[SATLUG] CMS Solution

[Hector Bojorquez]

As usual .. Tow is thoughtful and sane!

On 11/14/07, Tom Weeks <tweeksjunk2 at theweeks.org> wrote:
>
> On Friday 09 November 2007 14:55:19 Ernest De Leon wrote:
> > Joomla sounds nice, and Drupal is nice too.  I want simplicity but
> > with extensibility.  The thing is, I don't want a lot of functionality
> > built in that I won't use that can cause bloat or sluggishness.  I
> > want something tight, fast and extensible if need be.
>
> Here's some insight about drupal I'll share after having messed with it
> and a
> 1/2 dozen other CMS' over that past 3 years...
>
> Like the Linux kernel, Drupal is modular.  You shut off what you don't
> need
> and don't sweat it.  What I like most about drupal is not just it
> modular-ness, but also it's non-native flexability.  There are literally
> modules to allow you to use other non-drupal systems.  For example.. the
> native Drupal forums suite (built in IIRC) is pretty sucky.  But they have
> a
> module for tying in forums (say phpBB) into drupal so that it will use the
> drupal user db (not that I would EVER recommend running phpBB on anything
> other than an intra-net system..).  However likewise, if you don't like
> the
> blog that comes with drupal (or one of it's native alternatives), there's
> also a module for weaving wordpress into one of your drupal instances.
> Pretty cool.   Besides these.. there are tons and tons of other cool
> modules
> too.  So many in fact that people have to publish "top 10" and "top 40"
> lists:
>
> http://www.lullabot.com/audiocast/drupal_podcast_no_40_top_40_projects
>
> Oh.. plus.. you can do multi-shared instances of drupal where each
> instance
> can have their own DBs for this feature or that... their own looks, feels,
> modules, etc.. but have a common base code base that can be centrally
> patched
> (very nice for a multi-site intra-net departmental portals server, for
> example). :)
>
> Other CMS' are okay too:
>
> Zope/Plone:
> Pain to set up.. more developer/consultant friendly... looks/plays nice
> after
> setup, but setting up structure and context seems painful.
>
> Joomla:
> Very popular right now.. Lot's of non-linux folks starting to use it.
>
> SharePoint:
> never mind.. just stay away from it.. proprietary.. slow... inflexible...
> closed up tight as a clam.
>
> Test drive as many CMS' as you have time for here:
>        http://opensourcecms.com/
>
> But you can spend for hour comparing... My recommendation is.. spend a
> couple
> of weeks researching and forming your base requirements... and then just
> pick
> one and jump in with both feet.
>
> Tweeks
>
> > Ernest
> >
> > On Nov 9, 2007 11:20 AM, Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org> wrote:
> > > On 11/9/07, Brian Lewis wrote:
> > > >  Hah I have a few sites that I've setup using damn near every cms.
> > > > joomla is really neat and has a TON of free extentions, plugins,
> > > > themes, etc.
> > >
> > > If you want to integrate your CMS with Mailman (or some other mailing
> > > list management software), or you want a CMS that can expand to
> > > provide that capacity in the future, then Joomla! would be an
> > > excellent choice.  There is an open source Joomla! component for
> > > integrating tightly with Mailman, and it works well even if you don't
> > > have privileged back-end access to the Mailman server.
> > >
> > > This could allow you to do a blog, web forum, mailing lists, USENET
> > > newsgroups, and mix-and-match all of those technologies together so
> > > that any participant could use whichever style of communications they
> > > want and the content would be mirrored over to the other methods as
> > > well.
> > >
> > >
> > > But then, Joomla! may be a bit bigger than what you're looking for.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brad Knowles <brad at shub-internet.org>
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