Re: Open-source CMS/Wiki software recommendations?

Bjørn Stabell <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:07:57 +0800
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On Jan 18, 2007, at 14:40, Amy Jiang wrote:
> Other options are:
> Phpnuke: similar product to postnuke, but outdated.
> Mambo: very simple and offers basic features.
> Plone or Nuxeo: refer to the current beijinglug site, which is  
> running on plone.
> Xoops: popular in China, seems get a lot of attention these days  
> and under rapid development
> Drupal: recommended by Bjorn, maybe popular in Europe?
> WP, Sixapart products - these are blogging applications, but has  
> potential to be customized to corporate CMS.

I was looking at the Xoops site and noticed this announcement:

	http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3506

Apparently there's another very good CMS out there too:

	http://www.joomla.org/


Personally I don't think we need a CMS for the BLUG. I think a  
minimal setup like this could work:

	Wiki for adding pages and editing the content on the home page  
(event announcements etc)
	Flickr pool to enable anyone to add pictures and to show pictures on  
homepage
	Move group to Google Groups (web, RSS, and email access)
	Add RSS feed on the home page with posts from Google Groups


CMS's are a good idea in principle, but I've often found them to  
complicate things too much with permission systems, workflows etc.   
It takes time to get right, and often gets in your way as often as it  
helps.  As long as our community is small we don't need this.


Rgds,
Bjorn
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very simple and offers basic features.<BR>Plone or Nuxeo: refer to the =
current beijinglug site, which is running on plone.<BR>Xoops: popular in =
China, seems get a lot of attention these days and under rapid =
development<BR>Drupal: recommended by Bjorn, maybe popular in =
Europe?<BR>WP, Sixapart products - these are blogging applications, but =
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very good CMS out there too:</DIV><DIV><BR =
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class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN><A =
href=3D"http://www.joomla.org">http://www.joomla.org</A>/</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Personally I don't think we =
need a CMS for the BLUG. I think a minimal setup like this could =
work:</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN>Wiki for =
adding pages and editing the content on the home page (event =
announcements etc)</DIV><DIV><SPAN class=3D"Apple-tab-span" =
style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN>Flickr pool to enable anyone to =
add pictures and to show pictures on homepage</DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN>Move =
group to Google Groups (web, RSS, and email access)</DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN>Add RSS =
feed on the home page with posts from Google Groups</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>CMS's are a good idea in =
principle, but I've often found them to complicate things too much with =
permission systems, workflows etc.=A0 It takes time to get right, and =
often gets in your way as often as it helps.=A0 As long as our community =
is small we don't need this.</DIV><DIV><BR =
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class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Rgds,</DIV><DIV>Bjorn</DIV></=
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