Could we please hold off on this technical discussion on what tools are better for contra-dance sites, sparked by the suggestion of creating a mailing list for that kind of discussion, until that mailing list is created, and then have it there?
Thanks! -- Alan > Patricia - it sounds to me that WordPress would probably be a lot better for > you than Joomla. > The reason I'd recommend going with one of the top three CMSs is that the > community of people who have learned to use them is huge, so help is usually > quick and free. There are literally hundreds of CMSs, home-brewed and open > source and commercial, and there could be the perfect one that we've all > overlooked so far, but, unless you know someone who can help with the one > you're using, the ones with the largest following will probably have the > largest number of people who have learned it and can help out - both from > the creators of the CMS, and the online forums. > One of the reasons I like Joomla is that it feels a bit like a contra dance > - the forums have a lot of smart people being nice to one another... I don't > know much about the WordPress community (forums and the like) but it's > probably the same. > Did you know that Bill Tomczak (clarinet player with the Latter Day Lizards) > helped write part of a really good book on Joomla? (*Joomla, Start to > Finish*, by Jen Kramer, teacher extraordinaire) and a Joomla extension, > *Grumpy > Contacts*. So it must be good. :-) I wonder how many other people on this > list have written CMS extensions? I'm guessing more than one! > M > E > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:39 PM, 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 > > > -- > As you set out for Ithaka, pray that your journey be long, full of > adventure, full of discovery... > May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, with what joy, > you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time. > ~Constantine Cavafy, "Ithaka" 1911 > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers -- =============================================================================== Alan Winston --- [email protected] Disclaimer: I speak only for myself, not SLAC or SSRL Phone: 650/926-3056 Paper mail to: SSRL -- SLAC BIN 99, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park CA 94025 ===============================================================================
