[CODE4LIB] Recommendations, Drupal, Plone, Expression engine, Joomla

2008-10-24 Thread Moody, David (dam8u)
Quick polling question. Hoping to get response from my Code4Lib friends. We are looking to rollout an open source CMS for our public medical library web site and was interested in getting your individual opinion. We do not integrate with our ILS. I will compile the results and send them to the

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations, Drupal, Plone, Expression engine, Joomla

2008-10-24 Thread Nate Vack
Quick answer: I'd recommend, just as soon, not switching to a CMS. I managed a CMS conversion and wound up switching back after a couple of years. It turned out that when it came down to it, the technical hurdles involved in managing HTML were minuscule compared to the challenges of writing good

Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations, Drupal, Plone, Expression engine, Joomla

2008-10-24 Thread Moody, David (dam8u)
22908 -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nate Vack Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:02 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Recommendations, Drupal, Plone, Expression engine, Joomla Quick answer: I'd recommend, just