DUportal Pro 3.4 SQL??

PastorRick · #1 (**permalink**) 03-18-2004, 01:25 PM

I am considering purchasing DUportal Pro 3.4 SQL available through DuWare at http://www.duware.com/products/detai...tal%20&%20Site

and I wondered if anyone has any experiences with using this product. It lacks a lot of functionality that I want but is customizable enough to use it as a base platform.

I am not a webmaster/designer and cannot afford one so I am looking for something simple for a novice to use.

Any comments about this product would be appreciated.

freddieb · #2 (**permalink**) 05-21-2004, 06:47 PM

As you say, it lacks a lot of functionality, like most DU products, they are o.k. unless you're really serious about what you want to do.

Go to http://www.opensourcecms.com and try some of the seriously good CMS. I'd recommend highly Mambo and E107. Both have good support, are EASY to install and have heaps of add-ons. So save yourself $149 and go with the Open Source guys, it's well worth it.

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cyanide · #3 (**permalink**) 05-21-2004, 11:01 PM

Gonna side with freddieb on this one.

Also, looks like DUportal is for Windows, whereas most open-source programs, as freddie pointed out... run on unix. So that could be of importance to you.

freddieb · #4 (**permalink**) 05-22-2004, 03:20 AM

I've got nothing against DU products, they're fine for basic stuff and yes, they run on a Windows server with Access databases.

The PHP CMS run on Unix, Apache, Windows and use MySQL databases, very robust, although security can be a problem with many PHP scripts, Mambo is now, pretty secure and likewise E107.

I run on a Windows server and Mambo & E107 run like a dream on Windows with PHP. Also, you don't have to worry with Unix permissions commands, which can throw some people.

morpheus.100 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-25-2004, 01:19 PM

I took a shot at that and there are server configuration issues. Dependant on what you want from your system take a look at osnukelite. It has a forum and shopping cart built in and runs a pretty standard server config. I may be correct in specifying just 'globals on'. Few mods free to download already too. They have had probs with one of the developers getting greedy and went offline for a while, but if you have probs give me a shout in this post and if you can arrange some ftp. details I'll push a copy to your server. Too large for e-mail.