[oclug] Free/open-source replacements for MS FrontPage as an *editing* environment?

[Chris Herrnberger]

On Thursday 26 April 2001 09:03, you wrote:
>(http://www.lodestar2.com/) 
>snip<
> For this particular site, I do it in FP because 1) it started out that
> way back in 1997 or so; and 2) someone else who is not proficient in HTML
> occasionally adds content.  I have sought free/open-source replacements
> in the past but have so far come up empty.  I had the whole site migrated
> to a Zope environment in the past, but ran into difficulty with #2
> above... at the time (and possibly still) editing files in Zope was not
> for the novice.

Can you provide some further details as to your issues with zope and version 
and products you installed at the time as this is an area where zope excels 
in from my understanding and use of the product.

Further with zope specific issues I would also post a similar but amended 
post on the zope list (see http://www.zope.org) as this question is 
frequently dealt with.

As far as an editing package that is as comprehensive as what you describe 
with an OS license its the closest that I have been able to find but I agree 
with you it requires some background knowledge and learning by the designer 
or admin to set it up to meet all your requirements. Then your users will 
have the environment they expect. Out of the box the answere remains no.

Now the one I have been struggling with for years is an MS Project 
replacement.. After spending almost two years on putting bits and pieces 
together based on OS licensed software I have given up and relegated to 
running Project on wine. But that to is not as easy as it first appears due 
to the various incompatibilities with versions out there.  Any suggestions as 
to a replacement would be well received.

Best

Chris