At 2/28/2008 03:57 PM, alysia hill wrote:
I have just discovered this australian based company Powerfront. I
am really interested in some feedback.
...
Here is an example website which I think is pretty good
http://www.goodshepvic.org.au/
Here is the company website
http://www.powerfront.com/
On 29/02/2008, at 5:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
Does this mean that I can add a menu below the banner by simply
adding the html to the template, and css to the css file?
Yes.
Change the Doctype at will, edit any template or add new additional
ones? Customize what shows in a menu using html in the
On Feb 28, 2008, at 9:10 PM, Bruce wrote:
This conversation comes up frequently. Unfortunately most of what
are called content management systems do not let the developer
determine what shows in the published template, as they are wrapped
around the core programming and difficult to custom
accessible in it's entirety for editing.
If yes, I'll have to take a look cause haven't found but 2 in over 5 years,
and I do this full time.
Thanks
Bruce
bkdesign
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On 29/02/2008, at 4:10 PM, Bruce wrote:
What is needed is a cms that has the template code in the open in
{x}html format which allows unlimited customization of it.
One of the goals of MySource Matrix is to allow the end-user to
customise every single piece of output text without developme
thing, yes?
Bruce Prochnau
BKDesign Solutions
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Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: RE: [WSG] CMS review
Alysia wrote:
Hello.
I have just discovered this australian based company Powerfr
Alysia wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> I have just discovered this australian based company Powerfront. I am
> really interested in some feedback.
>
> Here is an example website which I think is pretty good
> http://www.goodshepvic.org.au/
>
It prompts you to download Flash 9 - which people on locked-do
That code isn't standards based.
Use textpattern.
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Hi there, Alysia.
The code on both sites looks awful to me: the huge list of styles in the
header, the bloated table-based layout. Both are drawbacks as they tend to
lengthen page-loading time and create a lag effect for the user. Not a
pleasant, I-want-to-return sort of environment, to say the le
Please consider that a cms is a tool too allow people to add there own
content. So the inline styling may in fact be added by the end user.
For the example site linked to - http://www.goodshepvic.org.au/ - I didn't
even get as far down to what might've been user entered content.
Incomplete d
Please consider that a cms is a tool too allow people to add there own
content. So the inline styling may in fact be added by the end user.
Most wysiwyg editors allow you to define styles for the content, however I
find a lot of people do not go to this little effort, rather opting for the
inline
Me, personally, I wouldn't use a CMS that produced mark-up like that.
Especially not when I know there are others out there that will do a
better job (haven't explored Powerfront too closely to find out whether
it's possible to alter the output mark-up).
I'd have to ask though: why are you
Hello.
I have just discovered this australian based company Powerfront. I am
really interested in some feedback.
I'm a graphic designer, and I have worked with developers that build
wonderful standards compliant websites with a CMS.
I have looked at the source code of Powerfront websites, w
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Amanda
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Lyn,
I'm also a big Textpattern fan and have done some c
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Amanda
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Lyn,
I'm also a big Textpattern fan and have done some c
Lyn,
I'm also a big Textpattern fan and have done some custom plug-in development
for it on a per client basis. I find that for the end client Textpattern is
easy to understand and follow once they grasp "Textile" the mark-up
language. If they struggle with Textile there is a plug-in for Textpatte
up.org
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Re: [WSG] CMS and site design
04/12/2007 05:08
This makes me think does anyone know of a really good comparison table,
I have seen some that just have a few technical features listed but they
actually are fairly useless for most concerns.
Michael Horowitz wrote:
What is it you like best about texpattern. I've done one Mambo site
and reall
What is it you like best about texpattern. I've done one Mambo site and
really wasn't happy at all with they system once I learned it.
Michael Horowitz
Your Computer Consultant
http://yourcomputerconsultant.com
561-394-9079
Rahul Gonsalves wrote:
On 04-Dec-07, at 4:09 AM, Lyn Patterson wrot
Thanks Stephen and Rahul
Yes, I always try to do all updating myself and this is the first
client that really needs to do it as it will be a fairly frequent event.
I had a talk to him and it will only be replacing one photo with
another and changing a bit of text so nothing too onerous. Will
I would firstly consider what the content that your client wants to be
able to update himself actually is. If its highly complicated then you
might want to try to convince your client that it is not a good idea to
update it themselves. That said I try to convince all clients regardless
of job n
On 04-Dec-07, at 4:09 AM, Lyn Patterson wrote:
I have never had to use a CMS and know very little about them. I
have a client who wants to update his site himself and my hosting
company supports Joomla.
My question is: do I design the site in the normal way and then
append the CMS or is
Hi Lyn,
Personally, I had a bad experience working with joomla, and as a CMS, my
clients are not big fans either. I found it easier to build my own CMS for the
clients.
MT
Adam Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Lyn,
I have worked with Joomla! quite a bit - and do be honest I am not a great
Hi Lyn,
I have worked with Joomla! quite a bit - and do be honest I am not a great
fan. It is quite powerful in what you can do with it. Too answer your
question you are not limited in your design, however there is a bit of a
learning curve when it comes to Joomla! Also, you do not do your design w
I'd think a little bit more about what you want your CMS to do before
jumping in with Joomla. I've only given it a cursory look over before
because I wasn't that impressed particularly by the sort of templating it
uses and the code it outputs. If your client just wants to edit pages
themsel
CMS driven sites before, there can
be quite a learning curve...
:)
Paul
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Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:39 AM
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Subject: [WSG] CMS and site design
I have ne
I have never had to use a CMS and know very little about them. I have a
client who wants to update his site himself and my hosting company
supports Joomla.
My question is: do I design the site in the normal way and then append
the CMS or is the site designed within Joomla? Am I restricted in
Probably address this to Wordpress' community
or to http://www.codex.org/ which also has a
forum
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To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 8:07
AM
Subject: [WSG] CMS - Can you use
Wordpress to act as
Hi Guys,
I’m looking for a an easy to maintain calendar that
will list events in a “list” format, rather than in a calendar
format.
It has to be able to be used by people who have no real
interest in computers, so I was wondering if you could somehow use Wordpress
with one of the ca
.mail-archive.com/cms@webstandardsgroup.org/
Regards,
Peter
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> Hi R
Hi Russ or Peter,
Where can I get to CMS list archive on WSG website? I don't see it in
mail-archive.com.
I saw a couple of thread on <
http://webstandardsgroup.org/manage/archive.cfm> after logged in, but it's
hard to find related topic that I am interested in. It mix with WSG thread.
Regards,
You are using them old command method to subscribe and this has been
disabled. Log into the WSG site and change your email prefs to include the
CMS list.
P
> I know this might be slightly off toic, but the CMS listserv
> on WSG won't allow
> me to subscribe:
>
> "Sorry, the mailing list cms@webst
When I have time I'll start a new thread addressing this issue over on the
cms list where we should continue it.
Geoff
> -Original Message-
> From: Amit Karmakar
>
> We use Interwoven's Teamsite at work. Going from version 5.5.2 to 6.1
> has been nothing but a disaster. The Standard versi
Friday, July 30, 2004 11:48 AM
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> > -Original Message-
> > From: Vlad Alexander (XStandard)
> >
> > Hi Geoff,
> >
> > >>But still it is no guarantee to maintain the sites
> > >>st
> -Original Message-
> From: Vlad Alexander (XStandard)
>
> Hi Geoff,
>
> >>But still it is no guarantee to maintain the sites
> >>standards compliance when you hand it over to the client
>
> Actually, we are working hard to address this specific issue. Check out
> http://xstandard.com
>
>
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> From: "Geoff Deering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:45 PM
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> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Amit Karmakar
> > >
> > > W
SIWYG Editor
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From: "Geoff Deering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: RE: [WSG] CMS
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Amit Karmakar
> >
> > When we say CMS we
> -Original Message-
> From: Amit Karmakar
>
> When we say CMS we mean Content Management, well in a nut shell
> managing the content, publishing etc. Content Management and
> Validation of code are 2 different things.
> What does the group think?
>
I think the boundaries are slightly blur
When we say CMS we mean Content Management, well in a nut shell
managing the content, publishing etc. Content Management and
Validation of code are 2 different things.
What does the group think?
Have a bit of an interesting conversation happening here
http://www.karmakars.com/weblog/archives/2004
Hi lists,
We were sent an email about an ActiveX control that may be of interest to CMS
developers.
Here is the message:
I am one of the developers of XStandard - a standards-compliant XHTML 1.1
WYSIWYG editor. It helps non-technical business users generate clean and
accessible code. We have a
Hi folks,
The "[WSG] New CMS / Framework" is now getting off-topic.
I was willing for it to go on as it had a good chance of turning back to
being about Web Standards. E.g. methodologies for making sure that user
entered content (be it plain text or widget written HTML) is filtered
appropriately
Hey Tonico
Welcome to the list.
Cheers
Mark
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Hill, Tim wrote:
Hi, I just recently joined, I was hoping someone might be able to point
me in the right direction for this.
At my work marketing emails are sent out to promote various
products/events. My role is to provide the structured layout, and other
people to input the text.
My problem
As it is pretty well off topic (though tempting for me to throw my hat
in but I'd consider that to be taking advantage of the situation), can I
please suggest that all answers be directed to Tim off list.
The way I understood the question, it was a CMS to author HTML marketing
emails within a set
Monday, 27 October 2003 4:36
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Hi, I just recently joined, I was
hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction for this.
At my work marketing emails are
sent out to promote various products/events.
Hi, I just recently joined, I was hoping someone might be
able to point me in the right direction for this.
At my work marketing emails are sent out to promote various
products/events. My role is to provide the structured layout, and other people
to input the text.
My problem lies with
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