I finally started working on Sheepology again. I decided that the next order of business is a content management system (CMS). I have spent the last couple months working with Ellington and Jazbox here at the Naples Daily News and have developed strong feelings about these systems and consequently a vision for something better. Coupling this knowledge with my experience of Joomla and Bricolage, I think I have a pretty good idea of what a good CMS should be. (Bricolage is by far my favorite CMS, but not very friendly). And hey, Django was designed as a framework for building content management systems, so I’ve already got a good start.
In addition, the church I am attending has a strong need for a new website. I would like to use Sheepology to do that. Initially the integrated CMS will be simple so that I can get something out the door, but I do have a vision for something larger.
All that said, without thinking about it I packed away my desktop computer into my trunk to free up space on our camper’s kitchen table. Shari got a laptop and I decided that we no longer needed to have the whole desktop taking up all that space. So before I thought to commit my changes I tore it all down.
Thankfully we should close on “our” house by the end of July and all will be well.
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Hey Brian. I’ve enjoyed reading some of your sites today. I’ve also toyed with the idea of making some church management software, but decided that unless I was going to commit full time to it, it would probably be a pretty poor project. I think that my home church would benefit greatly from something like it, too. If I were to write one, it would probably be a LAMP project, but from what I know of Django, it is probably an easier fit. I’d love to get in and take a look at your demo, but someone seems to have changed the password. Is there any way you could reset it?
Dan,
I reset the demo password. It should be OK now.