Re: Open-source CMS/Wiki software recommendations?

Peter McDermott <peter-2/[email protected]> Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:26:07 +0800
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Amy, Bjorn,

I'm going to try out DokuWiki to see if it can meet the requirements =20
for both our company's simple home page and our internal Wiki.

There's an interesting article about it here:

http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:discussion:wiki_cms

-Peter

On Jan 19, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Bj=F8rn Stabell wrote:

> 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 Phpnuke: similar product to postnuke, but outdated.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 =20
>> running on plone.
>> Xoops: popular in China, seems get a lot of attention these days =20
>> and under rapid development
>> Drupal: recommended by Bjorn, maybe popular in Europe?
>> WP, Sixapart products - these are blogging applications, but has =20
>> 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=3D3506
>
> 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 =20
> minimal setup like this could work:
>
> 	Wiki for adding pages and editing the content on the home page =20=

> (event announcements etc)
> 	Flickr pool to enable anyone to add pictures and to show =
pictures =20
> 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 =20
> complicate things too much with permission systems, workflows etc.  =20=

> It takes time to get right, and often gets in your way as often as =20
> it helps.  As long as our community is small we don't need this.
>
>
> Rgds,
> Bjorn
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DokuWiki to see if it can meet the requirements for both our company's =
simple home page and our internal Wiki.</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There's an interesting =
article about it here:</DIV><DIV><BR =
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href=3D"http://wiki.splitbrain.org/wiki:discussion:wiki_cms">http://wiki.s=
plitbrain.org/wiki:discussion:wiki_cms</A></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>-Peter</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DI=
V>On Jan 19, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Bj=F8rn Stabell wrote:</DIV><BR =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV><DIV>On=
 Jan 18, 2007, at 14:40, Amy Jiang wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE =
type=3D"cite"><SPAN class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: =
separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: =
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0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; =
white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">Other options =
are:<BR>Phpnuke: similar product to postnuke, but outdated.<BR>Mambo: =
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 =
has potential to be customized to corporate =
CMS.</SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>I was looking at the Xoops site =
and noticed this announcement:</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</SPAN><A =
href=3D"http://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D3506">http=
://www.xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3D3506</A></DIV><DIV><BR=
 class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Apparently there's another =
very good CMS out there too:</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
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 =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Rgds,</DIV><DIV>Bjorn</DIV><D=
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