Hi, > Now I am confused re the discusion about the "old" Aegir. > How do people use Midgard/Midcom to build and maintain a > website? What is the process? What tools do you use? I dont > understand how I create say a content page that allows a user to > freely format it. What is the style for that?
I am not using midcom myself right now, but basically it boils down to this: - log into Aegir: - Create the new company using the midcom template for the root-page. - Create a style for that company using the midcom-style-template. - Assign that style to the rootpage of your new company. - go to your new site and initialize midcom (requires a few klicks on submit) - use the midcom-administration-link - you get to see your companies root-topic - create an article under this topic and fill it with content - create a subtopic and articles under it and fill them with content - modify the layout: - log into Aegir(your company) - go to the styles section - modify f.x the css style-element to change colors > Currently I have fiddled around using Aegir to modify the > root page but > that is a long way from having a site managed under a CMS. That's one of the common problems for Newbies, i guess (i can remeber I had similar problems when I started using midgard). I would therefore suggest you use a template for a starting point and then modify it according to your needs/wishes. This is only a rough sketch and as i said i am not very experienced with midcom (maybe it's a bit old-school but i still prefer the old way using Aegir only) If you want to do it the Aegir-Only way, i would suggest creating a second company. Then use the AegirSampleSite as template for the root-page and the Aegir Sample Style as template for the root-style, assign the style to your root-page, approve both the style and the root-page, create some topics in the topic-section, fill them with articles, and approve the articles. Then start exploring the page-elements and style-stuff to find out how it all works. (probably nothing one can learn in few hours..) > I ahve > a deadline of end of May to get something working. Seems like a close call to me, but don't worry, we will try to walk you through it :) Have fun, Alex PS: maybe if you find the time you could contribute a small documentary about your experiences? Maybe merge with something already out there? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
