Re: Website CMS questions

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I would strongly recommend checking out the CMS Report, while it doesn't go
too strongly into nitty-gritty details of development (like the fact that
Rhythmyx has man undocumented features, some of which are NOT covered in
training), it does give you a good vendor-neutral review of most of the
leading commercial offerings.

It's available through http://www.cmswatch.com/ .

Ed


On 10/31/06, Austin, Darrel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > We have decided to explore commercial options rather than
> > open source given our limited in-house technical capacity to
> > work with an open-source product (no programmers on staff).
>
> The only difference between OS and Commercial CMS products is that you
> pay more for one up front. ;o)
>
> In otherwords, if you want to maintain these in-house, you're going to
> need a programmer regardless of whether or not it is OS or if it is
> commercial.
>
> > Currently, I am trying to find a listing of the more "tried
> > and true" commercial CMS products with some reviews. I am
> > aware of the CMS Watch Report, but we do not have a
> > sufficient budget to purchase this.
>
> This is my opinion, but, personally, CMS reviews aren't terribly useful
> at all. Most of them that are out there are either high-level
> generalizations, or written by the vendor itself.
>
> You really have to use the product to decide if it's right for you. As
> such, I typically recommend people try the OS options first. If it
> works, great, you've got a CMS up and running without a license fee. If
> it doesn't work, great, you've learned what you do/do not want to see in
> a CMS and can now better shop for a commercial product.
>
> I'd talk to a few web development firms in your area that specialize in
> one or more OS CMS products. They can likely implement a product,
> customized to the extend you need it, for likely the same cost as
> purchasing a commercial CMS license.
>
> -Darrel
>
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<div>I would strongly recommend checking out the CMS Report, while it doesn't go too strongly into nitty-gritty details of development (like the fact that Rhythmyx has man undocumented features, some of which are NOT covered in training), it does give you a good vendor-neutral review of most of the leading commercial offerings.
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<div>It's available through <a href="http://www.cmswatch.com/">http://www.cmswatch.com/</a>&nbsp;.</div>
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<div>Ed<br><br>&nbsp;</div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/31/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Austin, Darrel</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">&gt; We have decided to explore commercial options rather than<br>&gt; open source given our limited in-house technical capacity to
<br>&gt; work with an open-source product (no programmers on staff).<br><br>The only difference between OS and Commercial CMS products is that you<br>pay more for one up front. ;o)<br><br>In otherwords, if you want to maintain these in-house, you're going to
<br>need a programmer regardless of whether or not it is OS or if it is<br>commercial.<br><br>&gt; Currently, I am trying to find a listing of the more &quot;tried<br>&gt; and true&quot; commercial CMS products with some reviews. I am
<br>&gt; aware of the CMS Watch Report, but we do not have a<br>&gt; sufficient budget to purchase this.<br><br>This is my opinion, but, personally, CMS reviews aren't terribly useful<br>at all. Most of them that are out there are either high-level
<br>generalizations, or written by the vendor itself.<br><br>You really have to use the product to decide if it's right for you. As<br>such, I typically recommend people try the OS options first. If it<br>works, great, you've got a CMS up and running without a license fee. If
<br>it doesn't work, great, you've learned what you do/do not want to see in<br>a CMS and can now better shop for a commercial product.<br><br>I'd talk to a few web development firms in your area that specialize in<br>one or more OS CMS products. They can likely implement a product,
<br>customized to the extend you need it, for likely the same cost as<br>purchasing a commercial CMS license.<br><br>-Darrel<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cms mailing list<br><a href="mailto:[email protected]">
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