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

[David Toshack]

Hi David,

I'm in Melbourne. Since this newsgroup is becoming a bit more active, I
will be around a bit more and would be happy to help you out if you
can't find what you're looking for, us David's have to stick together  :-)


Cheers,
David


Cate Deans Smith wrote:
> 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
> 
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