[Greenbuilding] Web Design

[sanjay jain]

I'd agree with Gennaro, use an Open Source Content Management System (CMS). I like Joomla for sites that change frequently and have lots of editors. Wordpress is probably easier/better if you're the only one making changes.

Also look at Google sites, very easy to use: https://sites.google.com/

~sanjay





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From: Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <info at ecobrooklyn.com>
To: Green Building <greenbuilding at lists.bioenergylists.org>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Web Design


I used to be a web producer and have a lot of experience with web sites. The options you list are not the best. I suggest going with an open source content management system. The best one I know of is Wordpress. Check out my site. It is done with Wordpress. An amateur can install it but for a small fee you can get a pro to do it.

Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231




On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:50 AM, elitalking <elitalking at rockbridge.net> wrote:

 
>I 
know this may seem off topic with greenbuilding, however, I know that many on 
this list manage websites.    I have decided to do the same.  I 
want to promote many of the concepts that are relavant to this list on my 
site.
> 
>I am wondering how you manage your 
website.  Did you get a consultant 
to develop the format, or did you design it yourself. My inclination is to do it 
myself.  However, I am finding the 
HTML code is not intuitive at all.  I am working through the tutorial of a program called Coffee Cup (HTML 
code editor).  It certainly makes it 
easier to enter the code and quickly view your results.  However, it does not bypass the need to 
learn the code.  This program also 
has a graphic editor which is more intuitive.  However, it does not support HTML5, 
which I have learned is the latest language being supported by the dominant 
browsers.  I like that concept of a 
graphic editor, but if they are not supporting graphic editor with the new 
HTML versions, it tells me they have trouble with that approach and are fading 
it out.  The easiest method I have 
identified yet is converting a MS Word document to an HTML.  It is very intuitive.   I noticed that when I viewed the source 
code, it was really long, thousands of lines.  I am wondering if this will slow down 
the loading of the page.  Another 
program described in my book “Web Design in Easy Steps”, they describe another 
program call Dreamweaver by Adobe.  The book claims this is a robust program that includes graphic layout 
features.   I would expect a significant learning 
curve.  They do not offer trial period installation or return policy.  
The cost of program with training is around $200.  No problem if it meets 
my need.  However, I would like to hear from some who may be using this 
program.  
> 
>For 
those that do not know, you can see the code used on a loaded webpage by right 
clicking on the page and left clicking the view source. What comes up makes no 
sense to the untrained eye.  It is 
the coded instructions to the browser how to display the information on 
page.  This is an example of taking 
a thousand words to describe one picture.   
> 
>Eli 
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