Hi Adam, We've tried developing in-house ourselves but we've found the solutions we have in place has become difficult to maintain. With a pre-existing CMS and a solid community behind it we won't have to build upgrades ourselves, we simply need to install them.
I've heard lots of good things about Zend framework though. Unfortunately we haven't found any CMS system which fits the above criteria that uses it. Cheers, Sarah On 3/13/08, Adam Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have developed my own cms system - it does not limit designs at all - > let your designer go wild. It is very easy to use for the end user. 100% > standards compliant (unless the person that creates the sites templates does > not know what they are doing). I found the problem with most solutions is > that they are bloatware - ie way to many features with no real benefits. The > way my system works is that I can easily plugin modules as my clients need > them - ie. Ecommerce system, blog, forum etc. I can create basic apps in a > matter of a few hours. > > It is written with PHP5 (utilising zend framework). > > I think that for me the investment in time building an inhouse solution > has been really worth it. > > Cheers > Adam > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:05 PM, Sarah Simmonds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi WSGers, > > > > We're currently looking to move all of our websites to a single Content > > Management System. As part of the CMS evaluation process we're interested in > > finding out what's currently in use out there. > > > > So my question is three fold: > > > > 1) What CMS system do you use to manage multiple websites? > > 2) How well has your CMS held up to expectations? Does it handle > > scaling, was it easy to learn, what were the drawbacks (if any)? > > 3) Does your CMS solution get in the way of producing elegant, standards > > compliant websites? Is there special considerations for standards and > > accessibility built into your CMS? > > > > There's lots of solutions out there, but unfortunately for many it's not > > a simple apples-to-apples comparison. > > > > Cheers, > > Sarah > > > > -- > > -- > > Sarah Simmonds > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Melbourne IT Web Developer > > Member of the Web Standards Group > > Member of the Web Industry Professionals Association > > Graduate Computer Scientist, RMIT > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ******************************************************************* > > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ******************************************************************* > > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://myfitness.ning.com > A community of people that care about their health and fitness > Free fitness videos, recipes, blogs, photos etc. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > -- -- Sarah Simmonds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melbourne IT Web Developer Member of the Web Standards Group Member of the Web Industry Professionals Association Graduate Computer Scientist, RMIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
