What is the use of Wordpress/Joomla? [closed] - wordpress

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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,
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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?

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Convert HTML site to WordPress [closed]

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I am totally a beginner to WordPress. I have a html site that needs to be converted to WordPress. And it should be fully customizable. I have seen plenty of tutorials but those didn't help. Anyone who can help?
This is not a great question for SO but FYI you need to consider what your site contains. Is it a bunch of HTML pages each of which represents a page with content or a post with content?
Wordpress is a CMS (content management system). It primarily deals with posts (dated items), pages (static posts), and images (media). Think about how your content in your existing HTML site will map to Wordpress.
Finally think about the rationale to move. There is a trend to move away from CMS / Wordpress to static HTML sites (for performance and security). What would you win out of migrating?
You see, more questions than answers. Keep investigating and come back with specific questions.
There are several options:
Use some online converter, like https://htmltowordpress.io/ ( but I guess you'll have do some tweaks after to suite your needs)
Install clean WordPress on your host and search for some good WordPress theme, that could be tweaked to look like yours original site Front End.
Hire a freelancer do do the work for you, It should't be very expensive :)
First of all, You should have a good knowledge of html,php and css.
You can choose to start with one these two of following options.
1, Creating a new theme.
2, Choosing an exixting theme and updating it.
You can find both the above given options at https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/converting-html-sites-to-wordpress-sites
Hope this will help.

Customized CMS functionality for the end-user. Like a control panel [closed]

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I have been asked so often for custom CMS functionality where the end-user wants to manage his content by his hands using a control panel or something.
A college professor wanted to manage his online magazine issues and papers, a manager wanted to upload and manage news and photos about his firm. and so on
In this case the client doesn't have any technical knowledge about Wordpress or Joomla or Drupal and he needs a customized solution that fits his needs.
The content strucure is different in each case, and sometimes end-users can be involved to register/log-in to the site and manage their own submitted data. so each registered user manages his own content.
I managed that requirement differently each time and i wonder if i can have a better solution in the future.
In other words, I want for a solution where i can tailor the CMS for the customer according to his requirements.
I heard that Drupal is a good choice since it is more a content management framework and less a CMS, i wonder also about Wordpress and Joomla since they're both obviously easier to learn and work with. do i have to build a customized control panel for each client every time?
Any suggestions?
K2 for joomla supports front-end editing and each user edits his own content.

Tools for web layout design [closed]

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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.

wordpress capabilities [closed]

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I'm trying to figure out whether wordpress can handle the following requirements for a site:
incorporating yahoo weather api (and other widgets etc)
testimonial page (user inputs, which have to be moderated back-end and approved)
image gallery (with back-end manager)
video gallery (basically youtube video links - with backend manager)
extremely custom design
I know WP is powerful, but can it handle these requirements? How easy/difficult is it to integrate plugins to handle this functionality?
Thanks.
PS. I know this is not a programming question per se, but there are several such "capabilities" questions on the stack!
Yes WordPress would allow you to do all of the above.
You would have to implement this yourself as a plugin. There maybe a plugin already available. This link should help you get started, http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/2010/03/yahoo-weather-api/
The commenting system would easily allow you to do this
There are heaps of galleries, try nextgen gallery, works great.
You could easily provide an admin panel which would allow users to paste the youtube video code in. See the WP docs. http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_options_page and http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Menus
WP allows custom themes and they are fairly easy to construct with a little programming knowledge. Simply searching on Google will find you a abundance of walk through tutorials.

New to WordPress - How viable is it as a CMS for a small business website? [closed]

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I know the huge community of people behind WordPress has pushed it towards full-blown CMS territory over the past couple years, but I'm still unclear as to what extent. Would it be a good option to handle something like a small biz website with simple shopping cart for example?
Yes, you can use a spanner to bang in screws if you need to, but you might be better reconsidering.
WordPress may well be capable of running a small website with a shopping cart, and that's probably useful for people who have grown a blog up and are branching out into sales.
But why would you choose a blogging platform for your CMS when there are perfectly good CMS systems that target that role?
That depends on how small the site is and your intentions; Wordpress is perfectly fine as a cms. If you want a fairly simple site or need to have it moderated by non-techies, its perfect. Wordpress has amassed a huge amount of plugins, taking it from a blog engine to an entire platform. Here's a very rough power vs simplicity scale:
easiest to use
ascii art
microsoft paint
wordpress
joomla
drupal
self written cms
Tapping out your own html in binary on a telegraph key for each HTTP request
most powerful
Its advisable to use the simplest one that will fit your needs for a long time.
Something to consider—something I've come to notice, at least—is the savvy-ness or level of familiarity the client may have with WordPress. Directly related to it's growth is it's saturation. It's likely that whomever is in charge of managing the sites content has spent some time with WordPress and would be more effective continuing with it.
That said, from what little I've read about WordPress 3, one of the biggest hurdles to clear, custom post/content-types, is present in the core. To what extent, I'm not sure. Probably better to leave that in the hands of a diehard WordPress dev.
It's certainly true that there are dedicated CMS that pack more of this, or more of that, but don't discount the value of experience. The right tool for the job needs to be the right tool for the job.

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