Content Management System versus Static (Dreamweaver)

[Tracey Austin]

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!) 

 

Tracey Austin

Information Developer

Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit

Phone:(519) 426-6170 Ext. 3203
Fax: (519) 426-9974
Email: tracey.austin at hnhu.org <mailto:tracey.austin at hnhu.org> 

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