Re: Anyone use Community Server for an Intranet?ComparedtoSharepoint? Or other 'portals'?

> I've not implemented Community Server, but use a few forums 
> that use it and whilst some of the features are pretty good, 
> a lot of the underlying html is very messy and inneficient 
> and some of the usability needs work.

Well, it *is* a .net product. ;o)

*sigh*. I'll definitely have to take a look at what it spits out in more
detail. The #1 annoyance I have with most CMS products is the complete
lack of control over the markup it spits out (which is usually bad to
begin with).

> What functionality are you actually after?

We've yet to go through the whole business analysis stage. Which SHOULD
come first. Alas, it will likely run in parallel. What I'm trying to
avoid is the 'hey, we have Sharepoint, let's just use and force
everyone's needs around this particular product' by getting a slightly
longer list of things to at least consider at this point.

As for what we need, 90% of the intranet will consist of departments
having maybe 1-10 pages of HTML content, and then multiple lists of
various PDF and Word files. 

Niceties would be the ability for people to post news and discussion
boards could be useful.

There are also very specific business needs that we'll simply build
ourselves...employee directories, form databases, etc. So we're not
necessarily looking for a product that does everything (as I know they
don't exist).

-Darrel