Submitted by Scott (not verified) on Sun, 05/10/2009 - 04:27.
Hi Tom,
Well, I'm getting started in open source CMS and I had chosen Drupal, but then I got my first "client" (a nonpaying nonprofit that I'm making the web site for now as a sample site for my business). Here's the problem...the people there have absolutely no clue about computing and so my primary objective was to have a backend that was easy enough for them to manage. I had to rule Drupal out on this score and ended up going with Joomla! for this site. I plan to learn both, so that I can offer a choice to my customers, but with the learning curves involved, I will have to put my plans of learning Drupal first on hold.
So, here is my suggestion. Because developing the site is one thing and maintaining it is another (which is normally done by more of an end-user than a developer in many smaller places), perhaps a little background on how to make cool sites without needing a developer to maintain the coolness (i.e., what aspects of Drupal extensions (and core) would be more difficult for the non-techie to maintain and how to plan around this. In other words, a strategy for developing a site specifically for ease of maintenance.
Hi Tom,
Well, I'm getting started in open source CMS and I had chosen Drupal, but then I got my first "client" (a nonpaying nonprofit that I'm making the web site for now as a sample site for my business). Here's the problem...the people there have absolutely no clue about computing and so my primary objective was to have a backend that was easy enough for them to manage. I had to rule Drupal out on this score and ended up going with Joomla! for this site. I plan to learn both, so that I can offer a choice to my customers, but with the learning curves involved, I will have to put my plans of learning Drupal first on hold.
So, here is my suggestion. Because developing the site is one thing and maintaining it is another (which is normally done by more of an end-user than a developer in many smaller places), perhaps a little background on how to make cool sites without needing a developer to maintain the coolness (i.e., what aspects of Drupal extensions (and core) would be more difficult for the non-techie to maintain and how to plan around this. In other words, a strategy for developing a site specifically for ease of maintenance.
Keep up the good work,
Scott