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« on: December 08, 2007, 10:42:33 AM »

I've been maintaining a site for several years that was built with Frontpage.  It is still maintained with Frontpage, but Frontpage is a "dead" product and has far too many limitations.  The site has also grown exponentially and is too difficult to maintain by a single person.  I'd like to find a solution where I can design a clean looking website, include forms, calendars, etc.  I also want to have the ability to allow specific users to update just their portion of the website.  The solution has to offer some type of editor that is simple to make updates with.  The people updating the site may not be terribly computer literate and time to train them will be minimal.

Should I be looking at a stand-alone software package or possibly one of the CMS solutions available through Fantastico?

If a CMS, any recommendations on which one to use?  And how easy is it to import current data into a CMS?  Would it also be possible to install a CMS on the website while Frontpage Extensions are installed and running the current website?  Once a website is converted to a CMS, how difficult is it to switch over from my FP based website to the CMS?

Thanks in advance for everyone's input and suggestions!

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« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2007, 01:34:10 PM »

I would personally recommend Joomla (which I don't believe is offered through Fantastico anymore, but you should check that). Nevertheless, I haven't really come across any CMS that was particularly easy to "convert" or import your current site into. Usually you have to create a template and then basically re-create all of your content. It's not easy at first, but it will be worth it in the end because it'll be much easier to update.
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2007, 01:34:36 PM »

Does Joomla allow me to set up multiple users and assign each one rights to modify ONLY their specific portion of the website?  Right now I maintain a website that has grown over the years.  It was designed and maintained in Frontpage.  All changes are sent to me (Word files, typed pages, etc.) for publishing. 

It would be far less of a burden on me and more efficient to have each Department Head capable of updating their portion of the website.  My biggest concern is security and the amount of time I'll need to spend with each user training them to use Joomla.  I'm excited about making the jump to a CMS, but fear of the unknown is also a factor.  I've got to make the time to learn Joomla and port over the old website.  A daunting task at best!

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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2007, 02:08:51 PM »

I don't believe Joomla inherently supports multiple access levels (other than "super administrator", "administrator", "manager") but there are extensions out there that allow you to do this. Check this page for them.

I haven't really seen any CMS that incorporates this idea fully (as opposed to people making these as add-ons), and I'm not sure why they don't, but I understand it's definitely a must-have for sites that have more than one user managing content.

Hopefully this helps you out!
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