[Hidden-tech] My First CMS Site

[David Korpiewski]

I second the Joomla option.  I built my latest Joomla site in 4 hours 
flat.   - http://www.franklinrc.com

Joomla itself is very easy to use as long as your hosting provider has 
scripts to install it for you, otherwise it may take a little 
manipulation on the end of your server.  I use siteground.com and they 
install Joomla for me in about 30 seconds through the cPanel.

The real concern would be how complicated you wish to make the site. 
The model plane site mentioned above only has one module to make the 
flash images appear for those people who have flash installed, but 
otherwise it is just a stock site with some basic articles.

Good luck and let me know if you have any basic joomla questions
David







On 8/4/2010 5:53 AM, Christoher Eliot wrote:
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> Given that choice I went with Joomla and I am happy with the results,
> which should go live tomorrow evening at http://amherstballet.org/.
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> The biggest influence on my choice was the claim that Joomla would look
> pretty good out of the box, while Drupal supposedly needs heavy
> customization earlier in the game. Both are PHP+MySql systems with
> JavaScript optional for fancy front-end effects. Most hosting packages
> support this configuration; some provide direct support for either or
> both Joomla and Drupal.
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> .netNuke might appeal to you with your .asp background. I did a little
> work with that last year. It is not my style, but you might like it.
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> Another option is the Apache Lenya project, implemented in Java. I
> looked into that briefly but there are no pre-built versions and I
> didn't get it to compile and run properly with about 10 minutes of
> effort. For heavy duty sites, the Java foundation is probably superior
> to the PHP foundation.
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> On Aug 3, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Scott Main wrote:
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>> Hello All: I’m new to the group.
>> I’m interested in developing “my first” content management site.
>> Can anyone tell me what the best technology for me to begin with is
>> between Drupal or Joomla (or suggest another)
>> My experience includes .asp, .aspx sites, vb.net, ms access, vba,
>> javascript, SQL Server, TSQL and relational database development.
>> I’m interested in simplicity in terms of learning at the beginners
>> level as well as the industry standard when choosing as CMS to learn…
>> Thank you in advance for any input my may have…
>> Scott Main
>> 413.246.9235
>> www.mainconsultingservices.com <http://www.mainconsultingservices.com/>
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