The problem with PHP is that one day it works and the other day it
might be that nothing works. When you modify a page, like adding a
form or you want to add a page, you have to modify the PHP as well. If
that isn't done the right way, the whole website can be down. It can
take a long time to figure out where the problem is and that is why I
don't use PHP. I use CSS and HTML only. Tried Pearl, but that's even
harder than PHP, CSS and HTML together.

His old website can be rebuild in HTML, it was in PHP.
Tried it and it worked.

Most things you can find again in Google and click on cache.
Had that once and found everything in cache, :)

I'm not liking this layout, navigation is too hard.
To me it doesn't look very interesting, but that's my opinion.

--- In FriendsandFansofZahnMcClarnon@yahoogroups.com, yahoo@... wrote:
>
> On 16 Dec 2008 at 21:23, N Cross wrote:
>
> >
> > Is it the website w/the stick dude w/the tie on the tasteful green
shirt?
>
> Bears a striking resemblance to Zahn's site, don't you think?
>
> I don't remember what the site looked like before, but found some
stuff via
> Google:
> http://www.zahnmcclarnon.com/zcms/index.php
>
> Is that what it looked like? If so, they're apparently trying to
switch from one
> content management solution to another. It also looke like
something's gone
> wrong. I tried creating an account on the old site, and I got error
messages
> pointing to the database either not working, or being inaccessible
due to
> another error.
>
> So I'm guessing they've had to start over with a new database. And that
> means the content will be missing until they can get it added
somehow. If
> they didn't recover the database, a lot of the old content is gone
for good.
> The multimedia content should be there somewhere, but digging it out
and
> putting it back into context might take a while.
>
> Remember, I'm not involved in this project, I'm just theorizing
based on what
> I'm seeing. Stuff happens, and sometimes you have to start over and
it can
> be a painful process.
>
> Wordpress is a good choice for a website today. With the right
template, it
> looks just like a "real" website. If I were Zahn and his team, I'd
look for
> another template, or modify the heck out of the one he's got there.
Problem
> is of course that in order to modify a template you need to
understand a little
> bit of CSS, PHP and HTML.
>
> I'll post a comment. I'm sure they'll catch it in the moderation
queue and
> read it there instead of approving it - that's fine.
>