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12-13-2007, 01:48 AM
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CMS for Front end Designer - What do you guys do ?
Hi guys
I was just wondering. Lately I have gotten a lot of clients that wants to update there websites themselves. So far I have managed with the limited back-end programming I know. Which is really not that much.
I am a front-end designer. I do action-scripting, flash, Java, Xhtml etc. etc. Basic updating I can program. But what if a client wants more.
How do you guys go about doing that. If a client wants to update there own website themselves ? Do you just assign 1 page or so that can be updated , or do you give complete control to the client to change any content.
Explain to me how you would go about doing this.
I was wondering also about pricing. Seems to me that if a client wants that, they will have to pay much more. Or am I a bit behind the times.
Thus far I have been creating websites for people and I have been updating it for them.
Is there software that is fairly easy that I can program into my code ?
Hope all of you Gurus can shed some light on this. It would help me out a lot.
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12-13-2007, 02:50 AM
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Just get a custom cms built and just integrate to the sites. Also you can always point clients my way or hire me to build a custom cms for you to use.
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12-13-2007, 09:24 AM
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I'm a frontend web designer too
I thought about having a CMS made that I could easily skin and sell to customers, but it depends on how many customers you expect to sell it to. A good CMS wont be cheap, so you have to make sure you can cover your costs.
The other option you could go for is an open source CMS. While you couldn't charge for the actual CMS, you can charge for installation, setup and the skin, plus any extra work you do.
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12-13-2007, 05:49 PM
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Ok. Guys. Thanks.
Now I am new to CMS and don't really know what it is I would be looking for.
Basically clients will want to update information and maybe photos. I cannot see anything else. My clients are not huge with extreme databases and spreadsheets and stuff. I for instance have an interior decorator that would like to manage her content. Update her news and information and place new design cases. So all in all it would be those two things. Adding information and adding photos. And I would make it like those happen on only 2 pages. The rest of the web cannot be updated and maintained by the client.
How would something like that work, and how would I programme that into my code. Is it PHP that I would have to know ? I know enough PHP to get me through.
So Xuxa, for instances what would you charge for CMS as simple as that. Just those 2 things ?
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12-17-2007, 08:11 AM
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Hi Bamboo!
Take a look at this cms http://snewscms.com It is very easy to install and to use it with custom made template or some css template.
One another easy to use is www.cmsmadesimple.org.
Regards
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12-17-2007, 03:12 PM
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That sNews CMS looks like it will be really helpful.
I'm in the same position myself Bamboo, If a client needs a simple cms, I can do that, nothing too big or extreme though.
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12-17-2007, 08:01 PM
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oh, I wish my CodeXplorer.com system was done! ;P
It can run circles around any system you put it against and has WAY cleaner code that you can actually understand (read: easy to modify). If you still have this problem in January stop by and try the system out (GPL licensed).
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12-17-2007, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Xeoncross
oh, I wish my CodeXplorer.com system was done! ;P
It can run circles around any system you put it against and has WAY cleaner code that you can actually understand (read: easy to modify). If you still have this problem in January stop by and try the system out (GPL licensed).
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are you coding this in OOP ?
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12-17-2007, 09:03 PM
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If you need something basic, Wordpress can be setup as a CMS and you will be able to find many resources on helping you do this. Also Drupal is a very solid platform and free. There are 1000s out there, I would go with one that has lots of users, modules and support such as Wordpress or Drupal.
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02-11-2008, 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by allaire
are you coding this in OOP ?
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You bet
I would say that 55% of the system are pre-made functions you can use, 25% are objects, and 20% is procedural code.
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