March 25, 200818 yr A friend of mine, musician, wants to make a website. Something with a gallery and ability to play his tunes. No coding or webdesign experience. Is there a free CMS out there that's easy to put together visually that'll do this? I don't have the time at the moment to do this for him, but I figured I could help out with the research. I've been using my own custom CMS' so far, so I'm a bit like a fish on land on this topic. (me: "make websites without coding it? ... I never heard of such a thing...")
March 31, 200818 yr Hi A great CMS to use is Joomla (www.joomla.org). I've been using this for a while and it is a great way to go for websites where the end user knows nothing about web design / html etc. Joomla itself is free as it is Open Source, it comes with a couple of templates built in and there are plenty more free ones about. You do need to find web hosting that can supply MySQL database. Personally I recommend www.yoserve.com. They have some cheap web hosting packages and some that install Joomla at the touch of a button - how's that for instant! Toni Web design and CMS expert (www.qivva.com)
March 31, 200818 yr MySpace? Facebook? J/K I'm sure that wordpress would work for this but perhaps is a little overkill. Depends if he wants a blog as well or not. WordPress with NextGen gallery: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/ and Inline MP3 player: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/inline...ayer/#post-2050 Is one idea anyhoo.
April 8, 200818 yr You may want to check out this: http://www.wimpyplayer.com/ I've used it a couple of times, it costs but ive found it to be real nifty and easy to customize
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