[WEB4LIB] Content Management - specifically Manila and Frontier

[Jenny Levine]

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From: <Jeff.Kuntzman at UCHSC.edu>
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Content Management - specifically Manila and Frontier
> Are any libraries using
> the Frontier web server (http://frontier.userland.com/ ) and
> the Manila content management system that comes with it?

    We're going to start implementing IdeaTools, which is an Italian software package
based on Frontier. eVectors has an American partner that is translating the software into
English and they're kind of using us as a guinea pig so we'll get a very customized
solution for our intranet/extranet. I can't show you anything yet because we're just
starting out, but I liked the ideas behind Frontier/Manila (automatic RSS feeds, news
aggregation, and blogging in particular), but I wasn't happy with the Manila interface or
its limitations. IdeaTools solves some of these problems, as well as providing us with
multi-level authentication, ODBC connectors, personalization, and WYSIWYG editing in the
browser.
    If you want to know more about Manila installations though, you could talk to David
Carter-Tod (http://instructionaltechnology.editthispage.com/), Patrick Delaney
(http://interactiveu.berkeley.edu:8000/PatD/), and Albert Delgado
(http://radio.weblogs.com/0100504/). They're using it in education settings, but they
might be able to answer your questions.

eVectors:  http://www.evectors.com/
IdeaTools:  http://www.evectors.com/itideatools/story$num=172&sec=1
FuzzyGroup (American reseller): http://www.fuzzygroup.com/

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Jenny Levine                                          125 Tower Drive
Internet Development Specialist              Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Suburban Library System                       +1 (630) 734 5141
http://www.sls.lib.il.us/                            levinej at sls.lib.il.us
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