Re: Extensible CMS Framework

Hi Darryl

Darryl Kuhn wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> We are currently evaluating existing content management solutions. One 
> of our primary concerns (among our list of requirements) is that we want 
> to leverage existing technologies that have been engineered in house. 
> For example we would like to leverage the existing source control and 
> staging system that we have built with TLA rather than switch our source 
> control over to some arbitrary source control that is build into the CMS 
> we choose. Through the research process I've come to realize that what 
> I'm really looking for is an extensible working CMS that serves as a 
> framework which manages the interactions between CMS components (e.g. 
> document work flow, access control, source control, i18n, publishing, 
> etc...) and allows us to plug in our own code where we want to take over 
> control of a CMS task (e.g. source control). For an example of this 
> style of application see Eclipse 
> (http://www.eclipse.org/org/index.html). Is there anything like this out 
> there? We'd like to find something in either PHP or Java since we have 
> developers who are experts in those languages, but this is only a 
> preference. If you need anymore information (additional requirements, 
> etc...) please let me know.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your responses!
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Darryl Kuhn

You should check either Byline or APLAWS+ (both are derived from 
ACS/RedHat CCM). They have modular design, which allows for adding 
"modules" through their Initializers.

Sergiusz