On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 14:17 -0700, Roger Luedecke wrote:
I'm trying to use Joomla to build a website. This may not be the right approach. But in any event, I want to get an attractive site up quickly, but as I dig around it looks like I'm going to be doing a lot more HTML and CSS stuff than I expected. I was going to use a template that uses the JA T3 framework, which I thought had an admin panel. I have gone through some of the Joomla documentation, and am just lost at this point. If i have to do CSS and such, I'll learn it through Codeacademy.com but I would like some tips, if somebody could point me to the right direction. I'm open to using another CMS if it would be easier. I just want to get a relatively simple but compelling site up for my small business. Should I use a WYSIWYG editor like Kompozer?
I'm just lost, and need some pointers so I can actually understand what I need to know to get where I want.
When it comes to a website that _stays_ attractive, then "quickly" is something you can forget ;-) As some suggested, you can build something static, with good old fashioned HTML and stylesheets, but you need to learn how to use that. In that case, don't forget to test it with: http://validator.w3.org and various browsers - not just your favourite one. If multiple people are generating content, or need some modules or plug-ins, then joomla, drupal, wp and so-on is the way to go. It's a waste of time re-inventing the wheel. You might also want to have a look at typo3 (another db-driven opensource CMS ) Which ever you take, follow security warnings seriously, or you find yourself being defaced. Friend of mine stayed too long with an old version of joomla, and found out the hard way ;-) Any CMS is a powerful tool and if it goes wrong, it can go very wrong. Each faith has its own followers, there are even people who believe that IIS is a good product ;-) So if you go the CMS-way, read what they offer you, and compare it what you need: if one offers 10 modules and another 10,000, which modules do you need? I mean, if you need a battery, don't get a nuclear power plant. So you see, either learn html/php/css/cgi/java/etc or learn the working of any CMS. No "quick" solutions that stays decent. hw -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org