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Closed 9 years ago.
I have decided to use framework to develop my own custom wordpress theme? But I'm confused which one to use?
Or should I continue to write all up codes myself. I use 960 as css framework and jQuery as js library.
Any help will be cordially appreciated.
I would vote for famous and feature-rich Thesis Theme Framework.
Thesis Home
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I always have used http://wpframework.com/. It is a beautiful framework, community driven, and lock tight. Without all the unnecessary bells and whistles of the costly packaged frameworks.
I'm currently using the Thesis Theme Framework... but the company (DIY Themes) is having some problems and for now, the Thesis future is somewhat unknown, with some partners leaving the company, Pearson (the Thesis creator) with problems with Matt (The Wordpress creator), etc...
So for now, I wouldn't recommend Thesis. I'd go with the Genesis Framework or Headway. Headway is easy to configure with a visual editor which makes things very easy (Thesis is not as easy as it seems, though).
I used Thesis until recently when I switched to the Frugal. Thesis is good if you are at ease with codes.
Frugal is a no brainer and one can actually come up with a totally unique layout just by clicking the mouse. No need to learn any codes, just takes a little bit of time to get use to the maze of options available.
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Closed 11 years ago.
Why Views are not used in widely in Drupal?
The question is so vague.
Disadvantage of using Views module? One of the disadvantages I can think of is its difficulty to configure it properly. Too many configurations needed to make things work.
p.s. this should move to Drupal Answers.
Your question should really be "why do some programmers discourage the use of Views in Drupal?"
And the answer would be because of the massive amount of extra page overhead and extraneous markup that's generated by the module. Those of us who care about DOM complexity and semantic markup wouldn't touch Views with a 10 foot pole on a normal day, preferring to write quick custom modules to output code that we have full control over (and I mean full control without having to override countless template files for specific Views/display modes).
Don't get me wrong, Views is excellent for what it is and a newcomer to programming in Drupal would likely find it very useful. Also there are many, many contributed modules that extend Views and many that expose their data in a fashion accessible to Views so you can build some complex, well related queries if you know what you're doing.
I would also echo what Shivan Raptor has said in that the UI for Views is an unwieldy behemoth at the best of times; I'm sure to those who wrote it it's as easy as pie to use but I have been frustrated so many times trying to find how to make the simplest change to a View that I gave up using them altogether (except for Views provided by other modules that are already complete!)
So to summarise, your question's premise is indeed false, but if you wanted to know some of the reasons Views isn't more widely used then you do now :-)
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Closed 11 years ago.
I am considering creating e-learning SaaS solution so therefore I am evaluating using application development framework like DotNetNuke as a base. I would have loved to use Salesforce Force.com platform but unfortunately it is quite expensive.
The biggest advantage of using stable and solid development framework is that I won't have to concern myself with architectural issues and can concentrate solely on core functionality. Another advantage of using DotNetNuke is that some of the functionality I require like forums, content and user management is already implemented.
Is it worth using DotNetNuke as a development framework so as to avoid dealing with scalability?
If anyone else has been in this situation I would love to hear what you decided on.
Many thanks.
If your looking for a CMS, I would recommend Umbraco (http://www.umbraco.com)
I use is since it uses real asp.net masterpages and allows using .net usercontrols.
It is the only CMS I have tried that allowed me to go from HTML and CSS to a fully working site, without conforming to a preset template.
Edit: And it's free :)
I was involved with one project where the vendor using it was happy with it.
They did tend to do smaller scale stuff - so don't take their say-so if you want to use it for large-scale stuff; your mileage may vary.
Also, I've asked various people the same question. Of those with first hand experience roughly 3 or 4 out of 5 hated it. Still "one mans rubbish is another mans gold", as the saying goes.
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Closed 11 years ago.
I have been creating joomla-powered webiste for quite a while by now. Recently I had to do a makeover of a WordPress powered website that also included significant navigation and structure changes. Perhaps it is that I am so used to Joomla, but WordPress seemed so damn not cool. Like simply listing pages requires either installing a plugin or dipping into documentation and coding it yourself, while you can easily accomplish it with just a few clicks in Joomla. Then in Joomla I can specify what modules I want to be shown for certain menu items or even assign a different theme if I need to. In WordPress I had to write some php code to accomplish this trivial task. It is so natural and easy to code themes with jdoc statements it took me half an hour to grasp everything when I tried doing it the very first time, and it took me hours to sort everything out with WordPress. I mean, yup, Joomla isn't perfect too, e.g. they still haven't updated documentation for 1.6 and stuff.
But why do people love WordPress so much?! I could understand using it for blogs, but why would anyone use it to build full-fledged web-sites?
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Closed 10 years ago.
I am looking for an open source blog system..
I would like to find something with a single sign on (with existing application), multiple sites, rss feed and all be hosted from the same location.
Don't need too much crazy functionality.. but standard I guess. As far as hacking it up, the less learning curve the better. I have a hard time getting into the nitty gritty of wordpress..
I would like to fetch all the blogs from other sites via an xml/rss/JSON request.. and handle and process the information myself..
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks!
Wordpress along with WPMU or Buddypress is quite good and easy to learn. Can't imagine anything being any easier to learn with the type of functionality you require.
Best part is that due to all the free plugins available it will be easier for you to modify wordpress according to your requirements.
Give wordpress another try, I'm sure you'll love it once you get the hang of it.
All the best!
After scouring the internet for friggin ever. I came across PyroCMS which is built on CodeIgniter and it is THE best. Simple enough yet powerful. Versatile. Multisite in the Pro license. All in all very awesome.
www.PyroCMS.com
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Closed 11 years ago.
Ok,
i've read most relevant questions asked here previously on this but I still don't see a clear "best in class" suggestion for WYSIWYG editors for ASP.net
I've used fckeditor up to now (found it ok but many problems with config/permissions on folder etc.).
I'm looking for something that has a lot of flexibility/config options and can integrate nicely with the sites css.
Also i'd like something that minimises config requirements when moving from server to server etc.
Any good suggestions are much appreciated.
Ed
Almost didn't open the question because I thought it would have been mentioned already, but FCKEditor is a great freely available WYSIWYG editor with a good team behind it.
TinyMCE - besides beeing configurable and extendable, it's quite nice to integrate with asp.net (or any other web framework) since it's just javascript over a textarea
I stopped using the freetextbox control because I don't like the code that comes with it. I found Cute Editor for ASP.NET to be the best solution.
Demo:
http://cutesoft.net/example/general.aspx
we use the Telerik Radeditor, and it performs great. Microsoft also uses it on their MSDN website. It's not free, but worth the investment.
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/editor/examples/overview/defaultcs.aspx
Try Free Text Box Free Text Box as well. A lot less hassle than fckeditor i've found
Not sure what budget you're working with, but it might be worth taking a look at Dreamweaver CS3+. It has support for ASP.NET and its WYSIWYG is quite good.