Kath, my head is now spinning which actually is a good thing! Your reply along with others is incredible! People helping people. What a concept! Not joking as there are many small thinkers here on the Chesapeake Bay. With much appreciation,
Lori PS: Do you know anyone that could build a site like the one I mentioned at http://cu.naturalhomemagazine.com/ --- In [email protected], "Kath O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Lori, it might be worth using a Content Management System (CMS) for your > site so it's easy to update and for people to post articles/media/comments. > from the layout / sections on your current site, I think a CMS would be the > way to go. > > I use one called drupal (http://www.drupal.org) which is great for community > sites and it's free to use (as in cost). there's a sister project called > CivicSpace also, which is based on drupal but some people find it easier to > setup (~ more of an out-of-the-box solution). (http://civicspacelabs.org) > there are many others available also. eg joomla (http://www.joomla.org/), > plone (http://plone.org/). > > a CMS comparison site which may be handy for you if you want to see/compare > the features is at CMS Matrix (http://www.cmsmatrix.org/). I guess you'd > need to make a list of what features you want/need first/as u go. and think > about things such as where you want the media contributions hosted - on your > site or remotely & link them in / bandwidth / traffic considerations. > > some community sites use wordpress / blogging systems also and these can > also be effective. the freevlog.org site has details & tutorials on how to > setup a videoblog site so that may be useful for you too. > > if you just want to link to youtube/blip.tv videos then you could just add > the code directly to your site, though it's not really interactive so > probably not what you're after. (& I notice you already have this in the > howto video sections) > > cheers > Kath > > > > > > > I write to find how Green TV could make a great interactive site and > > > the reason is not my existing Green TV web site or content. Since > > > going live on the internet less than 1-year ago, I have had people > > > from all over the globe asking how they could contribute their green > > > photos and/or videos (ranging from amateurs to architects, local > > > politicians to government leaders, educators to media) > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.aliak.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
