Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder
--- On Sat, 7/7/12, Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> wrote:
> From: Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>
> Subject: Re: OT: need a simple CMS / website builder
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Saturday, July 7, 2012, 2:24 PM
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 02:54:53PM
> -0700, Go Linux wrote:
> > --- On Tue, 7/3/12, Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net>
> > > Subject: OT: need a simple CMS / website
> builder
> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > > Date: Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 4:05 PM
> > >
> > >
> > > I need some recommendations.
> Wordpress? Drupal?
> > > This will be on a Squeeze system.
> > >
> > > -Rob
> > >
> >
> > I use Flatpress which is basically a port of Wordpress
> but no SQL, just flat files. I usually use the SVN
> version:
> >
> > http://flatpress.org/home/
> >
> > It installs in a minute and is very customizable.
> Wordpress plugins have been ported and I think that themes
> can be too (I customized mine from scratch). Drupal is quite
> complicated and Wordpress is pretty bloated too these days
> too. If you want to KISS, Wordpress is
> great! One site I use it on has several
> hundred entries each year and 14-18,000 uniques a month so I
> know it can take a beating. Only one possible drawback
> is that it a single user blog.
> >
> Wordpress has some extensions that will force users to
> register (and be
> approved) before viewing the website. "Private Only"
> is one that I came
> across. I'll have to check and see if Flatpress has
> something similar
> available.
>
> -Rob
>
>
I have not seen or used that extension. If that's one you want to use, go to their forum - http://flatpress.org/vanilla2/ - and someone will probably be able to port it for you. The only thing I registered for was for Akismet.
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