fancy filing system - yes
bells and whistles ?
- different backends - usual OS file system, database system (mysql, postgresql etc)
- various application enabling middleware
- Programming Language - java, python, perl , ruby
- Middleware - custom , Apache, apache Tomcat / java servlet API,
- Security features - auditing, SSL connections, LDAP/ KERBEROS/ SASL other well-known protocol for security, logging, adminstrator emailing,
- User Friendly features - Documentation, Online Help, Groupware ( Email/ Newsgroups/ Scheduling), ECommerce (shopping cart / Point Of Sale System / Subscriptions / Inventory Control)
- Enterprise features - scalability ( replication )
I looked at Mambo, Twiki, Tiki, OpenEdit , Plone, of which I've used Twiki and Tiki a little:
- it said under the Document Management category that OpenEdit and Twiki had limited support, Mambo had a free plugin,, and Tiki and Plone have built in document management.
I've tried to use Twiki's document management (file upload) , and it's crap,( or disabled)
- Under WYSWIG , Spell Checker Style Wizard, which would be a requirement for Word replacement , OpenEdit, Plone, and Mambo were listed as having full WYSWIG, and only OpenEdit and Tiki had spell checkers. Style Wizard was only available on OpenEdit - and it costs extra ( so it must be a drool ... must have ).
- Under search Engine - on Twiki got bad marks,
- Under interoperability, they say WEB-DAV, XHTML , none of them say , built in web-based Word Format /RTF compatible WYSWIG , so I assume they are all
crawling under the cover of mozilla x-application/filetype associations, so when you click the hyperlink of your Word document, the local Word document will be started up.
Is the added complication (and possibly cost) of the feature packed CMS better than network shared document directory, and telling everyone to save their word docs with good filenames ,
- not sure .
( Over time , there might be a problem with the shared filesystem directory scalability, but that could be adhoc solved with say Jan-06, Feb-06 etc. subdirectories, and telling everyone
to save to this month's directory).
On Tue Aug 15 9:01 , Peter Machell
Michael Christie wrote:
> Is there some REALLY EASY Content Management system for us?
Michael, there's thousands of CMS systems available now - I'm not sure
anyone succeeds in finding the best one for them.
There is a learning curve in any of them for the administrator who can
then make the system very easy for the users.
I search and try systems via http://www.cmsmatrix.org/
Three that may fit the bill for you are:
http://www.plainblack.com/webgui
http://www.openedit.org/
http://www.dragdropsitecreator.com/
I'd suggest converting your documents to Wiki rather than just using a
file management system and opening them in Word. All of the above offer
WYSIWYG editing for users, so this is nearly as simple as copy and paste.
Good luck,
Peter.
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