gpg: Signature made Wed Feb 19 12:54:18 2014 UTC
gpg: using DSA key 2099B64CBF15490B
gpg: Good signature from "Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andrew James Smith <andy@strugglers.net>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (UKUUG) <andy.smith@ukuug.org>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (BitFolk Ltd.) <andy@bitfolk.com>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (Linux User Groups UK) <andy@lug.org.uk>" [unknown]
gpg: aka "Andy Smith (Cernio Technology Cooperative) <andy.smith@cernio.com>" [unknown]
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:25:53PM +0000, Ian wrote:
> Andy said:
> > These sites shouldn't need any third party plugins and to be
> > honest if it wasn't for the fact that he'd have no idea how to
> > later edit or add pages, they could be static HTML.
>
> In that case, I am really wondering why he's using Joomla. Is it that
> there's a theme he likes or has someone told him people will laugh if
> he uses anything else?
The only person he knows who will make the sites for him wants to
use Joomla. I do not know that person.
It may well be the case that if he doesn't want to use Joomla then
he will need to find a new person to do it for him.
Having to find a new designer that he can work with is quite a
barrier for a non-technical person to scale, and it may also involve
him having to argue why Joomla isn't suitable, from a position of
him not actually knowing what Joomla is.
As such it may be too difficult for him to do this any other way.
I will point out Joomla's shortcomings and if necessary volunteer to
discuss that with his designer, but there is a limit as to how far I
want to get involved.
Cheers,
Andy
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