Re: CMS for simple content based websites.

Can you give an example of a workflow you envision?
Thanks,
Nagita

On 10/17/06, Sanjay Goel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
> >
>
>
>
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> Sanjay Goel
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