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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: OT: (Slightly) Family website solution?
no apt-get for concrete5? how should I get it? should I d/l the source or
do bitnami or do it some other way? I suppose compiling from source would
be the best way but bitnami would be easiest and fastest. what do you
suggest?
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Lisa Kachold <>wrote:

> Setup Concrete5; it's incredibly expandable with all manner of great
> features and very easy to use and update.
>
> It requires mysql, php and apache. Very easy to install. Seriously - I
> have a couple of sites setup using it:
>
> http://it-clowns.com/c (Hackfest site)
>
> http://recovery-systems.org (My sister's business)
>
> You can set permissions for public content, private content, guest
> content, group content for forums, picture sharing, calenders, and use
> Google widgets, mailing lists, and more.
>
> All basic features are free; you can expand with various commercial
> offerings including an eCommerce store (for additional $) all with a couple
> of clicks from their dashboard.
>
> Set it up and see how much easier than any other CMS this is!
>
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> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Eric Cope <> wrote:
>
>> what about Wordpress? Its easy to use, and can be put behind a HTTP
>> login...
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Alan Dayley <> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm looking to setup an extended family website. Something like a
>>> Facebook-ish (but simpler) site that I control on a shared host. My
>>> siblings and their kids could share updates, pages, photos, etc. in a
>>> password protected site. Some of them are "not so good" with computers,
>>> still, and even more are not comfortable with posting such things to a
>>> Facebook group or Google solutions and so on. And I'm not fan of Facebook
>>> so I'm willing to create something for our use.
>>>
>>> A better analogy would be Yammer for a family.
>>>
>>> What CMS would work well for such a thing? Is there something based on
>>> Drupal or another framework that can do this?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
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