[theforum] weo 2b: Suits you sir?
Tara Cleveland
tara at taracleveland.com
Mon Nov 8 11:42:13 CST 2004
On 7-Nov-04, at 5:40 PM, Martin Burns wrote:
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> The third big challenge we have is the perennial one: Do we
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> a) Customise a packaged CMS, saving a lot of effort (do we *really*
> need to code Yet Another Roles Based Authentication System?) gaining
> lots of useful new stuff that we've always wanted (eg i18n) and
> gaining a lot of other people's ongoing effort but perhaps replicating
> only 90% of the current functionality (say losing content ratings)
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> b) Bespoke a system again, and live with the reverse set of
> benefits/disbenefits
I'd +1 to a customised packaged CMS (see my posting on the other thread
about drupal). Not that it really makes a *lot* of difference to me -
but I think it'll save lots of hassle for everyone else.
And yes, I don't think that we'll get 100% of the functionality of the
existing site and I appreciate that if we go with something that is
packaged we'll have to manage expectations and change for all evolters
who use and manage the site.
Tara
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