Suggestions Please!!! Web Development Application - GoFuckYourself.com

mona · 07-03-2010, 11:06 AM

Hello!

My mom has used Frontpage to manage her website for a loooooooong time (obviously, it's Frontpage!). Anyway, it's all f***ed up now and it's time for her to use something else.

She's a physician, so I don't want to suggest something uber complicated...She just needs to post her newsletter, make simple changes, etc.

I googled "open source web development application" and see www.dotnetnuke.com, www.rubyonrails.org, etc.

Any suggestions for something user-friendly and not a bazillion dollars?

Thanks!
Mona

ottopottomouse · 07-03-2010, 11:26 AM

Wordpress is quite simple to understand as a CMS using pages for stuff. No idea if that's a sensible suggestion without seeing the site.

Otherwise if she wants to build pages in her computer then upload them you could try Dreamweaver - doesn't have to be a current version i'm still using 2004.

Babaganoosh · 07-03-2010, 11:29 AM

Wordpress sounds perfect for her.

mona · 07-03-2010, 12:21 PM

The site is already built... She needs something like Dreamweaver. WYSIWYG editor.

mona · 07-03-2010, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mona

The site is already built... She needs something like Dreamweaver. WYSIWYG editor.

However, I think that Dreamweaver is too "intense"... I'm wondering if there's not a simpler alternative.

ottopottomouse · 07-03-2010, 01:10 PM

KompoZer is pretty simple.

woj · 07-03-2010, 01:22 PM

Or just hire some part time webmaster, as a physician should be able to easily afford one?

or if it's just a hobby for her, dreamweaver is probably the way to go, it's not really that bad once you get used to it...

mona · 07-03-2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ottopottomouse

KompoZer is pretty simple.

Thanks!

mona · 07-03-2010, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by woj

Or just hire some part time webmaster, as a physician should be able to easily afford one?

or if it's just a hobby for her, dreamweaver is probably the way to go, it's not really that bad once you get used to it...

woj · 07-03-2010, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mona

well, if it's for her practice, cutting corners is probably not the best way to go, few hundred bucks per month tops she would pay webmaster/designer/marketing guru should easily pay for itself... she probably spent 10s of thousands on setting up a professional clinic, cutting corners with the website doesn't seem like the way to go...

I know it's not quite the answer to your question, but if I was billing patients few hundred bucks per hour, I certainly wouldn't be messing around with html, I would hire a professional to do the job...

unless her website is unrelated to her business and she is just doing it for fun, in that case nevermind

07-03-2010, 11:06 AM	#1
mona Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mona = "female monkey" in Spanish Posts: 1,940	Suggestions Please!!! Web Development Application Hello! My mom has used Frontpage to manage her website for a loooooooong time (obviously, it's Frontpage!). Anyway, it's all f***ed up now and it's time for her to use something else. She's a physician, so I don't want to suggest something uber complicated...She just needs to post her newsletter, make simple changes, etc. I googled "open source web development application" and see www.dotnetnuke.com, www.rubyonrails.org, etc. Any suggestions for something user-friendly and not a bazillion dollars? Thanks! Mona

07-03-2010, 11:26 AM	#2
ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	Wordpress is quite simple to understand as a CMS using pages for stuff. No idea if that's a sensible suggestion without seeing the site. Otherwise if she wants to build pages in her computer then upload them you could try Dreamweaver - doesn't have to be a current version i'm still using 2004. __________________ ↑ see post ↑ 13101

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ottopottomouse She is ugly, bad luck. Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 13,177	KompoZer is pretty simple. __________________ ↑ see post ↑ 13101

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07-03-2010, 12:21 PM	#4
mona Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mona = "female monkey" in Spanish Posts: 1,940	The site is already built... She needs something like Dreamweaver. WYSIWYG editor.