Frequently Asked Questions

This are some questions that I was already asked about the Mason Framework, and I think that deserve a place here, as they will be frequent question in others minds.

Basics

Is the Mason Framework a CMS?

No, the MFWork is not a CMS. It is a framework that you can use to improve the way as you write web applications, including CMSs. The MFWork does, however, have CMS reduced capabilities. It allow you to create small sites, like this one, without any further development. But it was, mainly, intented to be a base for very flexible web tools.

Why don't you use TT for the templates?

I want designers to create sites, not psicopats. I see people do so strange thing to access complex datatypes with TT that I'ld use it unless I didn't have an option. For me, every template should have a related simple data structure.

The other reason I'ld not use TT is because I think that templates should be processed first, not last (see template system).

Why don't you use Catalist?

See above why I don't use TT, and then add that I don't like code generation.

Design

Is this site's design the default design with the MFWork?

No, the MFWork have a very simplistic no design. It is not thought to be a out-of-the-box ready-to-go CMS. This site template isn't also GPL, so I couldn't release it as GPL. As you can see in Templates, everything in this framework used a template to show itself, so you can think the design you want, that it can be set over this framework. Believe me, I already did some pretty crazy stuff using this engine.

I can't setup my design on the Mason Framwork. Will you help me?

Sure I will. If it's not a too complex thing I will helping you freely and with a short time. If it is complexer... well, contact me anyway, I'll see what I can do.

Where did this design come from?

Well, I know this is not a too Web 2.0 design, and the reason for that is that I'm not a specially good designer, so I looked for a design, and found this one at http://www.clantemplates.com. The design html was pretty bad (full of tables), but it seemed easy to adapt to Web2.0 techniques, so it got choosen.

Would you like to have a more Web2.0 template?

Sure, I will (at least) look at and comment any design you send me.

Your question is not here? Contact me.