> Hi - I am looking for some objective responses on the implementation of
> FarCry or Plone. > From what I understand, both run upon a robust application
> server, in Plone's case it is > ZOPE / Python and Coldfusion in Farcy's.
> There is a lot of info on the net about Plone, and there are many
> international > organisations that are extending the code and supporting it
> all over the world. There are > also numerous publications available through
> Amazon about Plone, and developing web > sites with Plone. I am wondering
> about the future of FarCry and what the intentions for > the product are?
> Either CMS is going to require a steep learning curve, and I don't want to
> commit our > organisation to either one without a full investigation of each.
I'll try to speak about Plone since we are using it for a couple of extranets.
Strengths:
* excellent for a web-based document management system
* modern and standards-compliant architecture
- fully object-oriented modeling system
- XML-based templating system
- Meets Section 508 and WAI accessbility requirements
- full (x)HTML and CSS support (it validates!) which makes look+feel
customizations very easy
Some gripes are:
* it's an extraction layer upon an extraction layer (Python ---> Zope --->
Plone) so I think it can be a little daunting when you first get into it; you
have to know Python + the "Zope" way of doing things + the Plone system
* Zope DB; it's heirarchial and not relational (although you can use PostgreSQL
w/ Plone)
* The UI; the CMS is integrated in the front-end and I've found it confusing or
a bit of a barrier to actually reading and accessing content
In my opinion, if you're looking for a good document management system, Plone
would be an excellent choice. We're using it for closed-systems like our
extranets and intranets for managing files and documents between groups of
users. But, my sense is that a CMS like FarCry is better suited for
public-facing sites.
HTH,
..dean
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