I'm not a big fan of the new layout myself, it's so difficult to
navigate not to mention a lack of interesting stuff. I sure hope that
whoever's doing the website fixes it pretty soon and am so look
forward to a new and improved website.

--- In FriendsandFansofZahnMcClarnon@yahoogroups.com, yahoo@... wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > 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
>
> Yeah, if you don't have control over the server, a PHP upgrade
could wreck
> the whole thing.
>
> > 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
>
> Done that, got the t-shirt to prove it, but solved it in the end.
>
> > 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.
>
> I've tried straight HTML and PHP, and don't have a preference. It's
up to the
> individual project.
>
> > His old website can be rebuild in HTML, it was in PHP.
> > Tried it and it worked.
>
> Yeah, but that's for you. If the guy who maintains it doesn't know
how to
> update an HTML website, he's SOL anyway. Most likely they chose a
CMS
> to make it easy for the guy or for Zahn to update himself. That's
not possible
> if you go straight HTML. With HTML it's got to be one person who
updates it.
> With a CMS, you can have several people updating a website, as long
as
> one person is responsible for the layout (templates) and upgrades.
>
> > Most things you can find again in Google and click on cache.
> > Had that once and found everything in cache, :)
>
> Yeah, but it's a pain.
>
> > I'm not liking this layout, navigation is too hard.
> > To me it doesn't look very interesting, but that's my opinion.
>
> Finding a pre-built Wordpress template that does everything you
want is
> almost impossible. The really cool ones cost money or are custom
made.
>