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Re: Content Management System versus Static (Dreamweaver)
Subject:Re: Content Management System versus Static (Dreamweaver) From:Sean Wheller <sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:37:47 +0200
On Thursday 19 October 2006 19:16, Tracey Austin wrote:
> After questioning every developer I know, I decided to turn to this
> group for a more decisive answer!
>
> I'm a Technical Writer who has been charged with the task of creating a
> new website to house all of our factsheets, pamphlets, q&a, online
> surveys, etc.
>
> We are currently using a CMS (Joomla) for our non-for-profit company
> website (public health). We find the CMS to time consuming and not
> reliable. Our .css continually gets dumped and simply posting a .pdf is
> very time consuming. We are thinking about switching to Dreamweaver (we
> currently use Adobe CS2 and RoboHelp for all else) but have been
> cautioned against a static content site. Our site will have appx. 300
> htm files and 100 pdf. Is Dreamweaver a wise choice? (Personally, I'd
> like to roll the whole thing into a RoboHelp webhelp file!)
Have you tried the Joomla Extension Docman?
BTW. I have several sites running on Joomla and all are very reliable. If your
CSS is being dropped, it is more than likely a configuration problem in the
template. Perhaps try using multiple templates, one of which is specific for
your docs.
Hope this helps,
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Sean Wheller
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sean -at- inwords -dot- co -dot- za
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