I've played with the OSS ones, but found them REALLY complex - more so than needed for most small businesses. I use soholaunch for one of my sites and really like it, reasonable price too.
content management help out there?
I would like to shift my web pages onto a system like Joomla so it's easier to tweak things. At the moment my sister's the webmaster and she can't keep up with my need for upgrading.
I'm wondering if anybody out there has know-how that might be interested in trading the 10 or so estimated hours of work for original artwork or Naturopathic care?
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Posted by Kevin Selkowitz, Seattle, Washington | Jun 28, 2007
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Posted by Nancy Hanauer, Seattle, Washington | Jun 29, 2007
Hi Hannah,
You may want to look into Expression Web from Microsoft. It's a new website maintenance program that makes updating the content of your site very simple. Believe me, I am not tech-savvy and I love it and have been doing all my updates myself, which is so much nicer than having to rely on others. Expression Web is a WYSIWYG program (What You See Is What You Get). This means the program more or less allows you to edit your site like you would edit a Word Document. You can make edits in design or code mode, and I've actually been having FUN with it! There have been a few instances where it was easier to edit via the code mode and my webmaster embedded a fair amount of helpful info in the code, so that's made it easy but I'm really proud of myself for tackling this and learning as much as I have. The version currently available is the first edition, and so far I haven't found any serious "kinks"...a few slightly odd things to maneuver but really user-friendly for a non-techy person!
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Posted by Nancy Hanauer, Seattle, Washington | Jun 29, 2007
P.S. If you decide to buy it and give a try, I may be willing to trade some of your original art for some guidance on how to use the program. I'm a part-time artist too and love collect others' work and of course we folks in the "baby biz" need to stick togther. :)
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Posted by Dan McComb, Seattle, Washington | Jun 29, 2007
Yeah Joomla and Drupal and tools like that are not nearly as user friendly as everybody says, especially to deploy. Those are great tools for organizations, but not so much for individuals, unless you're prepared to spend a LOT of time getting cozy with the code.
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Posted by Hannah Albert ND, Seattle, Washington | Jun 29, 2007
Y'know I'm amazed at the real answers I get on Biznik. I was just getting myself psyched up to do the Joomla thing b/c a web content manager friend suggested it. Now I'm going to look into this further and definitely give you a ring Nancy. And thanks to Kevin too, I'm going to check out that site.
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