permaculture

[Massimo Valle <massimo@maxvalle.com>]

On 24/ago/07, at 00:33, Steve Diver wrote:

> A brief segue back to managing PC info on the web....
>
> It's been a few years since I've managed web pages
> regularly and at the time DreamWeaver was King.

Dreamweaver is still the king.
Some months ago Adobe acquired Macromedia and they have choosen to  
kill GoLive and keep Dreamweaver. For the same reason they killed  
Freehand and kept Illustrator.

> Wikis, Content Management software, and Blogs have since
> entered the scene to simplify web pages, at least
> it seems that way.
>
> WordPress came to my attention, an Open Source platform
> http://wordpress.org
>
> It even has a directory web-design themes
> http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
>
> Got any comments on WordPress or other platforms to check out?

Well, wikis, CMS and blogs are different tools for different uses. It  
mainly depends on what you intend to do.
Anyway, WordPress is certainly the best platform for professional  
blogging. However, if you only need a simple blog you can try Blogger  
(http://www.blogger.com/). It permits to set up a blog in minutes and  
it's highly customizable.

With CMS you can build a dynamic web site with a collaborative  
approach. Much complex and rich than a simple blog.
Some of the best tools around are:
http://www.geeklog.net/
http://www.joomla.com/
http://www.mambo-foundation.org/
http://plone.org/
http://www.zimbra.com/

Wikis are another approach. I love the wiki philosophy, however I  
think this is best suited for building online references or  
documentation about a defined topic. There are different tools for  
managing Wikis, however the mother of all is MediaWiki (http:// 
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki), the one used by (and built for)  
Wikipedia.

Massimo Valle