Even screen shots might be helpful since I'm concerned that the framework locks you in with menu placement and such.
-----Original Message----- From: Jeff Fleitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Frameworks for simple web sites Well, unfortunately I don't work with public-facing sites very much anymore, so I don't have a lot to show that means anything (yeah, sure Jeff). Most of the folks on the Plum list appear to be building intranets also, so I am not sure how much there is to show at this point. You might want to ask on the Plum list. Obviously, the Productivity Enhancement site was totally built with Plum. Most of the that site is stock starter content, with some customizations. The pages are generated by the CMS in Plum, from a SQL Server 2000 database. I just mothballed a conference registration site earlier this month that I could bring online temporarily, if we can't find you another. Jeff On 7/26/05, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for all the great feedback so far. Most of the comments > confirm my thoughts. One hope was by starting with a simple site, it > might make it easier to swallow learning a new framework. Rather than > having to bite it all off for a large project the first time. > > Jeff, can you provide links to the sites you built with Plum? > > > Constanty "Connie" DeCinko III > Web Architect, Webmaster, Web Developer Lone Jet Enterprises Glendale, > Arizona www.LoneJet.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Fleitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Frameworks for simple web sites > > Hi Connie, > > Plum is overkill for this, only by the fact that it will generate more > functionality than you need initially, probably. But you can just easily > ignore the functionality you don't need by simply removing the links in the > navbar (leave the content on your development machine so you can use it > later if you need to).. > > I have built a couple small sites with Plum that took about a day to build > and deploy. I built some content pages for the administrators to work with > and they were off. > > On the plus side, you can generate a starter app in 5 minutes (as you > know) that has all kinds of starter content that you can just modify or > discard if you don't need it. The simple, but effective CMS built into will > easily let you setup your customer's newsletter, that he can manage easily. > Plus you have a complete access control system built in. > > There is always that learning curve. But it will be that way with Fusebox > also, or onTap, or whatever you use. > > v/r, > Jeff Fleitz > > > > > On 7/26/05, Connie DeCinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that I've had the opportunity to take a closer look at Plum, I can > > see that it is a very powerful and good code generator/framework for > > ColdFusion apps. However, for fairly simple sites, it seems to be > > overkill. I could be wrong. > > > > What would you recommend for a simple site that's just a step beyond > > simple HTML? I have to build a site where the end-user needs to be > > able to post a newsletter each month and make very minor changes, no > > e-commerce or embedded apps. I was thinking this might be an excuse > > to try out a framework but am having second thoughts. > > > > > > Constanty "Connie" DeCinko III > > Web Architect, Webmaster, Web Developer Lone Jet Enterprises Glendale, > > Arizona <http://www.lonejet.com/> www.LoneJet.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212905 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
