If you used iWeb you can look into Sandvox. Similar ease of use and pretty good templates.
\bob via iPhone On Sep 16, 2011, at 20:39, "P. Campbell" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I appreciate hearing about the differences among WordPress, Joomla, & >> Drupal. I created my website in iWeb which will not be supported after this >> year, and I've been trying to figure out what to do. I think I need >> something more than WordPress, but I'm not really a techie. I kind of >> learned what I needed for each step of what I did/do, and then crossed my >> fingers that it would work (and also got help with some of it at the Apple >> store). I'm not too happy to think that I'll probably have to start from >> scratch (though there were limitations to iWeb that I didn't know until I >> had spent a few months creating the site), and I'm not really interested in >> learning any complex web design (like Dream Weaver, etc.). I see things like >> Site Builder and Ruby on Rails on my hosting service - but I have no idea >> how easy any of them are to use. Joomla sounds like it might be what I >> should look into. > > > >> Thanks, Patricia > > > > > > >> > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Martha Edwards <[email protected]> >> To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:08:13 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Callers] contra dance webmasters unite! >> Chip - I've been using *Joomla *for our site here in St Louis ( >> http://childgrove.org) for about a year. For myself, it's the perfect >> blend >> of front-end ease-of-use for content updaters and back-end flexibility for >> the designer-techie who wants to make the site jump through a few hoops. I >> love it. I can do things I always needed to hire a programmer to do before >> - >> like make online registration forms that send you an email with the >> registration info AND send the registrant on to PayPal (thank you, >> Chronoforms!). >> >> However, since it looks as if, in the big Content Management Systems >> shakeout, there are three popular survivors, *WordPress, Joomla,* and * >> Drupal*, I've done some investigation into the other two as well. >> >> If the folks making the web site don't have a bunch of tech experience as a >> web designer or programmer, I'd probably recommend *WordPress*. It's a lot >> easier for non-techies to set up, and I've seen some spiffy sites done with >> it. On the other hand, I also hear it's a lot less flexible for web >> designer/programmers. In other words, if you want to do what IT wants you >> to >> do, it's GREAT, but if you want to do something slightly different, you may >> be out of luck. That makes sense, though. I figure you get extreme >> ease-of-use OR extreme flexibility, but not both. Don't know if you could >> do >> an online registration form with it, for example. Anyone have experience >> with this? >> >> I can't imagine a contra dance group ever needing something like *Drupal*, >> which (I hear) falls squarely in the techie (extreme flexibility) camp. But >> hey, if you've got someone who knows it, rumor has it that it can do >> amazing >> things. >> >> Uh-oh, just realized that we're not already on the contradance web-stuff >> discussion list. My apologies. >> >> So, in penance, and to keep the discussion about dance, I will include here >> a link to my cute little double grand square Flash >> movies<http://www.westendweb.com/doublegrandsquare/> >> . >> >> M >> E >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
