It is true that Roller is intended for blog sites, it is possible within a single Roller blog to define as many pages as you want and to put any sort of content that you want in those pages. Since you can use Velocity and add custom Java "page plugins" you can build just about any sort of website.
- Dave On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Glen Mazza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, no, Apache Roller is for blogs and only blogs. Webpage authoring > software is outside of its scope. However, when you say "conventional > website", you're primarily saying static (hardcoded) HTML pages which can > be placed in a specified location ( dependent on the HTTP Server or servlet > container you're using) and retrieved directly from a browser. If you're > using Tomcat, for example, and you place a sample html page in > TOMCAT_HOME/webapps/roller/**test.html you should be able to retrieve the > HTML at > http://localhost:8080/roller/**test.html<http://localhost:8080/roller/test.html>(that > is, providing you have roller deployed there). The user mailing list > for whatever server you're using can provide more detailed help. > > Glen > > > On 02/12/2013 07:59 PM, Richard O. Hammer wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I am a new user. I have installed Roller successfully and created my >> first test weblog. If you like you can see that test weblog here < >> rtest.richard-o-hammer.org/r/**>. >> >> I imagine that I will use Roller to host a few conventional web sites. >> By this I mean not a blog, but the typical website of an organization. >> Such a typical website has a home page (or portal) which is the root of a >> tree of pages, pages which are mostly static. Is Roller suited for such a >> website? >> >> I imagine that Roller must be suited for use on a conventional website. >> But I have read through the Roller User Guide and the Template Guide. >> These seem to be all about blogs, as opposed to conventional websites. So >> I am not sure. >> >> Later on I expect I will use Roller for a website more like a blog. But >> my first priority is get my webmastering duties out of the 20th century, to >> stop editing my HTML directly in a text editor. >> >> Thank you, >> Rich Hammer >> Raleigh, N.C. >> <http://richard-o-hammer.org/> >> > >
