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Subject:RE: best software for web site development From:"Richard Smith" <Richard -dot- Smith -at- windriver -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:27:34 -0800
To add to this fine list of suggestions, http://www.websitesthatsuck.com .
This site is a cornucopia of things NOT to do. In most cases the thing you
should do is pretty obvious, or stated.
If your choices are wide open, there are many pre-fab content management
packages already out there, and many are free for the having. Take a loook
at some of the pre-built packages for php or zope. There are many in perl as
well. Most of these packages include all the basics, like formatting
templates, a pre-built database, authentication, and so forth. The big sell
is that such systems tend to make maintaining and updating a site easier. It
may be overkill depending on what you are doing, but if you are starting
from scratch, you may as well take a look at what people have already done
before you reinvent the wheel.
have fun,
Richard Smith
> : Chris L says:
> : My boss wants to create a web site up and has asked me which software
> would work best. I don't
> : know anything about this end of the technology. I suppose FrontPage or
> HTML are the top two
> : choices, correct? I would certainly welcome feedback from those
> of you "in
> the know". Thx, Chris
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