[thelist] Yet another "What CMS" thread...
Brian Cummiskey
Brian at hondaswap.com
Thu May 18 15:41:40 CDT 2006
Yes, I know... but i'm asking anyway. :D
I'm building a new site for a client who knows NOTHING about computers.
When I asked him what his domain was, he addressed the site as "http
then a period with another period over it, and then two slash thingees".
I'm well aware of opensourcecms and i've been playing with a bunch, and
am familiar with Drupal, wordpress, joomala, etc.
The problem is once I build the main site, he wants to be able to upload
new pics of his products (He does custom wood-working and stuff built to
order... It's a showcase+contact site, not a cart) without having to
bother me every day. So, I immediately thought, throw up a CMS, tweak
it and skin it, and be done with it.
I use wordpress for my blog, so i'm familiar with that. But, it think
no matter how much i tweak it, it will still be too "bloggy" instead of
a "site". I don't want comments, I don't want post dates, and i don't
want a home page with the latest content on it. I want a regular site
more or less. Welcome page, products page, contact, etc etc.
I loaded Drupal last night, and started messing around with it. I like
it, but I REALLY think the admin interface will be way over this guy's
head. It took ME a couple min to figure out how to do some stuff. I
can't imagine him working this well and end up deleting or messing it
all up. Plus, I was kinda frustrated that they use a table for the
markup. I'd like to stay with a CSS-based design CMS.
The civicspace port doesn't seem to really offer me anything i need either.
Joomala, same deal. It's just too complex.
xoops, tables again....
All I really want, is a secure admin area, a way for him to upload pics
straight from his camera without re-sizing to be added into a "product"
description, CSS-based design, and a Word-like textarea for entries so
he can mark up his text, bold, etc nice and easy.
So, I'm at a dead end.
I'm really contemplating building a custom app, but it's not
cost-effective for my time for the price I'm charging him.
I appreciate any feedback or cms sugestions.
-Brian
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