For eleven years, I was involved in the Microsoft Developer environment. I kept a blog for many of those years. You can read it here:
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This is a blog about Michael Earls. I'm a retired computer programmer living in Southern Georgia with my beautiful wife Laurie.
My blog is not incredibly interesting, but it's usually more than 140 characters per entry. It's also persistent, so you can use permalinks...and comments!
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Mel Dodd // October 22, 2009 at 4:41 pm |
Hi Michael,
I knew you for a while in a C# user group in Atlanta and found your site by chance. I’m very sorry to hear that you have been ill, and hope that you have or will soon recover to the maximum possible. I am starting a new web site from scratch and am wondering whether to just use .net, or a “content management system.” Would love your thoughts if you still think about such things.
mearls // October 22, 2009 at 5:21 pm |
Hi Mel, I remember you. The answer depends on what your purpose is. For a blog, I’d recommend using WordPress.com for a free blog. Or, find a web host like http://www.discountasp.net and use a blog engine such as DasBlog, Graffiti, or another .NET based blog engine.
If you have another purpose in mind (like honing your own programming skills), you can start from scratch. I wouldn’t recommend it, but many have done it.
Personally, I think that you can get what you want from an existing blog engine. Many of them are extensible, so you can still hone your .NET skills.
Mel Dodd // October 22, 2009 at 5:43 pm |
Michael,
Thanks for your reply. My purpose is not mainly a blog, nor to hone my programming skills, but a web site for a new product. At first it will just be an “Electronic Brochure”, but later I may want to add pages with data forms, flash animation, etc. I will need security so that some pages will be restricted.
Some options I’ve thought of
1. joomla, dotnetnuke, or some other CMS.
2. Using the content manager provided by my host, networksolutions.com
3. Programming from scratch in .net.
1. Seems like a lot of overhead although many people go that route.
2. is the default choice except that it is not robust.
3. Might be workable if there was some kind of template, model, or other way to cut down on the learning curve and tedious construction.
mearls // October 26, 2009 at 4:21 pm |
For building from scratch, I’d recommend using ASP.NET MVC. It’s a quick way to get going and makes life a lot simpler.