You point to the crucial issue I've seen over and over - doesn't matter how good your initial implementation of the CMS is; if the end user can't/won't use the interface, you're going to be dependent on the consultant forever.
--Stevi On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Erick Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the recommendations all! > > I really like Umbraco as well, but I've had a hard time finding many > companies that work with it. Well, finding companies that have the capacity > to take on extra projects. > > We talked about something like Wordpress or Joomla but the level of > technical knowledge there isn't very high. There is currently a bad key-man > problem, where an outside contractor is the only one who has deep knowledge > of the system and can make changes in a reasonable timeframe. And he > sometimes doesn't respond for weeks at a time. > > Thanks, > Erick > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:07 PM, David Foley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Wordpress is a good choice (in my opinion) for a purely content-focused >> site. >> Tons of people know it and it is painless-ish to set up and host. >> >> On Mar 16, 2011, at 10:19 PM, Michael Ibarra <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Erick, >> >> I've only had experience Joomla, but I know there are others out there, >> just depends. >> >> I'd take a look at Joomla, Drupal, DotNuke, Alfresco or Orchard. >> >> I'd stay away from any of the MS solutions. They might prove too expensive >> initially and wrt to TOC. >> >> Mike >> >> On Mar 16, 2011 5:03 PM, "Erick Thompson" < <[email protected]> >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> A non-profit think tank that I am associated with is looking to redevelop >> their website, and move from a custom system to a CMS. >> >> Does anyone have a recommendation for people or companies? >> Technology/platform is less important than good folk (true for all projects, >> eh?). >> >> Thanks, >> Erick >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Seattle area Alt.Net <http://alt.net/>" group. >> To post to this group, send email to <[email protected]> >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> <altnetseattle%[email protected]> >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> <http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en> >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Seattle area Alt.Net <http://alt.net/>" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.
