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#16 2006-10-09 22:10:30
- hazel
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- From: Glastonbury, UK
- Registered: 2006-09-22
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Re: Symphony Web Publishing System
So I tried installing Symphony today…
The install was actually a little tricky. I presumed something with my .htaccess file, but it turned out to be my MAMP setup, aparently it only works on PHP/MySQL’s default ports. Who knew?
The admin interface looks nice, but has some odd conventions (‘Campfire services’, ‘Blueprints’ ?). Also has a bit of a new conceptual model to get your head around (pages, components, controllers).
Having now read a bit about XSLT it seems it could be worthwhile learning, as it’s useful elsewhere, i.e. turning XML into useful stuff (picking out the data you need from API’s).
But, the fact that IE is not supported is a showstopper (standards compliant browsers only, presumably the Ajax stuff?). Too idealistic.
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Re: Symphony Web Publishing System
You don’t get the AJAX calendar and a few other things in IE6, but the admin is functional. IE can display both the demo admin and hompage.
I really like Symphony, but I just don’t have the time to learn XSLT right now. Maybe this winter.
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