[thelist] can someone build a 100-page website with only HTML/CSS skill?
Erika
ekm at seastorm.com
Mon Nov 10 22:39:01 CST 2008
Zhang Weiwu wrote:
> How do you think? Should we start with CMS or with plain old HTML? I am
> thinking the place for HTML-based website nowadays are those websites:
>
> 1. do not update frequently (thus the HTML-skilled ones can do the
> updates);
> 2. mid-to-small size. But how big is "mid"? Is a 100-page website
> "mid-size" or "big-size"?
I agree with your assessment of when to use HTML. I would call a
100-page website "mid-sized."
I don't understand whether you are building a site, or redesigning an
existing site. Your "management requirements" suggest it's a redesign,
and item #3 (renaming/moving files without breaking links) is not
something I've had much experience with.
CMS makes content management easier, but as you note, it is going to
require maintenance. Creating CMS templates is not quite as
straightforward as splitting an HTML template into server side includes.
One thing I have found difficult is to understand and communicate the
difference a CMS makes in maintenance, to clients. If you are managing
a CMS-driven website, your costs need to reflect the time and effort you
spend maintaining the CMS software, not to mention training people to
use the CMS.
On the other hand, if it is you or your girlfriend who will be doing all
the site updates, I think 100 pages can be managed reasonably well with
HTML, CSS and server side includes, especially if your directories are
well-structured. I built and managed a 50+ page site, without includes.
The only thing that was difficult about it was maintaining the menus
(and includes would have solved that).
Erika
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