Conversant's admin system is not so much more complex, as it's feature-rich. Clark, I
sympathize with you; I am currently helping my fiancee set up a Conversant site and I
managed to make it confusing enough she almost gave up. My bad!
I'm a former editthispage/Manila user, too. The choices that Conversant gives one up
front *are* overwhelming, but they're also wonderful. Were I to be so bold as to give <a
href="http://www.free-conversant.com/newbies/">advice to a newbie</a> I'd say, take it
one piece at a time. Except for the preferences section, each area is pretty well
labeled. Poke around the site structure section to understand the files and folders. Ask
questions of some of the rest of us.
It will be well, well worth the effort. I got frustrated with my Manila site because at
the time, one could only have one weblog page, and it *had* to be the home page. Aargh!
This may have changed since then, but it was really annoying.
Now at my site I've automated the thing within an inch of its life. And there's so much
more one can do. It's worth whatever time you spend on it. Conversant is much more than
a CMS, much more than a website management tool. You can start small and build whatever
you want. Want to stay just a small website? No problem. And when you've outgrown
that, Conversant will scale right along with your wants and desires. I mean, good grief,
I've built a web publication system on the thing where I don't have to do *any* work.
What more could a man want? (Well, Seth never got me my pony.)
If there's anything I can do to help you, e-mail me or visit Becoming Conversant and ask.
I love the product and want everyone in the world to love it, too.
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Mark Morgan:
mark_morgan@yahoo.com
http://www.VoicesOfUnreason.com "obeisances before the written word"
CS Lewis: "We read to know we're not alone."
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