[screenweaver] screenweaver Digest, Vol 4, Issue 4

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Armand,

 

Im not sure about using contribute for this kind of site, but in the end is
whatever is more functional for everyone :-).

 

The benefits of having a server side solution (WordPress/MT) is that for
example if any of the contributors is away (speaking/conferences/meetings)
and they want to post something new to the website they don't have to wait
to get home or their office to launch contribute to upload their comments
and content.

 

Again, personal preference.

 

What does everyone think?

 

.helmut

 

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Subject: Re: [screenweaver] screenweaver Digest, Vol 4, Issue 4

 

 
Armand,

 
Some great work you have done there. I was wondering if you were going to
wait for some other design suggestions ( I don't know what is the final
deadline). Also have you guys decided what technology is going to be used
(PHP/mySQL/CF/WordPress)? 

Hello Helmut,

my suggestion for now would be to use plain html for the website. I can make
a Dreamweaver template from the html and then all pages (mostly the links in
the navigation since the graphics & colours will be defined via CSS) will
update by changing the template.

To maintain the site I suggest using MM Contribute; I know it's not free,
but it's quite powerful for users who want to contribute to a site and since
it comes with Studio 8 I suppose many will have it. Contribute has support
for multiple users/roles, edit pages directly on the server, prevent editing
the layout if the site is template-based, support for sending a page to be
reviewed before being published, rollbacks and so on.

Using this method gives us flexibility and keep it simple, whereas a blog
engine would limit us (easy to publish content, but hard to organize the
different sections, make it NOT look like a blog and so on). The way I see
it, the site will have about 15 pages (news, products, about/contact, 5
pages for SW3 and 5 for SW4), so maintaining it shouldn't be a problem.

I will wait for suggestions for now.

Armand

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