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I'm looking for a CMS system that works similar to CushyCMS, but that I can install on my own server?
I love the functionality and ease of use CushyCMS provides for simple, small sites where setting up and installing a traditional CMS (Drupal, Wordpress, TYPO3) are not necessary.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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Perch is an excellent lightweight CMS.
For what you're after I'd reccomend ImpressPages CMS
http://www.impresspages.org/
It doesn't use html tags, but its a very easy "drag and drop" style. with clear toolbars available to the site admin, obviously WYSIWYG editing isn't everyones favourite (it's not mine) but for 5 or so pages, it's perfect.
Orbis CMS is an open source alternative to CMSs like CushyCMS. It's built on the same priciples (simplicity, ease-of-use) and features a stylish interface, but is self-hosted and free.
"modify html pages simply by adding a class but that I can install on one of my own servers"
Unify does this very nicely unify.unitinteractive.com it costs $24.49 per domain, simply upload the unify folder to your webspace and add class="unify" to the areas in the html you want editable.
Another one ideal for a site of 5 pages is pulsePro http://pulsecms.com/
If you're looking to write some of your own code/html it might be worth looking at django-cms
Well, I don't know of any yet, but if you want an alternative online service then check out Surreal CMS. You can also try out Simple CMS, but it's still very new (released into beta a day or two ago).
You should look at Zimplit!
SnippetMaster is pretty cool. It's too bad that it's not open-source and free, but at least it has generous and inexpensive licensing schemes (normal, re-brandable, etc.)
It would be nice if it used class names for the content regions, but it uses HTML comments formatted a special way (like IE conditionals) so it's still valid html.
http://www.snippetmaster.com
I built this one www.kitgui.com so programmers can be programmers in their own language / framework of choice and use a REST-style interface to pull content and HTML 5 javascript reference to be able to let clients manage the editing experience directly on the website pages themselves. HTML 5 allows for the cross-site security to occur these days so everything just made sense to do this. In my ecommerce business its all about how fast you can setup things to get them out the door and get paid. KitGUI makes it so easy you can't really appreciate it unless you try it out. This is brand new so I have no idea if programmers like it or not except for my own devs who are biased of course. I know clients do for sure so please give me some feedback on it if you have time to investigate as I worked my ass off to launch it.
Something which is very similiar to CushyCMS is Unify CMS.
They have a demo which you can try before you buy.
You will see that Unify is very similar to CushyCMS and I quote:
You do not need to know PHP, nor do you need to write your code
specifically for Unify. In order to create editable areas on your
site, you only need to add “unify” classes to each element. That’s it.
There is no Database to setup, you just upload the files via FTP (or similar) and start adding in classes where you want to have editable regions. They have repeatable regions as well.
Unify currently costs 24.49 and is backed by a 45 day money back guarantee.
Support is powered by Desk.com
Take a look at Unify requirements and you will see you can run this in almost any server on the planet; well, almost any server :)
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so after a long break from it, I've decided to pick up web development again, and I'm having just as much trouble as ever, trying to pull apart and customise these CMSs. I'm getting a bit frustrated with it.
I'm pretty good with HTML and CSS, and can happily build websites that aren't linked to a Content Managment System (HTML, CSS, Javascript), but the complexity of a CMS seems to be too much for me to work with and understand.
I was hoping someone could recommend a dead simple framework for me to work with. Something that's really simple to understand how it works. I like the idea of a Flat File CMS, So far I've looked at Stacey, Grav and Kirby. I'm told these are simple to work with, but I'm still struggling to customise, and make the templates my own.
Ideally, what I'm looking for would be a cms where I could build the site in HTML and CSS and tack-on variables for things like image grids and menus into the HTML. Anyone heard of anything like this?
Cheers.
Self-hosted Wordpress would be my recommendation. As a 10+ year full-time web developer, I've used many CMSs and this one is always my go-to solution these days. I seem to be constantly migrating clients away from other outdated platforms to Wordpress. Or you can use Wordpress.com if you don't want to go the self-hosted route.
If you work well with HTML and CSS you can make any style or markup changes you require. If you haven't used PHP before, you'll have plenty of time to get familiar with it. Once you are comfortable with some basic PHP, you can begin adding whatever functionality you want to your site via a plugin or by placing custom functions in the functions.php file of your theme.
If you haven't built anything with Wordpress yet, or if you aren't comfortable installing it on your webhost manually, you can use a webhost that has Fantastico to auto-install Wordpress for you.
There are tons of mobile-responsive themes out there that you can use as a starting point for your site, many of which are free. It is recommended to use a child-theme for making your customizations. This will prevent a theme update from erasing your changes. If you are going to use a lot of javascript files it is also recommended to register and enqueue them inside the functions.php file.
It may take some time to familiarize yourself with Wordpress, but it should be well worth it.
For more info on all things related to Wordpress, check out the codex:
https://codex.wordpress.org/
There is also a new Wordpress Code Reference:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/
And if you run into any specific issues, first search here on Stack Overflow for the answer–it will usually be here already. If you can't find anything on your specific issue, create a new post with the details and someone will usually be happy to assist you.
Good luck!
You can start with Odoo CMS. It was prettier now on version 9, with more feature and flexibility.
You can download the complete source of odoo, and develop it develop it in local before deploy on your server.
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Hey everyone I just bought the master cs5 suite mostly for design purposes, and now I have a lot of peoPle telling me I should start using DW instead of hand coding my HTML/CSS because it will speed up my production and it's what all design shops use and is an industry standard . I was curious if this is accurate and how much would it really speed things up?
I (personally) disagree. I use DW in CS5 for code editing view only (it has the best markup/code highlighting I've found); the generated markup is not great, so I don't use it, nor am I highly trained in the workflow it entails. A lot of designers will not understand hand coding markup, but that's usually because they don't understand how to or don't care to do so because it's not what they get paid to do.
However, if you're working on (a) lower level, you have a better understanding of your markup/styles/code. It may take slightly/significantly more effort (depending on your abilities hand coding), but I personally think it's worth the effort in many cases. However, I am not a piece worker nor am I paid on deadlines.
There are other reasons I use DW (WebDAV support, searching capabilities), but I will likely never use it to author my markup. Also note I don't pay for it.
Used unwisely it won't speed it up at all. You'll spend more time pulling out DW's extraneous code. Use parts of DW that will make you faster like snippets (for storing snippets of code you use frequently) and find and replace (using f&r with regex is a very useful skill). I use it to cram in table markup quickly (for data tables). Dragging files over for internal links is quite nice and the keyboard shortcuts help (you can create custom ones).
That said, I like the product at work. Check in and check out has been very helpful there with multiple coders/designers.
So, there are plenty of parts in DW that will speed up your hand coding. Root them out.
Dreamweaver CS5.5 made a lot of improvements over previous versions. As a designer you may appreciate Live Preview and the design integration's. As a coding IDE, it's still considered sub-standard and many developers choose to go another route. I use PHPdesinger 7 for ~$70, its got in-line xdebug integration and pretty good intellisense for PHP, CI, and jQuery. I use DW5.5 and PHPdesigner and I find it's far less bloated then Dreamweaver for what I use it for, coding with PHP/Jquery and web API's. I also feel that it's closer to how I worked before using advanced IDE's like this, coding on my Macbook with Coda. But if your designing web pages you may like Dreamweaver better.
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Recently I had to develop several web applications. I did extensive research regarding JavaScript UI Libraries but I haven't been able to find one I was really satisfied with. What I mean with UI libraries is a library which provides user-controls such as buttons, combo boxes, grids, charts, layout, ...
What I found so far and why I didn't like it a 100%
jQuery UI has too few controls. (I know there are a lot of plugins and you can nearly find everything but it is not the same as a complete library made and tested by one team or group)
Dijit (Dojo). I really like this one but when I try to use it in my websites I'm always having troubles. They don't seem to be as easy to use as other libs.
YUI version 2 had a lot of controls, but the "new" version 3 still misses many controls. (or I am just too dumb to find them) I don't want to work with both versions at the same time or use an old version which will be replaced soon.
DHTMLX has many controls and they work really well, but the controls themselves lack many features. (for example the HTMLEditor does not even support to change the text color out of the box or I could not find an easy way to expand/collapse tree nodes with some sort of animation)
If anybody knows of a good library which I have not tried yet or knows how I could use one of the above libraries "better" I would be really happy.
I am wondering why at this point (where web-apps are getting so important) I still can't find a complete UI framework which would provide me with controls which you can find in other environments since years (or even decades) - for example Java, .net or Delphi to name just a few.
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I know there won't be a library with every control I ever need, but what I expect from such a library is at least: consistent skins, api, documentation, validation and the most important controls you'd need in business apps/websites (datepicker, button, editor with support for numerical data, grid/tree, layout controls, HTML editor) AND the possibility to create your own controls. good to have: charts or reporting
Ext JS provides the best GUI widgets by far. I've used it for a large intranet project, and have been completely satisfied. It's available under GPLv3 and a commercial license.
Be extremely careful when evaluating open-source frameworks. They tend to religiously promote the quality of their projects, but I've found that poor documentation and buggy code are pervasive. Dojo claims heavy industry involvement, but their documentation is poor, and it's not hard to find bugs on their website (the dijit example pages have been broken for months at a time...).
Your comment about JQueryUI is very telling.
As you say, JQueryUI does provide relatively few controls, but has a lot of plugins available. But you're looking for a single library with everything you want built-in.
This is a tough ask, because we don't actually know what widgets you really want, which ones you like the sound of but probably wouldn't use, or which ones you'd use but only if they worked exactly the way you want.
It's virtually impossible to predict all the widgets that someone may want, or how they want them to work. And even if a given library does get it exactly right, when your needs change slightly in the wrong direction, suddenly the library you chose could turn out to be a poor choice rather than the right one.
This is why flexibility and maintainability are far more important than getting an exact feature match. Once you go beyond the basic set of widgets, most others are built on top of the simple ones anyway, but everyone has their own ideas about how they should be implemented, and new UI concepts are being thought up every day. This is why the plug-in model works so well, and why I feel you're making a mistake in discounting JQueryUI because most of the widgets are available as plug-in. In fact, I would say that this model is likely to be the best solution for you.
There are a number of other libraries available which you haven't mentioned. Mootools and Prototype are probably the best well known, but there are others too. Rather than list them all, I'll point you to this page on Wikipedia, which lists them all in a comparative table: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_JavaScript_frameworks
I hope you find that helpful. But I suspect you won't find any library in that list that comes with every widget you'd ever want, all in one bundle. They all rely on plug-ins, because the library developers are generally focusing on making a framework for widgets, rather the widgets themselves.
Check out PrimeUI, provides various widgets and built with jQuery UI APIs. Licensed under Apache V2. http://www.primefaces.org/primeui/
Recently Telerik Kendo UI which is built on top of jQuery (no impedence mismatch with other frameworks) has Open sourced (Apache 2.0 License) their Library of Widgets.
I strongly recommend this..
Telerik Kendo UI is not Open Source
Download the Kendo UI - Open Source edition
If you don't mind the licencing you should have a look at http://www.sencha.com/ the ExtJS library.
A demo library available at http://www.sencha.com/products/extjs/examples/
SAPUI5 web controls listing with example source code:
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I am looking for recommendations for a starting website to learn how to write HTML code
This question seems a bit weird... what do you mean by "sandbox"?
Usually you simply practice writing HTML by using a text editor and opening the local file from the browser.
start here at w3schools.com. They provide a niftly little sandbox with sample code for all your web design element questions.
Notepad + any broswer - This works well for me. Just save your file to .htm
Or if you want, get FireFox or Opera, go to any site (say, stackoverflow.com or w3schools.com), view the source, edit away and then apply the changes. Don't worry, the changes only affect a single tab and doesn't changes anything on the web.
Sandbox for HTML? you must be kidding.There are no chances of getting hurt even if your HTML goes wrong. So you don't need a sandbox.
Use any decent editor which gives a two-tab view for Source-code and Quick-view, and you are done. You can use MS Frontpage or EditPlus, both offer these features. You don't need to save to see the effect.
Please don't clog the bandwidth for just testing and debugging HTML. It ain't worth it.
Some things don't work with Javascript when served from file:// due to security protocols, and sometimes it can be too much of a pain trying to get a webhost up and running for experimenting with stuff.
http://www.webdevout.net/test
I have found to be a convenient playground tool, with the benefit when you mangle something up and you want help to work out what you did wrong you can post the link to somebody and they can see what you've done without you needing to worry about security, hosting, or firewalls.
I'd say check out these video tutorials from net tuts. It starts off with the very basics and then moves on to more in depth stuff. The tutorials are organized as a 30-day course, where they'll mail you a link to a video tutorial each day. The idea being you'll have learnt html/css within 30 days. But you really don't need to sign up for the mailing service, just take it at your own pace.
http://learncss.tutsplus.com/
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Where should I point someone to learn the basics of HTML/CSS? I personally got my start from HTMLGoodies way back in the day, but while I thank Ken Burns for getting me going, I'm loathed to send someone out to that site nowadays as I think it's dated.
Obviously there are many sites out there that cumulatively contain all the information needed, but where to send someone new who you don't want to scare off?
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I honestly thought I'd been missing something by not having used w3schools.com, but I see that within three pages of the tutorial (both html and xhtml) they use <b></b>. Damned shame they're not encouraging semantics.
Anyone know something that gets people off on the right foot?
I can't believe how many people are answering with w3schools. I couldn't recommend enough that people never EVER mention this place again. It is a terrible resource.
A few good places:
Addition for HTML5: http://diveintohtml5.ep.io/
http://alistapart.com
http://www.quirksmode.org/
http://www.thinkvitamin.com/
Not complete, but alistapart.com is required reading for any web developer we hire.
Also, never underestimate the power of reading the source on well-written websites.
I can't believe that people here are recommending W3Schools. That's the last place I would recommend anyone to go.
The one place I would recommend the user heading to is SitePoint. A lot of the articles there are aimed at advanced users, although the sheer quality of the forum and the beginner articles are too good to pass. I would also agree with Mike's recommendations as places to send a complete novice.
As far as getting the practical skill, the one thing I would recommend is opening up a text editor or a good IDE in text-editor mode and just writing a website to see what happens. Head to the Open Source Web Design page and see how others have created basic layouts, then apply that skill to your own.
HtmlDog has a good set of guides for beginners, intermediate and advanced users. It also has useful references for all things HTML & CSS.
I really like yourHTMLsource. Quirksmode and AlistApart are great. And Ajaxian is more advanced and wide resource of things.
I began on w3schools, however soon this site became the one I avoid the most.
Read this book (Designing with Web Standards by Zeldman)
To keep this answers to this question up-to-date, the Opera Web Curriculum is, as of 2011, the best way to learn front-end web development. It is comprehensive, encourages best practice, and is generally a superior resource for those completely new to the field.
I think you should check www.tutorialrepublic.com. This site has great tutorials on HTML/CSS. I learned HTML/CSS from this site and I really like this, they explains the topic very clearly.
Exactly, I personally started off on HTMLGoodies, also. I think tizag.com is more updated.
I can't believe that people here are
recommending W3Schools. That's the
last place I would recommend anyone to
go.
For me its a great...
Maybe isn't "the" reference website, but is a very good and practical cheatsheat about html and stuff...
The htmldom section is one of the best for me...
If you speak German, the best Site for learning HTML is:
http://selfhtml.org