I guess not everyone things that FarCry does everything.. I thought it was good but kinda odd...
MD On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:04:00 -0400, David Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I honestly don't think you really mentioned anything that can't be done > with FarCry. For instance, look at this article on FuseTalk > integration: > > http://farcry.daemon.com.au/go/objectid/2921E271-D0B7-4CD6-F9F6EB49EF72E7F5 > > My main point is that you should take advantage of what's out there, > rather than starting from scratch. If FarCry lacks the certain > interoperability characteristics you are looking for, why not first > attempt to add them in rather than building an entire CMS from the > ground up? > > -Dave > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/16/2004 10:45:37 AM >>> > > > Hi Dave, > > That is a very good question -- and I hope I have a very good answer > for > you. For one, I haven't seen any open source CMS systems for CFMX > that > I'm interested in. If there are some that I've missed, please let me > know. FarCry is nice, but I have a different goal for what I'm trying > to build. > > The main reason is the "Content Management Systems" -- especially the > open source ones -- are often silos of information that don't play > well > with others. You put your data in here, and it goes on the website -- > if you want to integrate with any other applications then use a > hyperlink. > > The goal of SmartCMS, which I hope is different than that of similar > software, is to integrate very tightly with other applications whether > they're CFMX or not, open source or not. And, the goal is to > integrate > both ways, so that each package both contributes and benefits from the > relationship. > > For example, we have just posted a sample integration with CF_Nuke, > which will eventually make all of the functions of that application > embeddable into a SmartCMS content tree. Next, we will publish > SmartCMS > content as a module in CF_Nuke. I'm currently working on connectors > for > Fusebox and Mach-II, so that any application can be included into a > SmartCMS website, and will still inherit all of the goodness from the > CMS, like common templating, dynamic navigation, and embedding > additional content. > > SmartCMS was originally designed to be a virtual server farm, and will > support as many different website domains as you can squeeze on the > hardware. In addition, it is built from the ground up to be very > modular. It's easy to create new packages of functionality, and to > include different feature sets on different virtual servers. > > Of course, without writing a book I can only scratch the surface. > Re-inventing the wheel is a rightful question to ask of any new > project. > I hope I've answered some of your questions. If not, let's keep > talking. > > -- Ben > http://smartcms.tigris.org > > > this has to be asked... why re-invent the wheel? > > > > -Dave > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' > in the message of the email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported > by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Mark Drew coldfusion and cfeclipse blogged: http://cybersonic.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' in the message of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by Mindtool, Corporation (www.mindtool.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
