WebDesignFilter: Help a print designer with some questions about web hosting and free client friendly CMS options and general web questions.
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posted by foxy
on May 10, 2011 -
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Give me a recommendation for an out-of-the-box website or web service to support a neighbourhood association? Complicating factors: time, ease-of-use, low maintenance, open to everyone ...
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posted by outlier
on May 9, 2011 -
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Where can I read about the craft of deploying really well-designed, client-appropriate content management solutions for the web?
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posted by circular
on Apr 25, 2011 -
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I've been keeping research notebooks since the early 1990s, on a lot of different subjects. They're all finally consolidated as a couple thousand text files written in Markdown syntax. I'd like to start putting them up, gradually, on a website for others to use. A wiki seems the best way. (Is it?) I've got a few other questions about the best one, and best way, though:
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posted by finnb
on Apr 18, 2011 -
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What's a tastefully-themed content management system + host that is
not a blog?
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posted by morganw
on Apr 15, 2011 -
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I'd like to be able to embed a grid of thumbnails of products either scraped by search terms or manually entered - products from, ideally, multiple sites with affiliate programs, but barring that just Amazon would do - onto a web page.
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posted by luriete
on Apr 8, 2011 -
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Can I switch my site's CMS from MovableType to Wordpress but KEEP my site's design? I'm a coder and looooong time MT user, and I've got questions.
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posted by 2oh1
on Apr 4, 2011 -
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I need a simple way of creating dozens -- even hundreds -- of very simple HTML pages.
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posted by slogger
on Mar 3, 2011 -
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What is a good CMS to create innovative 'magazine' style pages with text and photos?
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posted by scrm
on Mar 3, 2011 -
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Help me learn how to build a modern website. I have general knowledge of basic HTML, my own domain and host, and a number of ideas. Where can I learn to make my ideas into a proper website?
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posted by filthy light thief
on Jan 10, 2011 -
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Quick question...if I purchase a domain name (ie greaselightning.com) through Wordpress, can I transfer it to a different cms (?) in the future if i am not happy with wordpress' performance? For instance could I go to Joomla and take my name with me or does wordpresss somehow own it? This and any other tips you have for a new website creator/user would be greatly appreciated.
posted by madmamasmith
on Jan 7, 2011 -
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I need a theme for a new Wordpress site I'm making about hot springs in Japan. I have a large Bento database of over 200 location with reviews, pictures, addresses, types of baths, and so on... I've found a way to automatically turn the CSV file that Bento makes into the pages I want... I just need a template to put those pages into. Something simple and more geared to hosting static pages rather than a blog. I've spent hours searching through all of these theme websites only to get confused in the 1,000s of choices. So I'm asking you, the MiFi community, to choose for me. Thanks!
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posted by sleepytako
on Nov 21, 2010 -
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Web development work in Sydney: where to go ... what to know?
I'm a web developer, and might be getting laid off from my corporate job in Sydney next year.
So, two questions really:
- What's the best way to find work? Which agencies are the best? Which websites?
- I have a bit of lead-time, and I should probably be thinking about brushing up on my skills: I've spent a lot of time working on idiosyncratic in-house CMS and maintenance tools which would make you splutter if you saw them. So ... Drupal? JSP? Front-end stuff like JQuery/AJAX? What are the technologies in demand?
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posted by AmbroseChapel
on Nov 4, 2010 -
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I need a web presence for articles and pictures, and a way for readers to comment on both. I know a lot about web servers, and squat/all about web design, and I don't have oodles of free time... help me pick a CMS.
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posted by Slap*Happy
on Oct 7, 2010 -
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The corporation I work for is investigating using SharePoint 2010 for both intranet and website/extranet. The business case for the intranet is pretty sound, and we have identified many applications that can and should be replaced by a tool like SharePoint 2010. We have been asked to look at a website refresh, and we’re actively putting together a business case to use SharePoint for the website.
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posted by the noob
on Oct 6, 2010 -
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Wordpress filter: Is there a fairly simple way that I'm missing to restrict WP users from editing only the pages they're authorized to edit?
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posted by liquado
on Sep 15, 2010 -
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I'm looking for good software, preferably web-based and cloud-hosted, for worldbuilding. Preferably stuff with templates for characters, places, maps, etc. I can use stuff that's made for fantasy/sci-fi writers or stuff that's targeted at DMs/GMs.
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posted by NoraReed
on Sep 12, 2010 -
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Due to a fiasco involving a failed service provider, I have to put together a small (5-10 pages) website in the next 72 hours. Since the domain name is still under the contractor's control and resides on her server, I must use CMS Made Simple (which is fine, given the need to update the site regularly). Otherwise it's a completely blank slate... and so am I.
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posted by carmicha
on Sep 9, 2010 -
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Can you explain to me why a company would choose Liferay as their CMS? Because, as a user experience designer, I'm baffled. As far as I can tell, this CMS forces sites to have the
worst user experience I've ever seen. Are there benefits on the backend that make it worth causing users this kind of pain? Am I missing something here?
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posted by roscopcoletrane
on Jul 22, 2010 -
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I've been asked to investigate
Joomla Community Builder for use by a community circus I'm a part of to manage their membership. Based on their needs and abilities, is it worth using, or are we better off with other less complicated solutions?
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posted by divabat
on Jun 29, 2010 -
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Looking for a Drupal replacement for a small community with specific requirements.
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posted by mkultra
on Jun 15, 2010 -
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I want to learn PHP, SQL, Flex, Ajax, JavaScript, Joomla, Drupal, and the Adobe CS4 design premium programs (Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator and Fireworks specifically.) Not all in one go of course, but I want to focus on these in particular. What books have you found to be the most helpful in becoming proficient with them? I have some experience with HTML, CSS and Wordpress if that helps.
P.S. - I'm mainly relying on the library/ILL to defray costs, but will buy books if need be. My work schedule prevents me from taking classes.
posted by Anima Mundi
on Jun 11, 2010 -
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I've set up some clients with fairly complex Wordpress sites and now I have to teach them how to use the Wordpress back-end. I'm looking for any good tutorials and print-outs that would help someone with zero wp or CMS experience to do simple things like write/edit Posts and Pages, add images or youtube videos to a Post, enter data into custom keys. Basically, equip them so they can maintain the site on a day-to-day basis.
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posted by dripdripdrop
on May 19, 2010 -
5 answers
What's the most user-friendly online meeting and document management software?
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posted by jz
on May 17, 2010 -
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What blogs and publications are good readin' for someone in the media/publication industry?
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posted by geekchic
on May 11, 2010 -
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How would you go about creating a CMS-like system for a business that does (low volume) custom work to a buyer's specifications?
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posted by entropic
on Apr 22, 2010 -
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I want to set up a little "one picture a day" blog, using something like Tumblr, except I want the time of the post to be taken directly from the "Date Picture Taken" EXIF data. Is there a CMS (or even better, a Tumblr hack) that will allow me to do this?
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posted by malapropist
on Apr 21, 2010 -
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Why is my installation of Collabtive 0.6.2 not connecting to the MySQL databases on my web server? I've uploaded the software and set up a MySQL database, but when I run the install module I keep getting an "Error: Tables could not be created" message.
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posted by gov_moonbeam
on Mar 19, 2010 -
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Please tell me about the current state of the art for blog and/or content management systems?
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posted by loquacious
on Mar 18, 2010 -
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Best practices for WordPress as a CMS ... or, please help me not kill my site again.
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posted by rmm
on Mar 2, 2010 -
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Deciding on a CMS for a university research project website: Wordpress, Joomla, or Drupal?
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posted by oulipian
on Feb 3, 2010 -
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What content management system fits the needs of my website and can run on Microsoft IIS (web server) and Microsoft SQL server (database)? Full details of what I'm looking for inside.
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posted by wsquared
on Jan 29, 2010 -
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I want to create a site which displays a very long text, and allows people to comment on any part of it and discuss it. What would be a good program to use? (Wordpress? Joomla? phpBB forums?) How would I be able to import hundreds of pages of text? How would I let people comment on any part of the text?
Thank You.
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posted by zabraham
on Dec 30, 2009 -
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I'm looking for an explanation of how to convert a Drupal URL to a more SEO-friendly URL.
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posted by diode
on Dec 21, 2009 -
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What's a minimal self-hosted "blog" that hooks into Flickr's API so I can send photos from my camera directly to my web site?
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posted by ehamiter
on Dec 20, 2009 -
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How can I allow anonymous users to access "Media" wordpress pages (ie a jpg image) so that it appears to anonymous users the same way as it appears to admins?
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posted by peter_meta_kbd
on Nov 23, 2009 -
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