[Web4lib] Content management systems

[Pons, Lisa (ponslm)]

What did you like about this that was better?

How about Joomla? 

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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of steven turner
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:33 AM
> To: steve.mccann at umontana.edu
> Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Content management systems
> 
> I'm new to this thread, so excuse my late post. My library 
> currently uses ModX, a PHP CMS and application framework. 
> Personally, I think it's the bee's knees and then some. and I 
> chose it after carefully reviewing Drupal, Mambo, and others.
> 
> http://www.modxcms.com
> 
> Steve Turner
> 
> On Mar 22, 2007, at 2:11 PM, Steve McCann wrote:
> 
> > Back on the CMS thread, I'm curious if anyone is using e107 
> for their 
> > library site? http://e107.org/  It compares well to other OSS CMS 
> > solutions (via http://www.cmsmatrix.org/) and appears to be used 
> > fairly widely, internet-wise. We're looking into a 
> migration to a CMS 
> > this summer, and this is one of our candidates along with 
> drupal and 
> > mambo.
> > -s
> >
> > On 3/20/07, Andrew Hankinson <andrew.hankinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> The portability of content is one of the things that originally 
> >> attracted me to Drupal.  Previous CMS' that I'd used seemed to be 
> >> stuck in the 'news site' paradigm, and had problems dealing with 
> >> static content pages, leaving me with no alternative but 
> to write a 
> >> 'news story' but treat it like static content - a concept 
> that left a 
> >> bad taste in my well-ordered-world mouth.
> >>
> >> I'd used Mambo previously, and a few in between (Textpattern has a 
> >> special place in my heart) but it wasn't until I found Drupal that 
> >> the idea of a node being a page, but it can be anything 
> (including a 
> >> news story, but not limited to one) that I really liked.
> >>
> >> Flexinode has been used extensively on one drupal site that I 
> >> administer, and I suspect that when we upgrade I'll move 
> that to CCK.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Steve McCann
> >
> > Digital Projects & Business Librarian
> > Assistant Professor
> > Mansfield Library
> > 32 Campus Drive #9936
> > The University of Montana
> > Missoula, MT  59812
> >
> > ph: 406-243-4564
> > fx: 406-243-4067
> > steve.mccann at umontana.edu
> > AIM: stevemtzn
> >
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> Steven Turner
> Library Web Services Manager
> Associate Professor
> The University of Southern Mississippi
> Cook Library
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