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I'm creating a diving community, but I don't know if I should use Drupal or to create my community all on myself in PHP. I've never used Drupal and so I don't know how to create a theme. I have a design already. I also need a forum.
Any ideas?
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Drupal is great for community websites - but its a steep learning curve. If you know enough PHP to create your own site then you should be fine to get started with Drupal though. Why not install it and have a bit of a play?
Forums in Drupal are a bit average, but PHPBB integrates pretty well, and there are contributed modules out there to ease the integration somewhat.
Theming is a non-trivial task as well - but there are heaps of online tutorials like this one: http://www.lullabot.com/videos/advanced-theming-drupal-7 which explain a lot of the technical stuff. If you want to jump in, just start looking at the Bartik theme that comes with D7 out of the box. Again, dependent on your experience you should follow much of the broader idea of whats happening by following the code.
I'd also recommend (if you like to read paper rather than screens) pro drupal development (there is a Drupal 6 version, and a current Drupal 7 version as well). This book explains everything to a very fine detail and my copy is well and truly dog-eared from use.
Hope that helps in some way
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Steve
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I just started out trying to put a web site together for my own business. Web design is not my primary job so I basically wanted it to get it up running as fast as possible. I wanted some flexibility with the layout design so I avoided cookie cutter templates.
I started out choosing Wordpress Thesis theme. As the time goes on, I have most of the site content lined up. However, I am struggling to put all the pieces together to make the site design look uniform and professional. I tried CSS a little bit, spending a lot time on aligning web elements, font sizes, color coordination that sort of things and felt it would take me forever to finish the site.
Does anyone have a suggestion of a free tool suitable for beginner's skill level to reduce development time & compatible with Wordpress Thesis theme?
My line of business is selling products. So the site is pretty much like a product catalog with images, contents, news, & blogs.
I read a little on this site about CSS framework, also checked out jQuery-UI. just not sure if they are the right approach for what I want to accomplish.
Any suggestions are very much appreciated!
WebMatrix is a free and lightweight web development tool.
Create, publish, and maintain your website with ease. It is from Microsoft free tools.
you can download from Microsoft official website
http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/
Checkout Artisteer, it does a WYSIWYG theme edition and can render Wordpress themes. 99$ but worth the money.
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I have been tasked with making a decision on whether to maintain a current website in Joomla or port it over to something like WordPress. The site currently uses Joomla 1.5 and I have been able to make the immediate updates needed by modifying the template and changing articles as needed. However, to really maintain this site properly I am going to need to understand Joomla a whole lot better, which means an investment of time and resources.
What I am wondering is if it is worth the time invested to delve into Joomla. I have read articles about a lack of leadership, long release/update cycles, and bloated code. Is Joomla in it's current state (v2.5) still competitive when compared to CMS platforms such as WordPress and Drupal? Are the problems mentioned issues of the past? Does Joomla bring any advantages to the table? Or is it pretty much past it's prime and no longer competitive.
I would really like to hear from other developers who are familiar with Joomla. Your thoughts would be helpful in deciding which path to take. Bulk up on Joomla or port it over to WordPress. Thank you kindly.
Joomla is really good CMS.
Its leadership issues have been resolved 2 years back. Now they are following attractive release strategy i.e. every 6 months they release a minor release. Every 18 months they release major version. With all such quick decision and implementation, Joomla is getting ready to explore its full potential.
Once you invest time your time in Joomla, you will love the way it handles lots of functionality. A lot of professional quality extensions are available with Joomla.
Maybe my answer may not help you very much. But I will say what I know.
Short answer can be that it depends on your needs but I advice you to study Wordpress and Joomla for a couple days and decide to understand which one
is better for you.
I have website based on Joomla, I am happy with my choice, however many things I must do manually (edit core files).
Both platform have many good things and couple of bad things.
Good luck.
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I am looking for a Tutorial for developers in drupal, I don't know anything about drupal so I need a tutorial that explain very well,
in main page of drupal I can't find a tutorial who explain since the most basic about it
thanks for the advices!
Here: http://drupal.org/documentation
It's official Drupal documentation. It should be enough for starters.
This list of books is a good place to start as a developer, but assume that you know PHP. If you just mean sitebuilding, but not coding, try here. I find that often, the more comprehensive approach a book takes (as opposed to sometimes piecemeal info in online docs) can be more supportive for a total beginner.
Simpletest Tutorial here.This may helpful
Honestly the developer docs are all very good but I find you can't beat a book to work through.
Set yourself small tasks and work through them one at a time. Something like:
Install Drupal
Create a new content type
Create some pages
Install a ready made theme
Create a theme from scratch
Install some modules
And so on.
Just make little goals and go from there. The learning curve is pretty steep.
If you have any more specific questions, ask them on here on the dedicated Drupal site.
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Joomla looks pretty good out of the box. Drupal looks very ugly out of the box and does not do anything, except for admin tasks.
Is there by any chance a n00b-friendly Drupal app that would look pretty (kind of like Joomla out of the box) and use a whole bunch of hooks so that I could see them in action in a relatively big app?
ETA: ok, let me ask a more specific question from the same area. Is there a Drupal distro/app that would have the same basic functionality and look-and-feel as out of the box Joomla? While I personally might not know enough about what functionality and look-and-feel would be perfect for n00bs, the popularity of Joomla suggests that it can be thought of as a decent first approximation. Conversely, the widespread n00b unhappiness with out of the box Drupal suggests that it's not a good approximation to that at all.
What about a customized Drupal distribution?
Managing News
Open Atrium
Open Publish
Pressflow
If you don't like how Drupal looks, you could always install a new theme.
If you want a nice looking Drupal App then you can try OpenAtrium (http://openatrium.com/). It's pretty cool. It's code is perhaps not for the beginner, but it shows how good Drupal can look and act!
You can take a look at the Examples modules - http://drupal.org/project/examples. You can learn a lot from these, but obviously they are no good looking Apps, just API examples.
You could look at the core Drupal modules (User module for example would be a good start)
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I am developing a travels related website using cakephp. I have to put some tour itinerary/special vacation campaign etc. on it almost everyday. The template/format remain the same, just the content changes. So, I am guessing that I can use some content management system like Wordpress/Joomla here.
Till now I had been working mainly on static pages only, but from now I will work on including search functions, forums, members area, polls, etc. in the website.
Can somebody tell me if switching to these CMS technologies is a good idea?
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Joomla would be apt for you. Because Its going to be something like a website. Hence you can choose joomla, also there are lot of joomla templates available, you can customise to your needs.
Wordpress would not be right for you since its a blogging tool. Unless until you need blogging functionality you need not have wordpress.
There is also something like drupal,
You may read here for better clarity here
Yes, it is really a good idea. Using already built CMS saves time and increases the customization. For Wordpress, there are thousands of plugin which can transform WP into a CMS.
Also, security will be good if a CMS is used. You will get regular updates for stability.
Check this page: Need a simple CMS. Should I customise an existing CMS or build from scratch?