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
themselves and maybe add some news items, you might find that Joomla has a
lot more functionality than you actually need and you might find something
like Wordpress or Textpattern better suits your needs. If you host
supports Joomla, you'll be able to use pretty much any other open source
CMS too.
So, not having used Joomla, but having used others like Wordpress,
Expression Engine and CMS Made Simple, to answer your question: yes, you'd
create a basic HTML template first and then split it up into the various
template files that the CMS uses. Along the way you'll need to learn a bit
about the in-built functions that the CMSs use to do various dynamic
functions.
On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:39:27 +1000, Lyn Patterson
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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 design
options?
Lyn Patterson
Western Web Design
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