And you only need to know PHP if you are going to build a template or
plug-in.
On 2015-06-13 10:52, Mark Phillips wrote:
> One suggestion....find your hosting company first, and them make your
> development machine (VM?) match what they provide. Set up development
> work area (eg Hello World example), set up production work area, and
> figure out how to transfer from development to production (git,
> fabrick, or whatever). Working out those kinks saves lots of time in
> the future.
>
> Mark
>
> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Stephen Partington
> <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There is a great deal on wordpress both in print and online. But any
>> basic lamp set up would do, you can even get a free wp instance at
>> [1]wordpress.com [2] to evaluate.
>>
>> OK. WordPress gets better reviews. I guess what I need to do before
>> finding a shared host that supports WordPress (which I suspect will
>> be most of them) is to set up my development site on my home
>> computer.
>>
>> So what is that?
>>
>> * Fedora on virtual machine. (On the theory I'll be hosted on Red
>> Hat -- I'll want a Red Hat derived distro.)
>> * Apache, or maybe Tomcat, serving local host
>> * WordPress (and pre-requisites)
>>
>> A dead tree book on WordPress
>> Eclipse or whatever IDE you develop PHP in (maybe)
>>
>> A web authoring program.
>>
>> Feedback is much appreciated.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 4:16 PM Stephen Partington
>> <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am more suspect of the experience than Django as a whole. Mainly
>> because of my experience with other code from the group that
>> implemented Django.
>> On Jun 7, 2015 11:16 PM, "Mark Phillips"
>> <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry to hear that. The latest release is 1.8.2, if that makes a
>> difference.
>>
>> Mark
>> On Jun 7, 2015 8:58 PM, "Stephen Partington" <cryptworks@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> I know it is not likely django's fault but my last experience with
>> it was awful...
>>
>> On Sunday, June 7, 2015, Mark Phillips <mark@phillipsmarketing.biz>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Just to be different, I really like django
>> (https://www.djangoproject.com/ [3] - Python framework) for web
>> development. There are several cms type projects based on django.
>> Two good ones are:
>>
>> http://www.django-cms.org/en/ [4]
>> http://mezzanine.jupo.org/ [5]
>>
>> Lots of modules, lots of options, open source, all Python.
>>
>> If you want to see how django works as a framework, take spin
>> through the basic tutorial - https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/
>> [6] see First Steps. A very strong and helpful community.
>>
>> Have fun!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Stephen Partington
>> <cryptworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I will second wordpress, It is pretty much designed for written
>> content management. and its plugins allow you to do other strange
>> and interesting things.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 7, 2015 at 7:42 AM, Keith Smith
>> <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
>> If you are going to write reviews WordPress would work just fine
>> with the addition of a couple plugins. If you are going to build a
>> site that works like a search engine, you could use WordPress with a
>> plugin for such a thing.
>>
>> We would need more information to really give you any real
>> feedback. What features are looking for? Is there an existing
>> site that does what you want to do? If so please share the link.
>>
>> On 2015-06-06 21:36, trent shipley wrote:
>>
>> I'm thinking of starting a fan-fic site. I had one years ago.
>> Keeping
>> track of the links was hell. Would a content management system
>> help?
>>
>> I'm thinking of using shared hosting. There won't be any commerce.
>>
>> What suggestions do you have?
>>
>> Trent.
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> Links:
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> [1] http://wordpress.org
> [2] http://wordpress.com
> [3] https://www.djangoproject.com/
> [4] http://www.django-cms.org/en/
> [5] http://mezzanine.jupo.org/
> [6] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/
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