I know you specified CF-based CMSs, but you might also be interested in what my company, Montara Software offers in our Alchemy EX product. Alchemy EX is a J2EE-based CMS that integrates with CF seamlessly allowing CFML developers to take full advantage of our rich API and robust Java infrastructure. Check out our web site for more information, http://www.montarasoftware.com.
Below are a few points of interest. * Alchemy EX includes a basic digital asset management system (DAM), so everything is stored in a DB * Alchemy EX includes a DB eliminating the need for an expense RDBMS that was designed for content storage in the first place * Alchemy EX is the ONLY CMS to make all of its APIs available through Flash Remoting making it the ONLY CMS that allows for content management of RIAs built with Flash * The performance of Alchemy EX is orders of magnitude better than competing systems -Matt On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 09:59 PM, BRIAN MELOCHE wrote: > 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? > > We have a CMS here, which is the biggest piece of... well, let's just > say that I may finally win the battle that this system needs a > replacement. I would upgrade the existing system, but I think that > will take too many man hours to fix the flaws in the system and... > right now, I am a one-man development team. > > Here are my requirements: > > Permissions > Workflow > Images and documents stored in Database, but are published to website. > Static pages that can be stored in Database - allow versioning. > DB should act as a STORAGE mechanism and NOT DYNAMIC, in most cases > (This is not how the existing system works). > Oracle 8i/9i - DB maintenance available OUTSIDE of system (Isn't this > an issue with NQCONTENT?) > 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) > RELATIVELY EASY TO GET UP AND RUNNING > Relatively easy to customize, if necessary > > I can elaborate more if needed. > > Here are a list of CF-based systems that I know of... > > 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) > 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 > > There may be others I don't know of... > > Are there any open source CMSs that are CF-based that are ready to go, > out of the box? For something like FarCry, how quickly can it be > configured so that an existing CMS can be converted, users, > permissions, workflow and content? > > I am not really interested right now in hearing from sales people... I > want to hear from developers that have tried out systems and have an > opinion. > > Looking forward to the responses! > > Sincerely, > > Brian Meloche, > 4th Floor, ITO - 414 > CSS > (304) 759-0585 x448 > Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5.0 Developer > 130 pounds lost and counting! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
