Hi Amanda, We have implemented FarCry on various occasions and it is quite a good basic Open Source CMS. We can help you with it if you like.
You mentioned you are keen on an Open Source system, but can I suggest you also have a look at the Verdi CMS which is used by many government agencies. It meets your stated requirements plus much more. Verdi is an enterprise web CMS developed in Australia by our company IBC. Verdi is designed to meet government record keeping requirements - which most OS systems do not do easily. It is ideal for running multiple sites that share content. You can find more at www.verdicms.com It may be worth a look... Cheers Richard ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ Richard Keeves, Managing Director, IBC Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile: +614 13 755 468 / 0413 755 468 Phone: +618 9228 9922 / 08 9228 9922 A BlueFreeway Company (ASX:BLU) ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harms, Amanda Sent: Monday, 25 February 2008 1:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG CMS] CMS for government agencies [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED, CAVEAT=NO CAVEATS] Hi, Does anyone have any good or bad experiences of implementing an open source CMS for an Australian government website? I am interested in content management systems that have commercial development support in Australia, and have been used in a government setting. The main requirements that I am looking for in a cms are: * Produces websites adhering to web standards, W3C accessibility standards and principles of user centred design * Has an easy to use admin console and publishing system, with access to add and move site navigation elements * Has a single repository for assets with the ability to load content to multiple areas of a site, including automatically loading 'teaser lines' and links to various pages. I am aware of MySource matrix and Farcry. If anyone has some experience with these or have used other content management systems that might fit the bill in a government setting I would be keen to hear from you. Amanda Amanda Harms Website Coordinator National Water Commission 02 6102 6063 / [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------- This email from the National Water Commission (NWC), and any attachments to it, contain information that is confidential and may also be the subject of legal professional or other privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, copy, disseminate, disclose to others or take action in reliance of, any material contained within this email. If you have received this email in error, please let the NWC know by reply email to the sender informing them of the mistake and delete all copies from your computer system. For the purposes of the Spam Act 2003, this email is authorised by the NWC www.nwc.gov.au ----------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************** ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************
