Thanks for the responses from the Midgard community.
I've contacted one friend who I know is knows PHP to find out if he would be
willing to work on this project.
I will let everyone know how I progress in this area.
Regards,
Corbin Harris
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>From: Jamie Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [midgard] Midgard feasiblity
>Date: Sun, Jan 9, 2000, 12:19 PM
>
> Greets, Corbin!
>
> Corbin Harris wrote:
>
>> Midgard users,
>> I found out about midgard while searching for information on developing a
>> web publishing system for http://www.tacomacitypaper.com
>> Right now I am exploring commercial options with either Dispatch -
>> http://www.dispatch.net which is geared toward small, independent papers &
>> E-grail from http://www.guiworks.com which is based on open-source
>> standards, but provides the software as a hosted-application.
>> Currently the tacomacitypaper.com site is being hosed on UnixBSD running
>> Apache & has PHP/MySQL enabled. So this server would be capable of running
>> Midgard. I do have a few questions, mostly newbie questions, so if you like
>> you can respond off-list to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>
>>
>> Questions,
>> Given that I have no programming skills & intermediate HTML skills, how
>> complicated would it be to install Midgard & get things working in a short
>> time?
>>
>
> Your HTML skills are not really an issue with setting up Midgard. If you
type
> your pages into an HTML editor at work, then its just as easy to type them
into
> Midgard.
>
> As for the programming skills. While it doesn't really take much to set up
> Midgard, the site design could cause a little bit of a stumbling block. This
> is not "necessarily" true as you can set up your site "statically" as well,
but
> without learning a little PHP (the scripting language used in Midgard) you
> would lose a lot of the functionality that is present. Luckily, PHP is easily
> learned, and although the initial learning curve is a little steep, the final
> results are well worth the time invested.
>
>>
>> Are there any media or other organizations in the US using this system?
>>
>
> I have the system up and running and in current development on my computer and
> would be happy to answer questions. E-mail me and we'll talk.
>
>>
>> How difficult would it be to transfer my current site (built using
>> Dreamweaver on Macintosh) to Midgard?
>>
>
> Should be a matter of "cut and paste".
>
>>
>> What kind support is available from the Midgard community?
>>
>
> You've hit upon the best part of Midgard (as far as I'm concerned). The
> Midgard community seems to be really tight knit. The developers monitor this
> mailing list constantly, and answers are quickly forthcoming.
>
>>
>> Once up and running how difficult is it for editorial staff to update
>> content?
>>
>
> If they have a browser on their computer and access to the administrative web
> site, they can actually write their stories right into Midgard. With a little
> bit of scripting, you can allow your editors to make corrections, etc before
> allowing the stories to be displayed. I'd say Midgard excels at this type of
> environment.
>
>>
>> How does Midgard compare to commercial products? (such as those I mentioned)
>>
>
> Can't answer this one, sorry. I installed Midgard and fell in love with it.
> (and you can't beat the price!)
>
>>
>> What other alternatives are available?
>>
>
> Well, besides those you mentioned, ColdFusion just released a (beta) version
> for the *nix family. You could continue on your present course. There are
> several other opensource application servers out there. Your main stumbling
> block with almost all of them is that you are going to have to learn some type
> of scripting to take advantage of the features offered by the application
> server.
>
>>
>> I may have future questions. I'm tasked to give my managers options for our
>> website so the site can be more dynamic, but the fact I'm on almost zero
>> budget limits my options, so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Ahhh.. the bane of any IT manager.. Money.. (or lack thereof) *grin*
>
> Jamie Tomlinson
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>
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