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Thu, 23 Aug 2007

Something with a photos

Posted at 09:58 #

Wed, 31 Mar 2004

Caravel response to RFP
[www.goshen.edu...] -- (Excel) ...In which Michael lays out how Caravel stacks up against the features in our CMS spreadsheet.
Posted at 10:32 #

PHP-based CMS'
Michael writes:

One of things we're going to have to face down on the CMS decision is the technological underpinnings and their 'fit' within the current GC IT infrastructure. For example, Zope/Plone is a strong choice for a CMS, but it's written in Python. We have no one who knows Python and I'm not interested in splitting developers across PHP and Python. Similar case for WebGUI--interesting CMS, written in modPERL. Similar for CommonSpot, good commercial CMS, written on Cold Fusion. We migrated off of Cold Fusion in 1999 and I'm not really interested in going back. So, I've listed some interesting PHP-based CMS's below.

Other challenges. Most of the PHP-based systems are open source (Blue Shoes has a commercial license), so, short of doing trial installations, we're stuck either reading their docs, which are frequently scanty, or talking to other users (if we can find them). For better or worse, Caravel is going to be the 'Devil you know' since Keith Graber Miller, John Sharp and I have already developed extensive sites using it.

Midgard http://www.midgard-project.org/ One of the first PHP-based publishing frameworks. Uses HTML-Area 3 for WYSIWYG editing, same as Caravel.

Blue Shoes Framework and CMS http://www.blueshoes.org/ European CMS nice aesthetics, doesn't look overly rich feature-wise

PHP Website phpWebsite http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/ Growing out of the University community

EZPublish http://www.ez.no/community EMU was interested in this for its frameworks.

Caravel http://caravelcms.org Default sites for 2000+ Mennonite congregations and organizations. Used on over 50 sites across the Mennonite Church and beyond. [Michael can tell you how to login and "kick the tires" on a test site.]

Posted at 10:07 #

Tue, 30 Mar 2004

Lycos Webmonkey article
[hotwired.lycos.com...] -- "Choosing a Publishing System" by Elizabeth Chapin 13 Aug 1999
Posted at 11:25 #

DMOZ CMS listing
[dmoz.org...] -- DMOZ is an open directory edited by humans along the lines of Yahoo.
Posted at 11:24 #

VAR Business article
[www.varbusiness.com...] -- From 2001
Posted at 11:23 #

PC Magazine review
[www.pcmag.com...] -- Not necessarily cheap ones
Posted at 11:21 #

Australia Telescope National CMS evaluation
[www.atnf.csiro.au...] --
Posted at 11:21 #

CMS watch---top 40 CMS'
[www.cmswatch.com...] --
Posted at 11:20 #

CMS watch
[www.cmswatch.com...] --

"CMSWatch.com provides an independent source of information, trends, opinion, and analysis about Web Content Management (WCM) solutions. The site also includes information and commentary about related technologies, such as XML, digital asset management, and content syndication. Established in July 2001, CMSWatch is a wholly-owned service of CMSWorks, Inc., a content management consulting and training firm that specializes in providing independent technology selection advice to CMS buyers."

Posted at 11:19 #