I've been tasked with creating (well, refactoring and redesigning) a web app for managing a security company. It includes call logs, encounter reports, regions, locations, duties (patrols), various kinds of bulletins, and other things. If I were to search for existing software that covers the same purpose, what would I search for? What is this kind of thing called?
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posted by WasabiFlux
on Jun 14, 2013 -
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I need to build a website to organize a lot of files (1000+), each of which should have its own page. Further details inside. What CMS should I use to do this, and what theme? Little current web design knowledge, but have time and desire to learn whatever technologies are necessary.
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posted by John Raskolnikov Gilson
on May 24, 2013 -
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I have recently taken charge of
an old webpage that is a bit out of date on a university server. I am primarily familiar with Google Sites and Wordpress, where there's a CMS editor, but here it's just an ftp site with raw index files that require Spry to run. What do I need to edit it? Would it be relatively easy to create a redirect to a site that I control running a CMS I understand? How do I keep that from ruining all the old backlinks?
posted by anotherpanacea
on May 11, 2013 -
8 answers
Best CMS for a feature-heavy website on a budget? My go-to content management systems are Wordpress and Drupal, but here's the clincher: this website must integrate with Microsoft Access.
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posted by meghosaurus
on Feb 22, 2013 -
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Content Management Systems allow users to manage/publish web content. A Print on Demand system allows users manage/publish print content. I need a single system that does both.
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posted by pmaxwell
on Feb 10, 2013 -
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I'm considering writing a technical book, mostly a labour of love. I want to do the writing process online, like Bruce Eckel did for his excellent
Thinking in Java years ago. In order to facilitate user feedback, Eckel had a very fine-grained commenting system, which he developed himself and called TalkBack. At the end of each paragraph there was a "comment" link that let users comment on that particular paragraph. Are there any other CMS that offers fine-grained feedback like that? I'm aware of an older (2003-2004?) Zope TalkBack implementation, but would like something more current. And if you think I'm looking for the wrong thing and should go about writing a book on the web differently, please chime in!
posted by Harald74
on Jan 22, 2013 -
8 answers
I'm interested in using a Ruby CMS as a substitute for the usual Wordpress or Drupal. Although I know my way around Rails, I am not sure whether there might be a good off-the-shelf way to make the control panel as easy to use for regular folks who are not programmers.
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posted by steinsaltz
on Jan 18, 2013 -
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I'd like some advice about creating a live website exercise for the audience at an industry conference. The exercise is about getting the audience to crowdsource highlights from the conference panels/speakers (this has the support of the conference organizers).
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posted by zresearch
on Oct 15, 2012 -
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The case for Drupal? Or, why we should ditch Kintera and not choose BlueState or Expression Engine, etc.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 27, 2012 -
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Need a chat/forum-solution for a limited time. Since I've been out of the loop for some time I look to you, mighty Mefites, to hear you personal choises and recommendations.
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posted by Rabarberofficer
on Aug 16, 2012 -
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Is there a open source or inexpensive (its for a charity) web based solution that contains a cms, a blog (wordpress), an extensible forum (phpBB), a digg like system for voting on submitted links (pligg), and less important an image gallery that allows members to upload their photos.
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posted by digividal
on Aug 4, 2012 -
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My small business is redoing its website. We are hiring people, and the main difference is: no CMS or two choices of open-source CMS. Do we want to go with the (more expensive) CMS option?
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posted by jeather
on Jul 17, 2012 -
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I'm looking for some guidance in my quest to enter a moderate amount of information into a database, and then choose an appropriate front-end to display that data with a small array of filters and search options. The project is not complicated; I mostly want to avoid wasting time learning things the hard way (in contrast to my usual style).
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posted by Banky_Edwards
on Jun 21, 2012 -
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Network guy dipping toes into web development. I want to create a "simple" site. The site would have members enter text and create tags for that text. The user would then generate "reports" based on the tags into templates. The data entered and reports generated would only we viewable by the user that entered it. I guess it would be a multi-user web based Cyrstal reports type of thing.
What is the right tool for the job? It would be nice if I could use a pre-build enviroment like a CMS (Drupal, Joomla) as I have access to training and web host offer simple installers. I am savvy with Linux and would prefer free software.
posted by nivekraz
on Apr 18, 2012 -
14 answers
Wordpress users: is the customer service still as shit as it used to be circa 2006-2007?
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posted by divabat
on Apr 8, 2012 -
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Does anyone have any tips for dealing with less savvy users of web-based WYSIWYG products like TinyMCE (which Wordpress uses) and/or improving the usability on the back-end? The best users I've worked with seem to universally use the HTML editor, while the rest fight with the visual editor to varying degrees of success.
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posted by yeahyeahyeahwhoo
on Mar 7, 2012 -
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What's the best CMS for a busy church with a bunch of committees full of non-technical people?
Are there professional website maintenance companies that deal specifically with religious organizations?
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posted by odinsdream
on Mar 3, 2012 -
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I love wordpress but I am finding that it seems to be very unsecure when it comes to viruses and hacking. What do other Wordpress users do to keep their sites secure and safe?
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posted by hellodonna
on Mar 2, 2012 -
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I've been doing some research for my boss for a fully customizable logging system to be used by a set of front desk clerks at several motels. Thus far Sharepoint and CMSes like Django are what I am coming up with but I thought I would ask the hivemind for ideas. Lots of details are inside.
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posted by By The Grace of God
on Feb 5, 2012 -
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I like the idea of a content management system for an elementary school, so students can write and publish in a clean system with a back-end database. Help me understand the dimensions of the idea.
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posted by argybarg
on Jan 28, 2012 -
3 answers
Is there a CMS that works much like Tumblr that I can install on my own server space?
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posted by divabat
on Jan 19, 2012 -
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I work for an advertising company that sells very high profile ad locations. One of the ways we demonstrate value to our advertisers is collecting and showing them examples of their ads appearing incidentally in TV, film, newspapers, etc. I would like to create an online portal for displaying a rolling chronological archive of these video clips and still images.
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posted by brbmaroon
on Jan 18, 2012 -
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Should I knuckle down and learn to use Magento, or is there a friendlier option that will do everything I need?
I am building an commerce site for a small business that needs to serve both the general public and their wholesale clientele. I've got some experience with several Wordpress-based ecommerce solutions, but am I going to find them limiting in the long run?
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posted by Magnakai
on Jan 17, 2012 -
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I've been brought onboard by a startup company to fix up their social networking website, which was built for them in Joomla and is a complete glitch-filled mess, both front and back end. After upgrading to the latest Joomla version, the site has more or less broken (does not function at all at the front end). Should I attempt to patch up and rebuild this mess in Joomla, or start over with a better choice of CMS?
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posted by Yiggs
on Jan 15, 2012 -
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What is the best way to present a document online that is editable by some users, but not others?
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posted by mamessner
on Dec 16, 2011 -
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Multi-site cms: I'm thinking of starting a website design /hosting business targeted at a few small business verticals I work with. What is the best cms to use to control many mostly standardized sites centrally but also allow for limited customization for the client?
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posted by mtstover
on Nov 27, 2011 -
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Is anyone out there using a blogging platform calendar plugin that lets you define recurring events such as "the second tuesday of each month"?
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posted by maniabug
on Nov 9, 2011 -
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I've been asked by a family member to set up a small business site to be used for displaying images of products for sale. As I don't really want to get too involved, I need a CMS that's easy to use and maintain and figured WordPress to be a good fit. However, I'm having trouble finding just the right image gallery behaviour.
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posted by ar0n
on Oct 18, 2011 -
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I have until noon tomorrow to prove to my company that switching out our proprietary CMS system to Wordpress is a terrible idea. Difficulty: I know nothing about Wordpress. Help!
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posted by Melusinewave
on Sep 27, 2011 -
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I need to replace an old e-commerce website with something more modern. Can you make recommendations for a non-programmer - Drupal or other CMS? Something else?
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 22, 2011 -
6 answers
What are good resources for researching and evaluating enterprise web content management and digital asset management systems?
posted by kirkaracha
on Sep 20, 2011 -
4 answers
Please help me find a website content management system for a professional networking organization staffed entirely by volunteers on a tight budget.
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posted by rkent
on Sep 7, 2011 -
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Development question: What is the functionality behind the "binder" module on this site: http://www.cravath.com/binder/ and how can it be recreated in Drupal/Joomla open source world? Thanks...
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posted by sweetkid
on Jul 8, 2011 -
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I'm considering some open source CMS options for a client. I saw this
previously on Plone vs Drupal -- is Plone really considered so bad still?
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posted by sweetkid
on Jun 21, 2011 -
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Our organization is looking to set up a network of sites (at least a 12 for now) for our coordinators in various cities. We have a bunch of specific requirements... Our coordinators are very smart people, but they're not necessarily web savvy. We need something that will make it really easy for them to do what they want, without needing help from us.
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posted by Political Funny Man
on Jun 19, 2011 -
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Are there any content management systems that easily support an educational game site where the main function is automatically awarding users visible badges for providing a correct answer to a prompt?
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posted by anonymous
on May 30, 2011 -
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