[Web4lib] Content management systems

[Cary Gordon]

This is a potentially bottomless discussion, and could probably use its own
list.

If you need or care about community support, then you should consider Joomla
or my preference, Drupal. These both have strong active development and
support communities.

If you have strong software development and support skills, as here do, then
the door is open to the myriad other FOSS CMS systems out their, like ModX.
I suppose that one of the reasons that esoteric systems like ModX can seem
so tightly focused is because they are developed by one person or a small
team with a vision.

For most libraries, almost any of these systems can be made to work, and
there is no absolute best choice. The challenge is finding the best fit of
capabilities and strengths with your organizations needs. With so many
choices, It often comes down to just picking one.  We did head to head
testing of the systems on the short list of those we liked, but we are
consultants and developers with the freedom and facilities to do that.

If you don't have that luxury, you should try some of these. Most of them
will run (for testing) on almost any hardware. If your technical resources
are slime, only try systems that have a one or two step install process.
Joomla is very easy to set up (albeit lacking in other areas, IMHO). If it
works for you, try building your site with it. With a good CMS, that should
be the easy part.

Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company 


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Pons, Lisa (ponslm)
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:39 AM
To: steven turner; steve.mccann at umontana.edu
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Content management systems

What did you like about this that was better?

How about Joomla? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [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
> >
> > "perpetual beta"
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> -----------------------------------------
> Steven Turner
> Library Web Services Manager
> Associate Professor
> The University of Southern Mississippi Cook Library
> -----------------------------------------
> email: steven.turner at usm.edu
> phone: 601.266.4066
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