Well, I've decided that the time has come to revamp all of my sites. This wasn't an easy decision as I really hate doing any kind of programming and learning new software tools. I thought that I'd left that behind me years ago.
So, you might be wondering how I'm going about doing this? I started by looking over the many options available for packages with the GNU/GPL licenses. There are so many options that it has taken several months of investigation and trial to narrow the list down.
For the Quail Books website, I finally settled on a Content Management System (CMS) package called Joomla! for the front end to handle the welcoming pages, forum and customer polls, etc. I tried out the integrated VirtueMart store software, but finally decided on a subdomain for the store running ZenCart software. This might be all too technical for most people, but .... I'm also going to use Joomla! as the CMS for the Quail Publishing website and the Survive Disaster website.
The nice thing is that I'll be able to provide a common template system for all sites along with a common Forums board and online polls. NO MORE LEARNING A NEW SOFTWARE SYSTEM at least for a while.
My plan is to have the Quail Books site up and running by the end of June 2007 and make the changes to the other two sites in July. Hopefully, this isn't too ambitious but with the experience in customization gained in testing out the packages on my local server I think I'll be OK.
Just as a side note on Technorati. It seems that this blog is listed, but not very high (around 3.5 million or so). That's my fault as I haven't been very diligent about posting for the past year or so. Also, how can people get interested in visiting when my postings cover such a wide range of my interests? Oh well, what can I say but this blog is more of an online diary mostly for myself.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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