On Aug 28, 2008, at 5:17 AM, Auto-Deppe, C. Haensel wrote:
Hi all!
And again, a slightly off topic subject for you all from yours
truly :o)
I have a "customer" (helicopter company) who is willing to give me
some free
flights for a small website.
Now, I have been talking to my sister in law who is a designer (note:
designer, not coder). She said I should be using Joomla or something
of that
sort and change it to fit my needs.
I, on the other hand, am more into using my own code, starting with
the
first "Hello World" and ending up being a full fledged CMS with just
the
functions the customer needs. I have a lot of code in my code database
already, so it would be a lot of copy and paste and a bit of coding.
I think
the whole thing will take about 60 work hours.
I am into hand coding, to be honest. Using Joomla or other CMS
systems is
fine, but I want this to be a nice point on my CV if I ever need to
get a
new job. And, most important to me, it _feels_ much better to have
it done
from scratch all by yourself, doesn't it?
So, I would love to hear your opinion on this. Sorry for being a bit
off
topic here as this is not 100% coding related, but I _had_ to get some
feedback to backup my position ;o)
Cheers!
Chris
Hi Chris,
I have used Joomla and wordpress as CMS's before on different sites.
Both have worked great for the purposes of the sites. The company that
I freelance with uses them as a base on almost all the sites that they
work on, and then I come in and clean it up a little... valid XHTML/
CSS section 508 compliance, things like that. What I'm trying to get
at (And please keep in mind I still haven't had any coffee this
morning...) is that hand coding everything is great I do all my own
hand coding for my projects. But there is nothing wrong with using an
established base if it suits your needs.
And from a freelance standpoint, there are alot of jobs available for
CMS customization, so some experience in that, might help get some
jobs for the future.
Good luck!
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Raoset Inc.
Technology Manager
MQC Specialist
11287 James St
Holland, MI 49424
www.raoset.com
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