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Setting up a domain for a political activism group (got guilted into it - don't ask), and what I need is the following format:
Front page of domain - "Blog" style, essentially a daily post from the person who is running the activist group. Links to archive of previous posts.
Back Side: Several sections, but really, from a tech standpoint, only two "features", one is a community forum, the other is a collection of articles, reviews, and info resources.
What I was initially thinking was the following:
Front Page: Moveable Type or some other blog software.
Forum: either phpBB or YaBB 2 (which is really YaBB 1.5, but the real YaBB 2 has been pushed into vaporwareland, so they changed the numbering system).
Articles, reviews, resources, etc: Static HTML. Nice and crawlable.
Now , that would be fine if I was gonna be the one to maintain the site. Thing is, I want to set it up, and wash my hands of the affair. At worst, I want no more than 1 phone call a month to do minor fixes. The person who's actually going to be running the site is stunningly non-tech-savy. So now I'm thinking:
Set up a phpNuke, and walk away. It doesn't really accomplish what they want the site to accomplish, but it mostly does, and has the distinct advantage of having a strong "walk-away" factor once it's set up.
Anyone here have any thoughts or suggestions? This is a freebie, and as much as I may sympathise with this particular group, I just don't want it eating up my time. (If any of you have dealt with activists or political types before, you'll understand).
PhpNuke sounds like a simple solution, though.
Main advantage: once it's set up and running, even a fairly non tech savy person should be able to keep it going and be able to add content.
These three will provide you with almost all the stuff you were looking for
