have been reading the online documentation for days and still can’t figure it out.

Regarding the existing site: Right now only two people manage the site. Both have admin access to the remote server. Both are semi-skilled in CSS and html. When there is a typo on one page, one of these (volunteers) has to fix it, not the site owner. It was thought that with CMS, the site owner would be able to make such changes. But it seems easier to train a newbie in rudiments of html and in ftp to to introduce him to content, presentation, articles, pages, forms, tags, etc.

So we would end up with the same two people doing all the work, but it would have to be done through and extra layer of indirection.

So….

is it really worth it, in this case?

I would be grateful for any advice, including emails.

Thanks

By: John Roberts

John Roberts — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:13:46 +0000

The problem Ive always found when implementing CMS on clients websites, is that they typically go crazy with font styling and colours. Seem big bright red font seems to be attractive to clients for some unknown reason.

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Learning About CMS and Drupal « Colleen's Online Learning Blog — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:11:19 +0000

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