[Hidden-tech] mambo?

Daniel Fried dan at creativeconstructs.com
Thu Mar 16 11:39:56 EST 2006


Juliet,

It may depend on the specifics of the site.  With most CMS systems out
there, I find that they are either nice templates for general web site
construction or fit very specific needs such as e-commerce solutions.  If a
client's needs match the feature set well, then they can be great solutions,
but it can often be much more difficult to move beyond the basics, requiring
considerable custom work.

We've set up a number of different kinds of systems for those types of
organizations, from custom solutions we've shoehorned into existing sites,
to pre-packaged e-commerce, to our own general purpose CMS (which we
designed specifically to deal with the issue of customized and
ever-expanding needs in a general solution).

If what the client has is basically a straight html site that they just want
to be able to edit, there are a lot of solutions you can use.  If you want
to move beyond that, you really need to compare their needs with the
specific solutions that the application provides (including existing
plug-ins in the case of solutions like Mambo/Joomla)

-Dan

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Hi

I'm redesigning a site for a very non-technical, no-webmaster, 
non-profit type organization that wants to edit and maintain their site 
on an ongoing basis. I was thinking of using Contribute (step-child of 
DreamWeaver) and setting up the site to be as idiot-proof as possible 
(putting all navigation into includes, controlling all styling with 
css.) Now I'm thinking maybe I'm reinventing the wheel and I should use 
Mambo instead. Would Mambo be a good solution for this scenario? Is it 
difficult for a marginally-technical person such as myself to set up 
and use Mambo?

thanks in advance for advice,
Juliet Jacobson

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