I think that Wordpress might work, but it would take a lot of customization, but I don't know Wordpress enough to know its limits.
The content on the site is highly inter-related and the site structure is a non-trivial graph. This is one of the reasons why the current design is a mess - there are dozens (and dozens) of join tables for many-to-many relationships, and then custom code per page to pull the data out. It's the kind of system that you spend a day just figuring out how the thing works. Thanks, Erick On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 5:36 PM, Erick Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. 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