[thelist] CMSs

[Tom Dell'Aringa]

Hey Folks,

I'm fairly sure this topic has been done to death but I cannot find the thread in the archives.
Note to admin: The link to the FULL zipped archive (which I figured I could search through) is
broken. If that could be fixed I could muddle through that.

My problem - we need a CMS solution for our Intranet. Currently we are using Epicentric/Vignette
and it is the MOST PAINFUL thing in the world. Case in point, I just lost 8 hours of work to a
server crash. That's merely the tip of the iceberg.

Right now they are pushing BEA Weblogic 8 Portal as a possible solution. This is yet another
hugely complex application that is overkill for an intranet.

What I want is this:

- Versioning/rollback capability
- Ease of administration. I should be easily be able to add documents, pages, sections. I'd like
for John Doe to be able to add documents and maybe even edit his own section pages
- Direct hands on to the interface. I want the site to be CSS/XHTML based, lean and mean

That's basically it. We aren't doing anything too crazy, basically posting a bunch of
informational documents and news stories. There might be one or two registration tools.

Things I've looked at:

- Drupal.org - seems to be a glorified blog. I don't think it has version control.
- eZ Publish (http://www.ez.no/) I got their intranet example up and running fairly quickly a bit
ago. But I'd love to talk to someone who has hands on experience with this.

I really want to stay away from the overpriced behemoths. We really need some simple but
effective. I guess that's the challenge of a CMS no? :)

Suggestions, comments appreciated!

Tom

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