Posted by Chaddy2222 on 04/07/07 14:28

On Apr 8, 12:03 am, "Vince Morgan" <vin...@REMOVEoptusnet.com.au>
wrote:
> "Bernhard Sturm" <sturmnixs...@datacomm.ch> wrote in message
>
> news:ev86bs$6a2$1@aioe.org...
>
> > IMHO you need to contact a professional webdesigner. It's never good
> > practice to start a redesign without considering all the needs the new
> > website should satisfy. This is not a question of having a CMS or not,
> > but more a question of project-management you are facing. You don't need
> > to start from scratch, but I would ask a professional webdesign agency
> > to deal with it.
>
> > HTH
> > bernhard
>
> I should explain.
> I was originaly engaged to write and rewrite some scripts and forms for this
> companies database. Parts of the website are dynamic (php) and I was asked
> to fix a problem at the backend.
> The site was originally created by a webdesign company that specializes in
> database integration etc. However, with all undue respect the site was
> rubbish in the extreme. The code was almost purely html 1, even thought it
> was written in 2005, and the php looked as though a child had written it.
> Yes, they got shafted.
> They asked me to make an additional page and liked the layout, so piece by
> piece I ended up redoing most of the front end.
> Web technologies are not my thing and I didn't plan to or expect to find
> myself doing this.
> However, that was then, and now I need to find a solution.
> As much as I agree with your sentiments, it's not an option.
If you already know PHP and if you are already useing a DB for parts
of the site. Then just make a CMS (content management system), or just
install one and customise it for your needs. Drupal and PHP Website
are ment to be good, I have used Mambo a little in the past, but some
will be better then others and customiseing them can be a pane.
The other option for more static things would be an includes type
system and to just use a decent WYSIWYG editor, such as KompoZer (the
unofficial bug fix for NVU.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.cjb.cc

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