On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Prem Kurian Philip <[email protected]>wrote:
> > To state what you will already know - there are some very capable CMSs out > there - from large "enterprise-class" ones such as Liferay, Plone etc to > the smaller ones such as Joomla. Some of these products content > versioning, separate staging and production environments, workflow for > managing content (including approvals) etc. > > Are we saying that not one of these environments is suitable for our use? > I find that to be very bold and unsubstantiated claim. > > Yes, those are definitely not suitable. Sure, we can all go all enterprisey on this (trust me, I'm a J2EE refugee), but it would all result in one thing: overkill. They might be wonderful for users who have no technical knowledge, and need all those workflow, bpel and rules engines and what not - but our needs are quite limited. Lets not build an ivory tower that we're never gonna use (but I agree with versioning - and I think an scm like svn/git/hg will do just fine). Our basic requirements are quite limited, and well-defined. Why do we even want to spend so much time discussing, setting up and implementing for who knows how long, when we can have something up and running within the week? We don't need fancypants stuff (to begin with). We just need a place that gives straight-forward information, stays up, is easy to edit, and doesn't attract spam bots by the truckloads. Since we were not able to provide for such a simple requirement so far, I believe starting small and simple is a good idea. Vamsee. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
