Suggestions Wanted.

[Roger Oberholtzer]

On Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:21:57 -0600
Ben Duncan <bns at meta3.net> wrote:

> ok .. 2 responses. Actually I used to design , configure and setup,
> ISP's. Techkie I got. The question is, would it be worth the cost of
> setup VS what
> the ISP's charge.

Look at www.plone.org (sorry deb...) It is sh*t simple to manage multiple
web domains here, and equally easy to manage content (via the web
interface, ftp, or a WebDAV-compatible app). For simple HTML content, just
let that be what you put in the pages. You need never more. But, it will
be easy to grow the site. Or just leave it HTML.

A site like plone (or multiple domains) can be set up within minutes.
Then, just assign ownership to the various parts. And let the people
manage their things.

As to the IMAP, look at squirrel mail. It is a decent web interface to
IMAP servers. My only complaint is that it seems to only like one IMAP
server.

> There is 2 locations, a home office and a branch office. The branch 
> office is getting
> the 6MB setup and there will be a VPN between two application servers.
> 
> There are 2 Different ISP's involved in this, one is a small regional 
> Wireless provider
> with with for the time being, has 2 T1 connections. The other is a 
> LARGE Regional ISP
> that has multiple connections. The customer wants/needs to administer 
> email accounts,
> the Web pages and be in control of that. They also want the ability 
> (Imap) for the
> salespeople on the road to check email.
> 
> The web pages for the three companies (home office, branch location, 
> and distribution company)
> are all treated as different entities. The web pages for them will be 
> simple "Who we are", What we do,
> Here is a list of products we offer (No online ordering or catalogue) 
> and contact info.
> 
> There MIGHT be a page listing the weekly specials or Monthly specials, 
> and we are not talking
> about a WHOLE lot SKU's and prices set in the retail section just are 
> not going to change.

Plone has a nice calendar, as well as a simple event/news thingie so
people can add such items. Check out the news tab on www.plone.org

> What they do , and what can change, is the LARGE volume of custom mix 
> animal feed that
> is sold by the ton, semi truck or railcar load. But the prices of 
> those are ALWAYS volatile as
> well as can be custom configured for the buyer (Antibiotics, vitamin 
> additives,
>   oat/corn/cottonseed etc..etc.. mix).

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