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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Seems not all the postings
are getting to me. I got Joseph's initial request and then his reply to
Violet but not her message to him nor one he got from "Cheryl" either.</font><br>
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Peter <br>
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On 21/02/2010 14:37, joseph harris wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Violet and Christina,
Thank you both very much for agreeing with Cheryl and trying to get me to do the sensible thing ;-).
I have just started doing a litle bit to a sub-domain, which will run in parallel on a different server and host, and the ease of getting a very basic site started is far simpler than I remember from a while back.
I'm just of to have a look at Moveable Type [maybe Melody] and see if it attracts more than Wordpress. I have tested my sites in the past on my own machine [EasPHP], but maybe was struggling when I turned to Wordpress here. This may be my mental block.
I did get some understanding of coding with PHP, and probably hanker to do it all myself - but I know I just don't have time [or the thought for design at the moment].
I'll probably be crying for help again!
Thanks,
Joseph
From: "Violet Bliss Dietz"
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<pre wrap="">Joseph,
The obvious would be to use WordPress or Movable Type Open Source. Both are
LAMP based and should be no problem for someone like yourself to install.
Both allow pages (as distinct from a blog) to be set up in a website design
that is easily maintained by someone who is not particularly techie. Both
have good tagging and search functions and lots of plugins for other goodies
you may want to install down the road.
Wordpress is very easy to install. MTOS is also pretty straightforward and
more secure, IMO. Both are open source.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://wordpress.org/">http://wordpress.org/</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://movabletype.org/">http://movabletype.org/</a>
When you get to the Movable Type page, you have a choice of v4.34 or v.5.01.
They've done a major upgrade in 5.01, really a major paradigm shift from a
blog management system to a full-blown content management system from which
you can manage multiple websites, each with multiple blogs (as in hundreds
of blogs). V4.34 is a little easier to grasp if you've never played with
them before. V5.01 has a lot of potential power if you've got the time and
inclination to learn it. You can configure the administrative panels too
with one of the plugin sets.
Not to confuse things but some of the MT development community have taken a
fork of MTOS and are working developing a new branch called Melody which
they plan to keep relatively in sync with MT but which will be more focused
on rapid acquisition and implementation of new features / API's so that a
lot of the social net stuff can be quickly integrated into a Melody install.
The SixApart folks (that create MT) get there but they're a little slower
because they test the hell of out of it before putting it out live because
they have some very large commercial customers relying on the product. See
their showcase: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.movabletype.com/showcase/">http://www.movabletype.com/showcase/</a>
At any rate, the first release of Melody should be available shortly.
Right now it's still in alpha.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://openmelody.org/">http://openmelody.org/</a>
Hope this helps.
Violet
Violet Bliss Dietz
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203-243-6658
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[<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:devtalk-bounces@lists.preshweb.co.uk">mailto:devtalk-bounces@lists.preshweb.co.uk</a>] On Behalf Of joseph harris
Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:02 PM
To: New home for the wdvltalk community
Subject: [devtalk] website scripts
I am setting up a new website for Smile Poet [smilepoet.com] but am out of
touch with possibilities. initially I am thinking of free scripts or
templates. It will probably have to be php, and I am not currently very
aware about xhtml - even though I should be.
Any advice welcome and any comments. Please be aware I don't have a lot of
time to spend on the technical. And If there were an intuitive program to
make page change easy, and possibly to also make easy blog and other entries
and articles that would be good.
TIA
Joseph
Joseph Harris - Debt Control Man
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Author: Control Your Debt Crisis on Your Own Terms
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