Re: [Vo]:Another web site about Rossi

2012-05-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed:

>> As for me, my current plans are to completely overhaul my orionworks
>> web site using XARA Web Designer Premium. See:
>>
>> http://www.xara.com/us/products/webdesigner/
>
> That costs $99. Probably worth it. It looks similar to WordPress. They use
> the same jargon for components such as "template."

I think it is quite different from Word Press and Drupal.
Fundamentally different!

IMO, working with XARA's web developer is much more like working with
Adobe Illustrator or CorelDraw. Very WYSIWYG layout. You are
completely isolated from managing any of the underlying code - HTML,
CSS, etc... The lack of access to the underlying code may irk some
geeks, but it's fine by me. While XARA is suitable for my personal
needs the way the software is currently implemented it isn't really
good at building and/or managing a complex web site with multiple
sub-directories and lots and lots of pages that might change
dynamically. Hopefully, later releases will address some of these
matters, especially managing multiple sub-directories under the
jurisdiction of a single domain name, and/or sub-domains as well.

XARA is very good at whacking out a kick-ass presentation web site in
no time at all. It's a great prototype web builder.

Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
www.zazzle.com/orionworks



Re: [Vo]:Another web site about Rossi

2012-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson  wrote:

>
> So, Jed. What do you think? Did these guys use WordPress, Drupal, or
> some other concoction?
>

To reveal this with Google Chrome you do a right-click and select "view
page source." And voila, it says:

meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.1" / !-- leave this for stats
please --



> As for me, my current plans are to completely overhaul my orionworks
> web site using XARA Web Designer Premium. See:
>
> http://www.xara.com/us/products/webdesigner/


That costs $99. Probably worth it. It looks similar to WordPress. They use
the same jargon for components such as "template."

- Jed


Re: [Vo]:Another web site about Rossi

2012-05-22 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Jed,

> See:
>
> http://rossifocardifusion.com/

These guys definitely have a lot of time on their hands! Lots of
snazzy graphics! I hope it isn't all just smoke and mirrors.

So, Jed. What do you think? Did these guys use WordPress, Drupal, or
some other concoction?

Inquiring minds want to know.

As for me, my current plans are to completely overhaul my orionworks
web site using XARA Web Designer Premium. See:

http://www.xara.com/us/products/webdesigner/

Being spatially oriented, I'm much more comfortable using a true
WYSIWYG format. This software fits the bill for my particular needs.
It wouldn't work for you however. In hindsight I sometimes think
Drupal might have turned out to have been a better fit for your needs.
A higher learning curve in the beginning however.

Regards
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
www.zazzle.com/orionworks



[Vo]:Another web site about Rossi

2012-05-22 Thread Jed Rothwell
See:

http://rossifocardifusion.com/