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DS8108
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January 25, 2012
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Dreamweaver and CMS

  • January 25, 2012
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What tools can I provide a customer for editing his/her website (CMS) after I design in Dreamweaver.

I have a customer that would like to maintain certain areas of their website. I looked for pricing on InContext editing and it appears to not be available any longer. So how can I set this up for them?

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Martin,

 

This may be another stupid question to add to my list of them, but is it possible to build this site in dreamweaver (which I already have) and then have my client pages that he/she needs to edit inside an iframe....and those pages be built in wordpress and editable in wordpress?

 

Thanks,

Donna

 


You don't need the iframe... you need to "integrate" the look and feel of the WordPress theme into the Web design you already have... so you need to be able to customize WP to match your existing site. Here is a very good tutorial:

http://jonathanwold.com/tutorials/wordpress_theme/

That way the client edited section of the Web site looks like the rest of the site.

Adninjastrator

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Anonymous
February 8, 2012

One system we use that we found quite easy to implement is CMS made simple. The template system is quite simple to use as it can render any HTML and CSS as a template with the use of Smarty tags.

I use this CMS system being a northern ireland website designer. If you require any help with the CMS, let me know.

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DS8108Author
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February 13, 2012

Is this cms free? Or do you have to host your site with them? Do you keep everything on your own server?

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Mcshifty
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January 30, 2012

You may want to check out Konductor (http://www.konductor.net), you won't have any problems like this:

Just to clarify, if you design your own site in CS5 using HTML, you cannot just import that site into a Content Management System. You can "integrate" the look and feel of your site by editing the CSS and some of the .php files, but it will be a completely different site than the one you designed.

Konductor just uses Dreamweaver and HTML to get set up on your side. Hopefully that's helpful.

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    cmspro
    Participant
    January 26, 2012

    Cushy CMS (http://cushycms.com/) or Konductor (http://konductor.net) work well within the Adobe workflow.

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    osgood_
    Legend
    January 26, 2012

    Persoanlly I hate Wordpress with a passion. In my opinion its only for those that want to choose an off-the-shelf designed theme and base their site design on that theme. Pretty restrictive in my opinion. To bend Wordpress to ones own design you have to jump through hoops to do so. I'm pretty good when it comes to html, css and a bit of php but even I found the workflow back to front. Yep if you want to use someone elses design right out of the box use Wordpress. If you have a custom design then steer clear of it and use one of the CMS mentioned by Murray. I favour Perch because its simple to set up and integrate with YOUR design seamlessly. The backend is uncomplex and easy for clients to use unlike Wordpress, which is overkill.

    Wordpress is either for beginners who know nothing or professionals who know css, html and php inside out. Its not for anyone inbetween in my opinion.

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      DS8108Author
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      January 27, 2012

      Thank you everyone for your helpful information and advice. I've gotten some good information here to help me get started again. I may work up another question over the weekend.

      MurraySummers
      MurraySummers
      Inspiring
      January 25, 2012

      Investigate:

      PowerCMS from http://www.webassist.com

      Perch from http://grabaperch.com

      Content Seed from http://contentseed.com

      CushyCMS from http://cushycms.com

      All will require some familiarity with server scripting.

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      DS8108Author
      Known Participant
      February 7, 2012

      Have you used WEBASSIST as a CMS? I'm really interested and since it's a "boxed" program with no monthly fees, am considering it. Any feedback on them specifically?

      On the other end of the spectrum is Perch.

      I just don't want a monthly service kind of situation.

      Thanks, Donna

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      Ben MCommunity Expert
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      February 7, 2012

      Yes. You are correct. I actually went through their trial and decided to purchase it, but my bank denied the charges. I called the bank and told them it wasn't fraud and tried again with no success. So I e-mailed Perch and they said there was nothing to do on their end. I'm on a time-crunch and need to get going so I gave up on it.

       

      I also looked into SetSeed. I love the way his program works, however I had troubles downloading the software. You basically install it, set up your site and then before making it all work, you buy a key. BUT I can't seem to get it installed so I moved on again.

       

      So I'm back to WEBASSIST. I really liked it from the beginning but it was too expensive for me. Perhaps I should pay more and worry less?

       

      So you have first hand experience with Perch?

       

       


      So you have first hand experience with Perch?

      No I don't.  Just from reading your comment it sounded like you were dismissing them for having a monthly charge which they don't have.  Personally speaking I only like to pay in my own currency to avoid all kinds of fees and charges and exchange rates, which is probably why I've never used them although I have heard of them. 

      And with that SetSeed, if you like it have you tried contacting them for support?  If you have to pay them eventually and they want you as a customer I'd expect decent support responses from them.  They will be better suited to help you with the setup of their product over us. 

      With WebAssist I've never been impressed with boxed CMS solutions although I did briefly look into their Cashie solution for an ecommerce project I was working on (ecommerce was later dropped from site for budget). Personally I think some of the original recommendations for skinning Wordpress would be an excellent solution.  Plus it has plenty of modules to add-in and is very user friendly.

      I've also installed CMS Made Simple ( http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ ).  That went pretty well for a client.  Setup is a little longer than a typical Wordpress, but it feels more like a CMS than a blog.  Modules are ok, but they are going through some updating and they haven't cleaned up the out of date modules in awhile.  Also everything is stored in the database: templates, CSS, page data and that has its pluses and minuses.

      There's also:

      ModX Revolution - Simple setup, easy to use for semi-tech background, lacks lots of modules, but very dedicated community.

      Joomla - I've seen companies get by with this.  Needs a developer to setup, but once skinned, the admin interface is pretty intuitive

      PyroCMS - This one looks pretty interesting from a coding standpoint and I am redoing a site in it now.  Definitely young compared to most, built on CodeIgniter framework, but looks promising.

      And a bunch of others I know of, but mostly by name not from experience like:

      Drupal - Horrible for non-technical, steep learning curve

      Typo3 - Another powerful CMS, very difficult setup, very steep learning curve, installation fairly technical

      Contao - Based on Typo3 - Easier to setup than Typo3 (I don't have real experience trying this one)

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