[thelist] Automated Site Builders for Clients?

[Judah McAuley]

I make a product like this and I'm fairly happy with it.  You can check
it out at http://www.macrovista.net/ (that main sales site was created
with the tools and is managed by our sales and marketing folks using
those tools)

It does everything you are looking for except it doesn't currently run
under Linux, isn't free, and we are currently selling it under an ASP
model.  We do, however, have a branded reseller system in place and we
are talking  with various companies about running the system on their
own servers.

If you want to talk to a tech person (like me) before you talk to a
sales person you can contact me offlist.

Judah

Morbus Iff wrote:
>
> Good day, all.
>
> I'm looking for automated site builders for our web hosting clients,
> something that you'd see on the major sites like Verisign. Said builder
> should:
>
>  - offer multiple templates to choose from, optionally split
>    by type (ie. "do you want to create an automobile site?
>    are you a lawyer? click here if you're a ad agency", etc.)
>
>  - allow a user to type text or upload images into a web based
>    form, and the site builder would plug them into the
>    template the user chose.
>
>  - offer some measure of authentication so that the user
>    can come back and change the site design or modify his
>    data any time he wishes.
>
>  - allow "plugins", like "do you want a contact form?" or
>    "would you like a survey on the site?" (this is a fringe
>    benefit and is optional).
>
>  - run on Linux (optional).
>  - be free/open sourced (optional).
>  - be locally hosted on our machines.
>
> The only one I've found that does what we want to the degree is:
>
>    http://www.onlinesitecreator.net/select_pages.cfm
>
> Does anyone have:
>
>  - any suggestions on other packages they've used and liked?
>  - any comments on the Online Site Creator package?
>
> Thanks!