Php, mysql and joomla can work perfectly well on a windows hosting... I've done some flash sites with joomla behind and the only thing you need for it... is getting flash/joomla to talk some xml between them...
;) On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:40 PM, Paul Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a small client where I have taken their original Flash commerce > website and continued to redevelop and maintain it. OK, no big deal with > that. The website was originally constructed with flash frontend and a > bespoke backend/CMS that seems to be based upon classic asp and access > (refrain from comments, please). > > I have deliberately kept my involvement to the frontend and the original > backend developer has maintained the database and backend admin system. I > like it like that because I'm not responsible for that side of the > operation. My only server-side involvement is updating some asp > functionality to generate a new XML feed from the backend. > > I have been looking at moving the site from being a pure flash site to a > flash/html hybrid - primarily for SEO purposes and while I have provided > bespoke HTML support, it would be great to do this with a simple CMS. My > personal favourites for this exercise would be Joomla or Drupal, but the > clients host doesn't support PHP or MySQL. > > In other circumstances, I would recommend switching host, but I don't want > to involve this client in a major upheaval of their business. I've not > really been a M$ person always using Unix server variants. Anyone care to > recommend a free CMS system that can run on classic ASP and is similar to > Joomla or Drupal in terms of functionality? Ideally I'd like the flash in > the flash/HTML hybrid to be able to interact with the CMS. Most of the asp > based CMS stuff revealed by google has been awful or expensive. > > Any suggestions? > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
