Stevi, I totally agree with you. They are aware of this, and are ok with it. The main thing they want is assistance with defining site structure/functionality, and they handle the content management part of it. The reason to move to a CMS platform is so that they can find consultants.
Thanks, Erick On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Stevi Deter <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
