Re: CMS for simple content based websites.

"Sanjay Goel" <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Oct 2006 23:32:59 +0530
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Nagita,
I tried Typo3. Its workflow management is done by creating tasks for the
content author by the admin. This is a painful way of workflow management.
Also, in context editing is an addon kind of a thing for it. You can't
create new content using the in-context editing feature.

Thanks
Sanjay

On 10/17/06, Nagita Karunaratne <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 10/17/06, Sanjay Goel <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have to create multiple websites with different templates. All these
> sites
> > would be pretty simple only having content with no complex
> functionality.
> > Can somebody suggest me a free/not so expensive CMS for this.
> >
> > The features I need are:
> > 1. Easy Template Creation - Templates should easily be able to be
> created
> > out of HTML files that my web designer creates.
> > 2. In Context Editing - Something that WebGUI or Plone or Jahia provides
> is
> > good.
> > 3. Workflow - Content Approval workflow is a must.
> >
> > If its based on Java, it would be an added bonus.
> >
> > I have checked out lots of CMSes like Jahia (Expensive, bad at 1),
> Drupal
> > (complex), Typo3 (bad at 3, not so good at 2), Mambo/Joomla (bad at 2)
> etc.
> >
>
> TYPO3's main disadvantages are that it is difficult to implement by
> the casual user and requires more server resources (cpu, memory). It
> is an 'enterprise' level cms that does not play well in a shared
> server environment.
>
> For (2), it has front-end editing which means the user can login and
> add content to the pages directly without using the admin interface.
> The admin interface is not that complex but you can remove access to
> much of the functionality for simplification if the user is too
> 'overwhelmed'.
>
> For (3), you can assign editing permission of specific pages to a user
> and make sure that any page they do edit does not go 'live' until it
> is approved.
>
> _Nagita
>



-- 
Sanjay Goel
http://sanjaygoel.blogspot.com

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Nagita,<br>I tried Typo3. Its workflow management is done by creating tasks for the content author by the admin. This is a painful way of workflow management. Also, in context editing is an addon kind of a thing for it. You can't create new content using the in-context editing feature. 
<br><br>Thanks<br>Sanjay<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/17/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nagita Karunaratne</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 10/17/06, Sanjay Goel &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; Hi,<br>&gt; I have to create multiple websites with different templates. All these sites<br>&gt; would be pretty simple only having content with no complex functionality.
<br>&gt; Can somebody suggest me a free/not so expensive CMS for this.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; The features I need are:<br>&gt; 1. Easy Template Creation - Templates should easily be able to be created<br>&gt; out of HTML files that my web designer creates.
<br>&gt; 2. In Context Editing - Something that WebGUI or Plone or Jahia provides is<br>&gt; good.<br>&gt; 3. Workflow - Content Approval workflow is a must.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; If its based on Java, it would be an added bonus.
<br>&gt;<br>&gt; I have checked out lots of CMSes like Jahia (Expensive, bad at 1), Drupal<br>&gt; (complex), Typo3 (bad at 3, not so good at 2), Mambo/Joomla (bad at 2) etc.<br>&gt;<br><br>TYPO3's main disadvantages are that it is difficult to implement by
<br>the casual user and requires more server resources (cpu, memory). It<br>is an 'enterprise' level cms that does not play well in a shared<br>server environment.<br><br>For (2), it has front-end editing which means the user can login and
<br>add content to the pages directly without using the admin interface.<br>The admin interface is not that complex but you can remove access to<br>much of the functionality for simplification if the user is too<br>'overwhelmed'.
<br><br>For (3), you can assign editing permission of specific pages to a user<br>and make sure that any page they do edit does not go 'live' until it<br>is approved.<br><br>_Nagita<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>Sanjay Goel<br><a href="http://sanjaygoel.blogspot.com">http://sanjaygoel.blogspot.com</a>

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