On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Christian Jaeger wrote:
> - is anything like the mentioned things already existent? (mainly: database
> based content management system, and something of a sophisticated user
> management) (We would probably even pay for it if that matters)
There are lots, but the only ones I know of that actually have the
features most people mean when they say "content management
system" (i.e. revision control, scheduling, ability to create new things
without modifying a database schema) are MediaSurface and Allaire
Spectra. Both are commercial and closed-source, although fairly
flexible. The former uses a mix of java and perl, the latter uses Allaire
ColdFusion markup.
> - are things like these in the interest of other people, too?
Yes. In addition to Matt's AxKit project, there are a few others,
including the Iaido project on sourceforge.net.
> (Some weeks ago, in the discussion about templating, someone mentioned
> Zope and that perl should have something like that...)
Zope is a pretty poor excuse for a CMS, at least straight out of the
box. Maybe there's an add-on that makes it more useful.
> We have the option to get the source code of a Storyserver based
> online journal - although it requires modifications, and it's not XML
> based yet.
Don't bother. You'd end up needing to learn The StoryServer Way, just to
convert this code from it. It'll be faster to start from scratch.
- Perrin
