Thank you Eric and Paul, I will do some searches on CMSs. I pulled down the zip file for wordpress last week but I have not tried to upload it to a site to use it yet. I will take a look at getmura.com and some other CMS sites. I still need to work with CF to build up that skillset as well as start training myself in some .net skills. I went through a HTML w CSS and xHTML book and have started in the CF book but you know how that is without years of experience. I started out in the wonderful world of COBOL and then got into VB6 and ASP and some oddball languages before getting into pl/sql. But I need a change now. I have been in pl/sql for about 7 years. ;)
Thanks again for the help. Gary On Nov 2, 2:06 pm, "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote: > sounds to me that what you really need is a CMS - Content Management System > (there are dozens in CF) and not a massive framework like Mach II, which > requires being a medium level object oriented CF programmer... my son just > did the same thing you're talking about for his church, and he just went > with Wordpress and the site was up in a few days... and looking quite > sharp... but he did have a guy in the background helping him with the > PHP... > > with a CMS, the site is already written, and you just plug in the modules > you want, such as a login module... > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "n...@mach-ii - Gary" <[email protected]> > To: "Mach-II for CFML" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 9:08 AM > Subject: [Mach-II] Creating a complete site with Mach-II by a new Mach-II > > user > > >I have only created one very small application using Mach-II to see if > > I can do it and that was several months ago. So I am not proficient at > > this and I need to figure out if I can do a large project or not. > > > The church I attend would like to develop a new website. I created > > something simple for them in Frontpage years ago but they would like > > to expand and have part of the site open to the public and part of the > > site for members only. I immediately thought of using Mach-II to do > > this because of the drop in features for login use but I would have to > > code the entire thing myself and only in the evenings after work. I > > will not be getting paid for this. > > > Does anyone have a template out there that would give me a good > > starting point? > > > I need to have a login. > > Database storage (I can handle creating a database but until I find a > > suitable hosting site I do not know what database will be available.) > > They would like to be able to have a photo gallery > > Post online version of their printed bulletins. > > store and play MP3s of the sermons > > An event Calendar > > and possibly do DVD's but that would be a much later project. > > > I have to make this extremely user friendly because the staff at the > > church have minor computer skills. I was thinking of having an > > additional Admin login for them and then webpages with data entry > > boxes that would store their messages in the database and then all the > > main website pages would build their pages from those database tables. > > That way all content would be easily modified without changing code. > > > I am mainly an Oracle PL/SQL developer by profession so I have limited > > abilities other than my own training on web design. > > So you can see why I am looking for a template to jumpstart this > > project. > > > If this is not doable then the church will have to go to some site and > > pay to have it designed and built which could be costly. > > > Thanks > > Gary Brown > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to Mach-II for CFML > > list. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/mach-ii-for-coldfusion?hl=en > > > SVN:http://svn.mach-ii.com/machii/ > > Wiki / Documentation / Tickets:http://trac.mach-ii.com/machii/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to Mach-II for CFML list. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mach-ii-for-coldfusion?hl=en SVN: http://svn.mach-ii.com/machii/ Wiki / Documentation / Tickets: http://trac.mach-ii.com/machii/
