On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 20:07:17 -0500, Duncan Smeed wrote:
>>Keep plugging away with Conversant, Clark! It won't be long before
>>you'll be surprising yourself with what you're able to do. Just ask
>>anybody whose been there
>>(
http://support.free-conversant.com/calendar) before.
>
>I'd second that.
I third it. I know I have a super leg up, in that I write a lot of code for Conversant and understand it throughout -- but I'm also one of it's major users. I don't mention it a whole lot, because the most use I get out of it is on a private Intranet, so I can't post examples.
It's amazing what you can do with Conversant "off-the-shelf" with the current tools. I have a full bug-tracking system, internal announcements site -- several department specific conversations, network-software documentation, etc. all in a Converant-based Intranet.
Oh, and yea, I have public sites, too..
http://www.unomas.com/
http://greg.turtleprod.com/
It does take a while to "grok" the macro-template system...and the current admin interface is overwhelming...but it's worth the effort, IMHO...and once you do, it's pretty simple to make broad site changes. I implemented the redesign of the Free-Conversant, Support and XML-RPC sites in 1 day...and that's hundreds of pages worth of stuff.
g.
