Peter Machell wrote:
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Dear GPCG
My division is rebuilding their website and is seeking an appropraite
software solution that will integrate with office processes beyond just
website management (eg membership management or event management).
www.cmsmatrix.org has been mentioned before on this discussion group but
there is a huge number listed. Obviously resources are limited and does
anyone in this list know of something that has been used successfully?
Sincerely
Michael Daly GP for Melbourne Division of GP
I've worked with two Michael:
Mambo - extremely easy to create an attractive site, but will require
addons (there are a huge number in different states of development).
Recommended for anyone who just wants a website that is easy to manage
and a small number of other features.
Tikiwiki - complex CMS with almost everything you could wish for working
out of the box. More difficult to create an attractive site.
Both have a large user base and hyperactive support forums.
Either one will take up lots of your time to get it right. I've chosen
tikiwiki for our new site but can't get it to be as attractive as Mambo.
cheers,
Peter.
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The usual CMS suspects of Mambo/Joomla (Joomla is more "open" than
Mambo), a Wiki solution as per Horst's implementation (TikiWiki,
MediaWiki, etc), TextPattern (which has a conceptual leap of faith), or
a modified blogging solution ala WordPress.
Depending on your needs as an organisation, Joomla may be overkill but
would be the most compleat of solutions. WordPress may be fine at the
other end as a basic solution (yet powerful administratively...), allows
a front page for running new entries/annoucements but additionally
utilises "pages" for static content; plug-ins for WordPress are
plentiful e.g. calendar systems, etc... I've looked at Textpattern but
have been distracted each time I get my head around their concepts, but
have seen beautiful sites that have been implemented via its schema.
Get out the butchers paper and figure out where you'd like to be in the
near future with the website; each solution and what it offers will be
limited by your scoping exercise.
And stick with the tested Apache, PHP, MySQL technologies which are
pretty much the standard these days for such CMS systems.
Andre.
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