[TYPO3-UG Australia] Totally new to TYPO, content managers and programming and guess what... needs help....

[Cate Deans Smith]

Hi David

>I'm totally new to TYPO, content managers and programming. Any chance a
>green newbie like me could actually get a site up and running or am I just
>dreaming?

Im not so far ahead of you, and I think you can do it ... the critical
aspect is TIME :) if you have time to spend learning, trolling email lists,
websites, trialling things, finding snippets - then its possible to do. If
you don't have time, then TYPO3 is probably not a good choice.

For example: I started my site about 6 weeks ago with a layout already
planned in Dreamweaver, a good understanding of css and html, a good
understanding of cms's in general. It has taken me about 150 hours so far of
trolling and trialling to get just the basic layout to work.

Then I lost the lot when the database corrupted (mental note: do not be put
off by the time it takes to backup a bit site - do it regularly, or at least
before you upload and install extensions!)

I estimate it will take me a few hours today to catchup ... ie, 150 hours of
research for 3 hours of work!

>If I am dreaming then are there other content managers out there which are
>easier to set up and use? Or am I dreaming about this too?

There are cms's that are more simple to get up and running (although any
little thing like version of php can throw a spanner in the works :) ) so it
just depends on how much extensibility you need.

If the site really needs full control - go with typo3. If it doesn't, maybe
consider Mambo, or any one of the hundred others available.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Cate Deans Smith
diess - Performance through Synergy

cdeans at diess.com.au

www.diess.com.au
 
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