On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 15:34:25 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Part of our decision with my employer is a political one. Others in our > system have been trying to force an Interwoven agenda for several years > and only grudgingly accepted Spectra because it went OS and it is CF > based. It will be a tough road for me to try to get them to accept FarCry > after the previous battles. If the migration is relatively easy that would > help.
I'm coming a bit late to this thread but I'm only an occasional watcher of spectra-talk these days. For what its worth we've migrated *many* clients from Spectra to FarCry. Spectra and FarCry have very different underlying code bases but the theoretical approach in several areas is the same. For example, FarCry has the concept of a Content Object API, uses concepts like content types, publishing rules and containers, PLPs and more. The FarCry technical whitepaper is a good general overview: http://farcry.daemon.com.au/index.cfm?objectid=83030D6E-D0B7-4CD6-F93F95E4A5FC429E (I keep meaning to finalise this document :) Migrating data from the Spectra COAPI is actually very straightforward -- you create an equivalent content type and then write a script that uses the FarCry API to create FarCry content objects for each Spectra content object. The only real complication in data migration is hierarchical information as there were several different approaches to this in the Spectra world -- that said we've not encountered anything too difficult in this area. Unlike Spectra, FarCry is a solution out of the box that allows for extensive customisation. Where Spectra was simply a toolbox, FarCry offers a much clearer methodology for solving common CMS requirements. This makes it relatively easy to pick up a working model and modify rather than having to build everything from scratch. If you are serious about considering FarCry as an option I'd be happy to give any team an online Breeze presentation to run through the various facets of the project and answer any burning questions. I've got considerable experience in Spectra development so I'm happy to field detailed migration questions. I'd also suggest you check out the FarCry developer community and poll them for their thoughts on FarCry and how its been used to meet their requirements: http://farcry.daemon.com.au/go/support/mailing-lists -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ PS. Did I mention Daemon offers commercial support for FarCry CMS from instructor based training, annual support and priority support agreements, mentoring and full scale development?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:17:5660 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/17 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:17 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.17 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
