> I would be interested in hearing opinions on some good > CF-based CMSs. I need to develop a short list so that I > can evaluate a few systems. > > If you could pick one... which one? And why? Any > experience with one system or another?
Well, as a CommonSpot vendor, I'm biased, but I think it's a good product for many CMS deployments. We've been looking at Site Executive too, and that seems pretty good. That said, there are a lot of differences between CMSs, and something that might work well for one deployment might not be suitable for another. > Here are my requirements: > > Permissions > Workflow Many CMSs have workflow, but there can be quite a bit of difference between how complex workflow can be between products. You'll need to ensure that the workflow functionality supports your needs. > Images and documents stored in Database, but are published > to website. Most CMSs don't actually store the images themselves in the database, but rather just where the images are stored on the filesystem. > DB should act as a STORAGE mechanism and NOT DYNAMIC, in most > cases (This is not how the existing system works). I'm not sure what you mean by this. > Oracle 8i/9i - DB maintenance available OUTSIDE of system > (Isn't this an issue with NQCONTENT?) I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this, either. > CF5 preferred; CFMX Enterprise possible (we'd have to > upgrade; there may be COM object issues if we do) > EASY TO USE for the USERS!!! (CMS users have to be able to > use the admin, not fight with it every time they want to do > something.) > Uses stylesheets > I should be able to make CMS and site interface changes, > if needed. > Simple URLs!!!!! - e.g. > http://www.easynavigate.com/section/page.cfm (our current > CMS does not do this and that is the single biggest complaint > from the executives) CommonSpot meets all these requirements, and I think Site Executive does too. CommonSpot uses a pretty simple browser-based interface for managing content, but you need to run Windows/IE to get the most out of this, I think. > RELATIVELY EASY TO GET UP AND RUNNING > Relatively easy to customize, if necessary CommonSpot is pretty easy to get up and running. However, I think that these two goals are opposed, to a certain degree. In general, it seems to me that the easier it is to get started, the harder it is to customize. Systems like Spectra (and FarCry also, I assume) are very customizable, since they're really more like toolsets than applications. > Ektron - CMS 100/200/300 & eMPower (I am not sure what the > differences are between CMS 300 and eMPower - I didn't find > that very clear from their website) I have a hard time remembering the differences between their products, too. Steve Drucker wrote a review of some (or all, I'm not sure) of these in a recent CFDJ; you might want to check that out. > PaperThin - Common Spot Server > NetQuest - NQContent > Systems Alliance - Site Executive > FarCry - Open Source - inspired by Spectra (CFMX based - more > of a framework than a finished system?) > Spectra - Allaire/Macromedia, now Open Source (framework) > Oasis - RemoteSite Technologies (I couldn't get to their site) > SparkPlug - 13amp.com For more information about some or all of these products, you might find it useful to check out www.cms-list.org. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
