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Posted by Michael Vilain on 05/06/06 19:51
In article <e3fu9u01s78@news4.newsguy.com>, phil-news-nospam@ipal.net
wrote:
> In comp.infosystems.www.authoring.site-design Michael Vilain
> <vilain@spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> | I'm the part-time webmaster for a small non-profit. I developed their
> | web site using php and MySQL on Apache because those tools were widely
> | available on small, inexpensive ISPs. My primary skill is system admin
> | and programming, but I can do some simple design--it's just not
> | eye-popping or has much of a "OOOOOOOh, pretty" factor. My design
> | philosophy is "make it load fast, look consistent, and work on as many
> | browsers as possible". So, some graphics, HTML 4.01 Transitional, and
> | CSS make it reasonably fast. No flash or big graphics as not everyone
> | has DSL.
> |
> | The non-profit's board wants to take the web site "to the next level".
> | So I wrote up a requirements document that summarizes the functions of
> | the site, current requests for enhancements, and day-to-day
> | care-and-feeding. Most of the companies that market to non-profits
> | provide a turnkey "one size fits all" environment with templates, web
> | creation tools, e-commerce modules, etc. Usually this is done under an
> | all Microsoft toolbox (ASP, IIS, SQL Server, etc.) with custom
> | programming extra.
>
> These companies primarily market towards the managers, not the technical
> people. Because most managers at that level know little to nothing about
> computers, they tend to favor the "default" platform, which is Microsoft.
> So the companies with the products have to use Microsoft.
>
>
> | I'm looking for a web design and hosting company that uses the
> | open-source tools--templates, php, MySQL, apache, e-commerce (SSL,
> | shopping cart), listserver, etc.--for these people. That way I can
> | continue supporting them on tools that run on the new webhost and on my
> | Macintosh development platform.
> |
> | Anyone have a URL or two?
>
> Are you wanting to run the servers on Mac? Otherwise, which OS? You
> did not mention your system platform.
I develop the site on my MacOS X 10.4 system, so the ultimate hosting
platform and toolset should not require Windows to run (e.g. that
screens out .NET, ASP, IIS, and SQL Server, AFAIK). The hosting
platform does not need to be a MacOS X Server system.
It would be _nice_ to have a duplicate of the hosting environment
(Apache, perl, php, MySQL) running on my MacOS X system, but not a hard
requirement. I could setup a development area on the hosting
environment for testing.
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