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UNIX-based "Template" Software for Web Design?

Posted by Cliff on from the -internet-version-of-the-coloring-book dept.

jedinite asks: "I work for a large company looking to expand our web development offerings to cover lower-end sites. We are looking for a template-based program which we can offer our customers where they can "point and click" to develop their own website over the net. Basically, the user could provide a few graphics of a specific size, cut and paste some text as content, drag and drop a few links, and have a very basic website which they create & maintain themselves. I'm having serious trouble finding a package such as this which runs in our UNIX environment (we're mostly a Solaris/Apache house, but have some Linux/BSD boxen as well). Does anyone have any comments on or experience with any software package or module which performs this desired functionality? Anyone know of a software package for UNIX-hosted 'template web design'?" This is an interesting approach to the thought of homepage design. Thoughts?

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  1. Hrmrmrm by GoRK · · Score: 3

    Well... as for web development environments that use "templates" - e.g. server-parsed scripts that are a little less involved (program-wise) than CGI scripting include:

    1) ColdFusion (my personal choice even though it's a bit slow) www.allaire.com (commercial)

    2) PHP (And w/ 4.0 Zend) www.php.com

    3) Zope www.zope.org

    4) iHTML www.ihtml.com (commercial)

    5) MetaHTML www.metahtml.com/www.metahtml.org (commercial and GNU versions)

    I have used all of these on Linux with sucess in each. All of them could allow you to create templates that replace "blank spots" in web pages with user-entered information from a database.

    What you are asking though seems a little bit different -- you seem to be looking for a prebuilt approach like a tripod, geocities, xoom, or AOL "home page wizard/generator"

    You might have a look at www.cgi-resources.com. They have a VERY good listing of CGI's and I believe I've seen a categor for page wizard scripts.

    ~GoRK