i had the displeasure of designing a UI and custom functionality for a 'Webzine' on behalf of a client that used Microsoft Content Management Server (a pile of steaming shit) that used a proprietary extension developed by the scam artists at Accenture India to provide additional features. the use of both solutions was mandated by our client. It was a complete nightmare! the CMS nor extension was not flexible and could not adequately handle the task. so, what should have been a 3-4 week project using any number of open source CMS solutions along with a custom PHP or Perl script i could have written, turned into a 5 month dev project that was also incredibly expensive.
CMS' are like shoes. they fit in different ways and not every CMS is up to a given task. some are geared towards being general purpose, others are good at blogging or managing static content. one must pick a solution that is ideal for the job. in contrast, my last gig in the agency world was selecting a CMS and technical infrastructure for a hot bio-tech firm. i had full say in the matter and thus, picked a solution that was general-purpose enough that allowed it to deal with every usage scenario both now and far into the future. On Dec 6, 2007 10:47 AM, Cindy Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Have many of you designed applications or other interactive interfaces > on top of content management systems? Do you find that designing for a > CMS-driven website implies a unique set of issues or constraints? I > recently worked on a project where we pushed the abilities of a CMS as > far as possible then built custom apps on top of it. While I always > work closely with front and back-end developers to get feedback on IA > and design deliverables, it was even more critical in this project. We > had to make sure that suggested features were not only possible, but > made sense within the chosen CMS. I imagine that if you have a > developer that is an expert in that particular CMS it would be easier to > break it apart and build upon it, but that may not always be realistic. > > > I'd love to hear about your experiences! > > Also... are there any good books written for designers/IAs/<insert your > title here> about these issues? > > Thanks! > Cindy Blue > NavigationArts > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- -------------------------------------------------- www.flyingyogi.com -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
