I've also built templates for Drupal and Joomla, and I have to say I'm much more partial to Drupal for templates. :) You can install different template engines. ;)
But neither is terribly difficult. After all, what good is a templating system if it's harder than maintaining static pages? I actually prefer mediawiki's setup because you can get just about any layout you want by just editing the css. Dave On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Rob Pennington <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane - > Thanks for your reply! What you just wrote really is ideally what I think > I'd like to do. Me (and the ladies who do the textiles) are all designers > and would love to maintain creative control of the website. > It would be perfect if we could put something together in photoshop, that > doesn't have the functionality (obviously) but the way we want the site to > look and then have someone do the coding to work off. The site will > definitely be reflective of a lot of the templates I have seen - so the > coding could likely be a highbred of working with the Photoshopped design > and reformating another template. > I'm impartial to the use of Drupal or Joomla. We're hosted on Host Gator > and I know they have an easy install of Joomla. > Is this something you might be interested in doing? How much would you > charge for something like this, if so? > Cheers, > > Rob > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Diana <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've built themes for both (about 10 for Joomla and 3 for Drupal.) I am >> partial to Drupal in general but I've found Joomla themes easier to >> build and more flexible. My process is to use a photoshop document >> created by the designer (or create one if I'm designing, which I try not >> to do because I'm not very good at it) and use that to build the XHTML >> structure and the style definitions for everything that appears on the >> site (and common tags). With Joomla (more than Drupal, I think) it is >> not-terribly-difficult to modify a theme that has the structure you want >> by changing it's CSS and images. That is definitely the way to go the >> first time or two. There is is some PHP involved (and a line or two >> added to the XML if you change the structure) but the cut-and-paste kind. >> >> Diana >> >> Rob Pennington wrote: >> > Thanks folks - Joomla and Drupal look pretty interesting. Does anyone >> > have experience building templates from either? >> > >> > >From researching, it looks like templates for drupal may be a bit >> > simpler. >> > >> > From reviewing their samples and users, I'm just concerned for what we >> > need it might all be a bit to elaborate. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Rob >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Diana <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Agreed. But I suspect it is a smaller task than developing a custom >> > template that holds up to editing content in Dreamweaver and >> > integrates >> > with an open-source product gallery. >> > >> > Diana >> > >> > Keith Aric Hall wrote: >> > > Note: building custom templates for Drupal or Joomla may not be a >> > > small task. >> > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Keith Aric Hall >> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: >> > > >> > > Agreed. Joomla, Drupal or even Wordpress. >> > > >> > > >> > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Diana <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > >> > > Rob, >> > > >> > > Have you considered using a CMS as the foundation of your >> > > site, like >> > > Joomla, for example? That would make adding content, >> > pictures >> > > etc easy >> > > and once you find a designer to create the template, the >> > > design will >> > > apply itself to your content. >> > > >> > > Diana >> > > >> > > Rob Pennington wrote: >> > > > I am looking for some assistance in developing a >> > website for >> > > a local >> > > > artist group and wanted to see if any of you might be >> > > interested in >> > > > assisting. >> > > > >> > > > I am the business manager for a small, local, textile >> > screen >> > > printing >> > > > team on the side. We are working on developing a >> > website >> > > for the >> > > > business - we are in the conceptual stages, but ideally >> > we >> > > are looking >> > > > to have a classy, orginal design that has an rss feed >> > on the >> > > main >> > > > page, a option to sign up for a mailing list, a gallery >> > > which links >> > > > back to paypal to purchase items. We should be able >> > to use >> > > a lot of >> > > > free tools for this, but the design is what is >> > important. >> > > > >> > > > I will be managing the site and have the skills to >> > maintain, >> > > update >> > > > and manage the website, but need assistance with >> > creating >> > > the basis >> > > > for the site (a template if you will). It would be >> > perfect >> > > to have >> > > > some sort of design template that we can use to add >> > information, >> > > > pictures, content, etc. via Dreamweaver. >> > > > >> > > > We have an extremely limited budget for this, so I >> > wanted to >> > > see if >> > > > anyone might be interested in discussing design and cost >> > > with me to >> > > > see if we might be able to work together! >> > > > >> > > > Thank you for any assistance you might be able to >> > provide! >> > > We do not >> > > > want a cookie cutter, pre-fabbed design. >> > > > >> > > > Cheers, >> > > > >> > > > Rob >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Keith Aric Hall >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Keith Aric Hall >> > > >> > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >> >> >> > > > > > -- Visit my website! http://www.davefancella.com Also, I'm currently looking for a job. 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