Re: Too many options, need advice on web CMS

Brian,

You might enjoy this 40-minute video (you need Real Player) from the 
third OSCOM conference on how the University of Missouri chose a CMS.

http://media.skybuilders.com/oscom/Lynch/Lynch.rm

(Disclaimer: They chose Tiki, which has nothing to do with our own 
skyBuilders products.)

Brian Hill wrote:

>I never realized how crowded the CMS market is! Our college has hemorrhaged
>90% of its web staff over the past couple of years, and we're trying to
>implement a CMS to delegate some of the web content maintenance to our end
>users. In addition, we are trying to eliminate an MS FrontPage based hosting
>environment in favor of something browser based and simpler to use. I've
>already spoken with several vendors, but I'd like to hear from this lists
>users and make sure I'm not missing any good ones. Our requirements are:
>
>*	Must have native multi-site support. We have an in-house hosting
>environment with multiple sites per server.
>*	Must have native multi-lingual capability (English/Spanish), and
>we'd really prefer integrated translation tools (though they are optional).
>*	Prefer LDAP authentication, but will settle for NT only...we just
>need our AD to authenticate the editors.
>*	Prefer versioning and workflow control features.
>*	Must run on Windows 2000 Server (no CF based solutions though. Java
>and PERL OK).
>*	Must support SQL Server 7 or Oracle 9i.
>*	Must support the creation of unlimited sub-sites (for private
>faculty websites).
>*	Must utilize a 100% browser based, mouse driven website development
>environment.
>*	MUST (repeat) MUST be exceedingly easy to use...math teachers don't
>make the best web developers.
>*	Must offer a site licensing option. With over 20 domains, 1000
>editors, and seven servers, per "x" licensing quickly becomes cost
>prohibitive for us.
>*	Must allow the use of fixed templates, and allow us to restrict
>which templates are available where
>*	CMS's that are cognizant of the requirements of Section 508 and
>disabled users are strongly preferred.
>*	Must allow non-technical users  to create email and DB based forms
>for the websites without programming knowledge.
>*	Users shouldn't have to learn a single line of HTML
>*	Must be relatively easy to install and administer (if I have to
>spend 2 weeks in a classroom just to learn to install the program, I'm not
>going to bother).
>*	Must be reasonably priced and quickly implementable. As a state
>funded public college, we don't have $200,000 to drop or six months to wait.
>
> 
>All suggestions are welcome.
> 
>Brian Hill
> 
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