Re: CMS for simple content based websites.

Hi Sanjay,

Let's say there is a HR manager who needs to add a new position to the
employment page.

This person has edit/add privileges to the page(s) that lists open positions.

They create the job requirements content etc and save the content on the page.

The page will not go 'live' until it is approved by the admin.

The admin has no need to create a task for the HR manager. The HR
manager may edit at will any page to which they have privileges. Final
decision on what becomes public is up to the admin.

Is this what you require?

Thanks,
Nagita



On 10/17/06, Sanjay Goel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nagita,
> Its like this. Content Author has permissions to edit to some or all pages
> of the portal. Content Author makes whatever changes he likes, whenever he
> likes and submits it to the Reviewer, who reviews and publishes so that the
> changes reflect on the live site.
>
> In case of Typo3, the admin first needs to assign a task to Content Author.
> Then the author submits this task. This whole concept of assigning task
> again and again is painful.
>
>
> Thanks
> Sanjay
>
>  On 10/17/06, Nagita Karunaratne <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Sanjay Goel
> > > http://sanjaygoel.blogspot.com
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Sanjay Goel
> http://sanjaygoel.blogspot.com