Doing a test with Facebook Connect
On the net you will find a multiple and lengthy discussions on picking a CMS tool for building websites. After working with several CMS’s on multiple sites. I have come to a few conclusions of my own.
I like choosing WordPress (although not a true CMS) for simple sites. I like the fact that I can quickly create a small website in a matter of moments. WordPress tools and plugins allow for non-technical editors to edit their pages. Its provides tools that make sure your site get SEO’ed well. I don’t recommend picking this tool for your website if you start wanting features – like extensive galleries, user only access, etc. While there can be tools to provide one or more of these functions, you probably should be looking for a more comprehensive CMS for your site if you want many features.
Another great choice is Joomla. Joomla has its pro’s & con’s. Its going to take a few days to get your site configured with pages & menus to your liking. It provides a lot more tools to get the features you might need. The problem I have with Joomla is lack of interaction between components you add. You might want a gallery and a social media tool and these 2 components (unless designed for) probably won’t interact. So my suggestion is pick Joomla if you want a website with more pages and one or two substantial features.
The last choice is Drupal. Drupal comes with a learning curve but its well worth it in creating a site. This is more building block approach to creating websites. You can take this feature (project/module in Drupal) and combine it with others to create an unique website with feature rich functionality. With that said building a Drupal site is going to take longer than WordPress or Joomla site but for a feature-rich website it is well worth it.
Of course, there are more CMS’s out there but that’s my 2 cents on choosing a CMS tool for your site.
I figured I would post a list of some of my favorite places to browse for Joomla Templates.
Most of my links are to the demo sites.. I like to browse through the demos instead of a screenshot gallery. So when you get to the demo site, find where you can choose which template to view.
Paid clubs/themes (with a few free ones mixed in)
Free Template Sites:
Some good lists:
Everyone’s twittering, why aren’t you?? Do you feel that way?
Getting started with twitter is probably the hardest part of twittering. When you twitter you want someone to listen (your followers) and want to hear the conversation of others (who you follow.) When you first sign up for twitter it is like standing in the middle of group of strangers and you hear random comments and no one can hear your comments. So you need to increase your followers and follow people but how?
Here’s my simple way..
Now there are other ways.. but I think with my method, you get a nice conversation to follow on subjects that interest you.
One of the other ways to find friends is using Twitter directories: feel free to read about them some of them: Find ‘Em On Twitter: 15 Twitter Directories Compared and here: 14 Twitter directories to find new friends
I took the evening and redid my blog theme. It was greatly needed.
I wanted a theme to showcase the websites that I have worked on and created. So check out my Portfolio!
I still have some improvements to make but it came a long way tonight!
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