<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Wordpress is the first thing that comes to mind for a simple free software package with tons of themes and plugins, and easy for new users. </div>
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<div>Looks like people are able develop in a sub-directory and push/duplicate that to Prod. I'm sure that same thought process could be used for Local/Remote as well. </div>
<div><A href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/34143/most-flawless-way-to-transfer-from-dev-to-prod">http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/34143/most-flawless-way-to-transfer-from-dev-to-prod</A> </div>
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<div>Haven't used Web Matrix yet that this MS link below is touting, but give it a try. The rest of the stuff is still PHP and MySQL but IIS instead of Apache. </div>
<div><A href="http://www.microsoft.com/web/wordpress">http://www.microsoft.com/web/wordpress</A> </div>
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<div><A href="http://wpgarage.com/plugins/wordpress-calendar-plugins/">http://wpgarage.com/plugins/wordpress-calendar-plugins/</A> </div>
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<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 8px; FONT-FAMILY: verdana; COLOR: black; MARGIN-LEFT: 8px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=replyBlockquote webmail="1">
<DIV id=wmQuoteWrapper>-------- Original Message --------<BR>Subject: [GLLUG] Website builder tool<BR>From: Stan Mortel <<a href="mailto:mortel@cyber-nos.com">mortel@cyber-nos.com</a>><BR>Date: Fri, March 23, 2012 1:07 pm<BR>To: gllug <<a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a>><BR><BR>I have a friend who want to build a small website using Windows (I know, <BR>ugh!). It looks like she will need to build the site locally and then <BR>upload it rather than using an ISP's tools, e.g., Drupel (way to hard to <BR>learn for what she wants). I have some experience with Dreamweaver, but <BR>that costs money. Anyone have a recommendation for a free software <BR>package that is easy to learn and use, preferably with available <BR>templates. The one advanced feature needed is sign-up for calendar events.<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR><BR><BR>Stan<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>linux-user mailing list<BR><a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a><BR><a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></span></body></html>