So you want to create an online newsletter, a magazine or e-zine? What should you use?There are many choices, some of which depend on budget size. My budget size= ZERO dollars.My investigation actually began in May with Drupal. These were reviewed as of August 2007. System requirements for most of these (but not all): Apache or IIS server; MySQL or
1. Have a vision.Check. I had that one a year ago (a regional arts magazine with topics both about art and by artists) 2. Funding.The amount of $ you have to spend will affect everything else 3. Hosting? Find a place to host it.I used some extra webspace I have. 4. A software list of features that you need (and
Well, I’ve finally got drupal up and running (again, second time is a charm, correct?). It’s kind of bare bones at the moment – no portfolio, not much content, and the design is kind of funky. However, the goal is to create my dossier/portfolio using drupal. I’ll be able to control access and I think (hope!) that I’ll be able
a little progress with drupal. I can’t say that I’ve actually been working on this for 2 weeks. More like 2 days max total. Anyhow, I loaded the drupal zen template which is designed to be css templating. Whew! I might actually be able to have a site that is not a cookie cutter. Funny, I’ve stumbled across a few
…just my opinion and as a cms, drupal looks good, especially structurally, but overall, it seems completely backwards in terms of design sensibility. aargh.If I can make it look decent (i.e., not cookiecutter) I’ll post a screenshot. Honestly, Drupal is a neat product, if I only I can get it work properly (deja vu! from 2003).
So, I’m still investigating a CMS (Content Management System) for the libraries web editors. A CMS is just a easy way to get content onto the web, without having to do much in the way of design. Blogger in some senses is a very primitive (primitive because it is limited in what it can do) CMS. Unfortunately, my quick and