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Q: How to Develop a Web Site ( Answered 5 out of 5 stars,   1 Comment )
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Subject: How to Develop a Web Site
Category: Computers > Internet
Asked by: probonopublico-ga
List Price: $10.00
Posted: 19 Feb 2004 12:15 PST
Expires: 20 Mar 2004 12:15 PST
Question ID: 308498
Having been born in Oldham, I still support Lancashire County Cricket
Club - the best in the world.

I rather like their new site ...

http://www.lccc.co.uk/archive.html

And, particularly, their 'Player Archive'.

What software would you recommend to develop a Site using a similar presentation?
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Subject: Re: How to Develop a Web Site
Answered By: mosquitohawk-ga on 19 Feb 2004 14:46 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Greetings probonopublico,

This is an interesting site, and it uses a layout common to many
content management systems.  There are many different content
management systems, but as a professional web developer, I will list
those I have found to be easiest to use, customize and most widely
supported.

What is a content management system you ask?  According to the John
Hopkins Glossary of Web Publishing Terms
<http://jhmcis.jhmi.edu/standards/webguidelines/glossary.cfm#c>, a
content management system, or CMS, is "Software that enables one to
add and/or manipulate content on a Web site. Typically, a CMS consists
of two elements: the content management application (CMA) and the
content delivery application (CDA). The CMA element allows the content
manager or author, who may not know HTML, to manage the creation,
modification, and removal of content from a Web site without needing
the expertise of a Webmaster. The CDA element uses and compiles that
information to update the Web site. The features of a CMS system vary,
but most include Web-based publishing, format management, revision
control, and indexing, search, and retrieval."

Of the many types of content management systems, those you have to buy
and those that are open source, and best of all, free.  I have found
these open source CMS scripts/programs, to be just as reliable,
flexible and thorough as many of the paid options.  All the options I
will provide for you are free, and open source:

http://www.mamboserver.com/  <-- My personal favorite
http://www.mamboportal.com/  <-- Support site for mamboserver.com

http://www.postnuke.com/
http://www.typo3.com/
http://www.phpnuke.com/

Here is another handy site that reviews and provides information about
many different open source CMS options available: 
http://www.portalzine.de/

If you do not like any of the options above, please feel free to
request clarification and I will be glad to provide a few more, but I
am sure you will find them to very closely match the layout and
presentation reflected in the website you mentioned.

Kindest regards,

``mosquitohawk-ga
probonopublico-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $5.00
Hi, Mosquitohawk, And Many Thanks

Fascinating stuff but why am I always the last to find out about these things?

Warmest regards

Bryan

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Subject: Re: How to Develop a Web Site
From: mosquitohawk-ga on 20 Feb 2004 07:33 PST
 
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss, but not always in the web development world! 

Thanks for the tip and rating!

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