[thelist] WebSite CMS Tools/Apps

[Ralph Guzman]

Bruce,

I've been doing my research the last few weeks looking for a CMS tool
with a development framework. I've only evaluated PHP/MySQL based CMS
and I've narrowed down my search to ezPublish3 (http://www.ez.no/),
Typo3 (http://typo3.com/). As a standalone framework, I am also looking
into php.MVC (http://www.phpmvc.net/) based on Jakarta Struts.

I still have not decided which to use, however I am leaning toward
ezPublish 3. From what I've seen, it provides a good development
framework and has a clean backend admin interface. Since v3 is a rewrite
of previous v2, there is not too much documentation however they have
enough documentation for you to get started. If you would like more info
on ezPublish you can also read this article:
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/1157

Typo 3 provides a lot of functionality, perhaps more than ezPublish.
It's admin interface is based entirely on DHTML, while some people might
prefer this approach, I found it a bit cumbersome. I want a CMS solution
that will serve as an abstraction layer, so the editors can
edit/add/update content, designers change look and feel using templates,
and where programmers can  easily write and implement modules. Typo3 is
a good option, however I think site management is not for the average
user.

If you are open to solutions based on something other than PHP then you
may want to look at ZOPE written in Python:

http://www.zope.org/


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Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 9:39 AM
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Subject: [thelist] WebSite CMS Tools/Apps

Hi,

We're currently evaluating/investigating web site CMS tools. Basically,
we're interested in tools to allow us to more efficiently develop web
sites
in a consistent manner. The CMS/Tool should be flexible in letting us
manipulate/create the look/feel of the site. The tool should also be
able to
accommodate more than just "newsletter" formats. In other words, we
should
be able to do pretty much whatever we need with regards to the look/feel
of
the site. And of course, it needs to support the usual
PHP/Perl/MySql/Postgres/Etc...

Any thoughts/opinions will be appreciated. We're pretty sure that others
are
also interested in this topic. We're interested in hearing from anyone
with
real world experience in using the apps. We'd also be interested in any
pointers/assistance/articles that could help in ranking the apps, or
assessing their strengths/weaknesses..

Thanks

Bruce Douglas
bedouglas at earthlink.net
(925) 866-2790


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