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Tom Emerson wrote:
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David Lawyer
I'm in favor of a very simple site using say html 3.2 and not
using any complex tags like the table tag.
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??? Since when is the "table" tag complex?
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<pre wrap="">For my personal site, I use the linuxdoc markup ...
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That's all well and good, but as you point out, it would mean
The maintainers would need to learn "yet another language"
(simple or otherwise)
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<pre wrap="">I think that the site should be simple enough so that anyone
that knows the rudiments of html can maintain it.
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Actually, here is what I've found of the packages we've "evaluated"
(and ine we haven't)
* Mambo: requires ZERO knowledge of HTML! The editor boxes
have buttons and other things to "do the work for you"
(like bold/italic/underline, and yes, even tables)
* Twiki: requires intimate knowledge of HTML and/or "pseudo-html"
(such as *bold*) as defined by the wiki software itself.
* Phpwebsite: dunno. Dustin has made me an admin, but I cannot figure
out how to actually change anything on a page.
* Movable Type: (not actually evaluated on his site, but I've used
it for my site) requires SOME knowledge of HTML if
you intend to do anything other than a default design.
While very similar to Mambo, the editor doesn't do the
work for you.
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<pre wrap="">think that text browsers like lynx should work OK with it.
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Hnnn... Is there a "lynx" template/theme available for Mambo?
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I'm a little miffed. Isn't this the SGV Lug that meets at Cal Tech?? I
would think we could have a web site that is more cutting edge but well
within W3C standards. Using HTML 3 (to me) is not an option (unless we
are script kiddies) [my opinion - please take no offense].
Additionally, I don't see the security problem. Lets make one or two
(or three) people responsible for the web site. Give them the needed
rights to the server and let them do the job.<br>
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Packages are nice and some do great things. I have found that each has
drawbacks - like adding a bunch of extra code or non standard code. <br>
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Lets get the people interested in working on the project together at
the meeting.<br>
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Stephen<br>
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