Re: [cms-list] Looking for simple (low cost) CMS.... need suggestions

[Nik Martin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Austin, Darrel" <>
Subject: RE: [cms-list] Looking for simple (low cost) CMS.... need suggestions


> 
> A few mentioned Ektron, and while I honestly haven't taken a real close look
> at it, it didn't seem to be as much of a CMS as a 'page editing' system. (If
> that makes any sense.)
> 


A good point.  I have every intention of starting a CMS FAQ that will narrow the 
definition of a CMS.

Online WYSIWYG site editors are SO not CMS's.  Think about what Ms. Myrtle in 
accounting could do to her accounting departments' public-facing website with a 
WYSIWYG editor, Comic Sans 14pt and a 216 web safe color palette?

CMS is overused and abused in general.  I already have a broad categorization of the 
different CMS software systems that I use:

Website Management System.    ala Ektron or Edit My Site Online
Portal/Community System    -PHPNuke PostNuke
Web Logs    Moveable Type, Radio Land PostNuke
Publishing Systems - Textpattern, BabelText
Web Based Document Management Systems  ??? 
Information Management Systems ??? 
E-Commerce Systems ?? 
Application Server - Zope (it also fits into many other categories here)

I'd like to start a page that degeneralizes CMS systems into an accepted list of 
sub-categories that would help persons looking for a CMS decide.



m¶Ÿÿrk%ŠËh®梷¬Š      Ú–W¬²z"±