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marine1

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Hi boys,

Need some education here for a person who doesnt know much about the back end of websites.

I am designing or putting together a site for my new company.

What I want is something where I can change pictures and content like WYSIWYG type of interface.
I was advised on a wordpress site, how does this differ from CMS?

I want a flash feel to it and understand flash is "dead" and HTML 5 is the way forward.

So I guess what I am asking is wordpress the way to go?

Thanks boys appreciate the education and advice
 
CMS stands for content management system. Wordpress is one type of CMS, Joomla is another one. Majority of websites use wordpress as their CMS back end and it is very easy to learn. You can use wordpress and dig deep into its guts to customise it the way you see fit but you need to be familiar with PHP/CSS/HTML. If you want to do a simple site you can set up wordpress and work on pages and posts very easily. The writing style for a page or post is simple and you don't need to code at all. There are a ton of plugins (some free some are not) available as well as themes to help you make the site do and look the way you want. It really is worth looking into wordpress as an option.

Alternatively have you looked at just hiring someone to help you set things up? ISP's offer webhosting and dev for a basic cost, it will help you get the site up quicker and give it a good look. eg of packages Webafrica.co.za/ and Afrihost

If you want something that is very WYSIWG for setting things up I see now that afrihost has a desgin platform that you might want look at as well. You can also demo how it works. Click here
 
The guy above me pretty much said it.

Your hosting will need at least ONE database available as wordpress and other CMS will not simply be able to install without it. As WYSIWYG goes, Wordpress is very much applicable. It has a massive community, and the plugins are very simple to install which has the capability of completely re-working the site. PHP is a big factor in changing the website (The very "in-depth" part of the website).

+ most themes are responsive and very user friendly.
 
You could also go for something like OctoberCMS.

Here are the benefits compared to Wordpress:
  • Not necessarily designed for blogging, thus better for semi-static websites.
  • Far easier templating language.
  • No PHP knowledge required.
  • Smaller and doesn't required MySQL (thus cheaper)
  • Easily customisable back-end
  • Has a free inline editor plug-in (http://octobercms.com/plugin/rainlab-editable) which allows the admin to edit content without having to use the back-end. Really useful. - I think Wordpress's plug-in like this has been deprecated?

Disadvantages:
  • Wordpress has more support forums
  • Less plug-ins and pre-built themes.
  • Wordpress is more of a "standard"
 
So my next question, I found a template but it says the following:


Website Templates Help Center
Download Free Website Template Sample
Features
Animation: HTML plus Flash
Coding: HTML 5, JQuery
Features: Extended Package
Functionality: Gallery
Width: 1280px
Sources Available
PSD HTML SWF FLA No flv video source files are provided for an intro page;.
Software Required
Adobe Photoshop CS+
For uncompressing a template ZIP package: WinZip 9+ (Windows); Stuffit Expander 10+ (Mac)
Sublime Text2 or later, Notepad++, Dreamweaver CS5.5+(Code mode only) or any php-editor
Adobe Flash CS3

So they say they will throw in MOTOCMS for 300 US Dollars :eek:

Doesnt seem worth it
 
That template sounds really outdated... If they are mentioning a width, it probably isn't responsive, and the software that is mentioned there is like 4 to 8 years old. Flash is also a no-no.

You should get a free template and then edit it yourself. There are plenty great free templates out there.
 
marine1 said:
Thanks guys so from my take, Wordpress really is the way to go.

Do places likes domains.co.za or Hetzner have CMS / WP support?
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Look for any Linux hosting package that has MySQL support.
Hetzner's basic package and all domains.co.za packages support it.
 
Domains.co.za will be a very good choice from a support point of view with the odd hick up here or there.

On another note your more than welcome to send me a pm when you hit obstacles.

I used WordPress a while ago and sort of familiarised myself with it
 
In terms of CMS, I think Wordpress is the best and pretty quick to pickup
 
marine1 said:
So am I understanding this right? Any HTML 5 template can be changed using wordpress?

Thanks Thor for your offer
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From my knowledge you can integrate a HTML5 website into wordpress, but i'd suggest using a theme designed for wordpress.
(please correct me if i'm wrong)

Even though there are some awesome free themes, check http://themeforest.net/category/wordpress

It is an awesome market place and will most likely have what you're looking for.
 
marine1 said:
So this is something I am looking at. Can it be edited and updated via wordpress or how would it be done ? Can't find a decent WordPress template http://www.templatemonster.com/demo/53002.html
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This is a Wordpress theme. These themes can be edited through the back-end, or they can be edited manually by changing stylesheets, html/php files and images in the theme's directory.

Have a read:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files
http://themeshaper.com/2009/04/17/wordpress-child-theme-basics/

If you want to see what the back-end of the default Wordpress installation looks like and how it functions, try out the online demo:
https://www.softaculous.com/demos/WordPress

I highly recommend you install something like XAMPP (https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html) or WAMP (http://www.wampserver.com/en/) as a local development environment, then, when you have edited the theme and content to your liking, upload it to your website's host.

As a side question, are you aiming to use the website's domain for email? (like [email protected]). If so, how many individual addresses are you looking at? Some web hosting may not be adequate for a large number.

Let me know if I am patronising your ability in web development. :)
 
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