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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/31/2012 03:12 PM, Bob Kruger
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color="#000000"><font size="2"><font face="arial,sans-serif">The
current site is informational. Primary purpose now is to
provide the organization's newsletter for download. For
the future site, there is some e-commerce that would
happen. Also, membership should be handled via the site
using some sort of e-commerce application. Because there
are different membership options (based on distribution of
the newsletter, e.g. electronic, printed, or CD), we would
like to see that handled via the site as well.<br>
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Database is Microsoft SQL, but exporting and importing will
not be that difficult and I can probably handle that.<br>
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<font size="2">I<font size="2">t does not sound <font size="2">like
it should be to difficult <font size="2">to migrate <font
size="2">more like tedious and possibl<font size="2">y
time <font size="2">consuming. You might want to review
the <font size="2">site's html to see how clean it is<font
size="2">. <font size="2">I do not know how messy
the <font size="2">final code <font size="2">produce
by <font size="2">Do<font size="2">tNetNuke
is<font size="2"> or if tends <font
size="2">produce non-standard html.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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From: Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com>
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Sent: Oct 31, 2012 2:55 PM
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To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>
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Subject: Re: [ale] Website Conversion
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/31/2012 12:57 PM, Bob
Kruger wrote:<br>
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face="arial,sans-serif">All;<br>
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<font size="2">I "inherited" main<font size="2">tain<font
size="2">a</font>nce of</font> a website
that is run via DotNetNuke on a Microsoft
server. To s<font size="2">ay that I am
undershwelmed is an overstatement. However,
the site has been up for a number of years,
and site users have gotten used to the look
and feel. To change that would <font
size="2">not be good.<br>
<br>
<font size="2">At the same time, the <font
size="2">web<font size="2"> hosting pr<font
size="2">ovider that <font size="2">I
inherited<font size="2">, e.g.
webhost4life.com, <font
size="2">has proven to be
increasingly incompetent and
unresponsive with useless tech
support from Mumbai<font
size="2">. All are sorry
for my inconvenience, but
they do nothing to fix
problems. Time for a change
</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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<font size="2"><font size="2">I<font size="2"> am
looking for <font size="2">someone who can cross
both Windows server based systems and Linux
based systems <font size="2">to migrate what we
have to a Linux based platform and software<font
size="2">, but keep <font size="2">a
similar look at feel. <font size="2">And,
there is compensation <font size="2">with
this project, e.g. not asking for free
work.<br>
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<font size="2">An<font size="2">y
takers or recommendations?<br>
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<font size="2">V/r<br>
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<font size="2">Bob</font><br>
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Bob,<br>
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A couple of quick questions:<br>
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What type of site is it (e-commerce, informational, etc.)?<br>
I am concerned about what security, data encryption, etc.
that are required.<br>
<br>
Does it use a database (MS SQL Server most likely if it is
MS based)?<br>
In principle migrating from one relational database to
another is more a pain than especially difficult. Details
such as indexing, views, etc may be troublesome in the
conversion and there some differences in the SQL dialects.<br>
<br>
Is there any server side scripting and if so what
language?<br>
My guess for an MS site is asp.<br>
<br>
There are several cheap, good hosting companies available
and from what know transferring to another host is not
terribly difficult. I think transferring is mostly about
paying a fee and wait a few minutes and you are done.<br>
<br>
I have recently started working with Fat Cows (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.fatcows.com">www.fatcows.com</a>) for a
couple of informational websites. So far they seem very
good.<br>
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