How about Hippo CMS? -james
Arjun Dhar wrote: > > Summary:: > This conversation is about Java in the CMS space, comparison to PHP and is > there a future to reduce turn around time with Java. Are we as a community > too elitist to be stuck on masturbating on frameworks rather than > solutions that affect direct outcome? ..and then technically I've centered > this around Brix & wicket. > > > Hi, > I've been exploring lot of Java CMS solutions and also frameworks. BRIX, > Alfresco I feel are good for different reasons. > > From a Web framework point of view, I feel Wicket & I guess Sling cut the > mark pretty well (not much experience yet with Sling). > > However, with Java Community the solutions (beyond framework) finish is > not comparable to the likes of PHP giants like Drupal, Wordpress etc. I > operate in the small business market a lot , and this really hurts. I > really feel that Java which has evolved into a wonderful platform with > many frameworks ..n yet thats where it stops. > > With earlier version of Java it would get tedious and too boilerplate to > produce anything quickly fast. But with the advent of scripting languages > galore, be it Server JavaScript, Groovy, Scala ... and so many wonderful > frameworks we have not taken it to the next level to producing quality > CMS. > > Brix apparently will not be evolved further. which is fine; for its intent > it does a good job but what about taking this to the next level. Also, > problem with most CMS is they are content centric (ok hence they are > called CMS) may seem dumb at a glance. > ..but I dont want my business model to go into a JCR repository. Perhaps > the intent of the site is to reflect the actual product & business model > in a neat way with WebDav. Lets call it PMS (hah) for lack of a better > abbreviation. Also the ability to customize the admin module to give a > Product centric view instead of Content centric view. This allows for > greater analytic s and also then using java as an integration platform to > integrate the business model with infinite things at the back end with > pluggable extensions. > > I liked BRIX for many reasons. Am wondering if people are thinking about > what I mentioned above ..also if we can take Brix further (not core) but > by adding extensions and delivering a quality complete solution that could > rival something like Drupal in the near future ...or maybe eventually! > > > ..sorry i don't have my own Blog. You see WordPress is in PHP *wink hehe. > Get the point?! :) > > > -- View this message in context: http://apache-wicket.1842946.n4.nabble.com/Java-in-CMS-arena-wicket-to-lead-the-way-tp2541542p2541877.html Sent from the Users forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
