I think that using a CMS would be an excellent idea for the reasons previously stated. I'm not dogmatic about using any particular CMS; however, I have used Joomla (PHP) and know how it works. I originally chose it for its ease of use; I think it would serve our needs quite well.
Please let me know if you guys think Joomla is a good idea, or if there is another CMS that would work better for us. Then, we could get started setting up the CMS (on whose server?). Rex > On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 1:09 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today it's a lot of php-scripts, and I don't even know who (besides Lars) > > that is familiar with it's structure. Do we want to stick with PHP and > > just make changes to the appearance, or is it ok for Rex to also change to > > a different framework/backend? If so, what kind of constraints do we > > have? Should it be based on Python perhaps? > > > > One that I can think of is that it should be relatively easy for several > > people to understand how it works, and to make changes. Perhaps another > > constraint is that it should be easy to check out the source code of the > > web pages in a different location, or on a different server, to make it > > easy to test changes outside of the production site. (Actually, when I > > think about this, it seems like one of the more important requirements). > > Honestly I think the website shouldn't be completely self made from > scratch. I would use a content management system, be it Python-, PHP- > or RoR-based. I personally have worked quite some times with Typo3 > (PHP) and think that this is a great system that offers a lot of > functionality. > > A CMS offers the big advantage that most of the people will be able to > edit contents without having to learn a certain programming language. > Further I think a lot of CMS have some sandbox built in where certain > features and/or contents can be tested outside the production > environment. > > Having a look at www.lyx.com, I don't see very much dynamic content. > Everything looks pretty static -- the only thing that gets updated > frequently are the new and download section (and the (external) wiki > of course). So, lyx.org looks to me like a typical candidate for a > standard CMS. > > I recommend that the people that will put the new website online > should state their favorite CMS, that they have worked with already > and then you can decide which is the approach that minimizes the > initial effort and maximizes the latter ease of use. > > Dominik > >
