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Oh...oh. I'm checking a new, very interesting CMS candidate named "Plone". Not only does it have a beautiful user manual for beginners, but it also seems to offer multiple categories per page and all! It sounds almost too good to be true *holds breath while installing*

Oh, and is it already Thanksgiving again?!

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Die Leichtathlethin Yvonne Buschbaum hört mit dem Leistungssport auf. Von ihrer Webseite:
Ich wende mich heute an die Öffentlichkeit, um meinen Rücktritt vom Leistungssport bekannt zu geben. Meine andauernde Verletzungsmisere trägt ihren Teil dazu bei. Im Wesentlichen erfolgt meine Entscheidung aber aufgrund meines seelischen Ungleichgewichts. Seit vielen Jahren befinde ich mich gefühlsmäßig im falschen Körper. Wer mich kennt, erkennt einen klaren Makel. Ich fühle mich als Mann und muss mein Leben im Körper einer Frau leben... weiterlesen...

(Der Spiegel-Artikel dazu)

Woah. Klingt nach sehr positivem Aufbruch und macht sicher einigen Frau-zu-Mann-Transsexuellen Mut.

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So far, I'm absolutely enthralled with "Plone".
- The system is Zope based, therefore no collision with my XAMPP.
- Installer for Windows. Internet access must be granted to Python, but other than that, it just works.
- The documentation is really rather helpful. Of course, some experience with structuring contents makes it easier.

( I made my first little test: Illustrated sample - automated linklists )

Sun!

Okay. While Plone remains my "oh my god so great" candidate, the problem with setting up a Zope webserver isn't trivial (or inexpensive).

I'm now looking through this CMS linklist. A friend recommended to check out Daisy and also Forrest. Personally, I have Silva on my list right now. It's zope-based like Plone, but can publish static websites, which would be fine for my pages. (Dynamic websites are directly published out of the database; static ones are generated locally and then published to the webserver.)

On the intellectual side, ordered "Heart of Darkness" by J. Conrad now (thanks, bronzelionel, for the reminder).

*grmbl*

Not a good day. I deinstalled Plone/Zope because, while Silva is also zope-based, it didn't work with that particular installment of Zope. However, I absolutely didn't manage to make Silva run *grrr* Zope rather sucks, and it's no longer a mystery to my why Apache is much more common. I gave up after 4 hours of pain.

Had more looks at this and that, but once you go into the depths of the open source wildness, the sources are hard to find, hard to install, complicated to run...no fun.

Also, when I cooked something, I accidentally threw an open package of buttermilk down, which distributed itself all over the floor and half the fridge. No fun, again.

Trying to cheer myself up now. Where's the fic?

Oh, and PS: Happy Thanksgiving to my flist! *G*