FreeLists / webproducers / [webproducers] Re: request for proposal

["Katherine Gray" <kgray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here's what my client is looking for, in general (I've got them working
on specific requirements right now):

1. Update navigation, text, graphics
2. Import pre-made graphic callouts to mix and match will
3. Send info to Eloqua (still fuzzy on this, got them working on it)
4. See and manage folder system effectively - this will be a 250+ page
site

I worry that the blog solutions are just not robust enough. But they
keep saying "CMS Light!" I don't think they realize how light CMSs can
be now.

-Katherine

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From: webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:webproducers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Cervieri
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 4:13 PM
To: webproducers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [webproducers] Re: request for proposal

i was going to say that without requirements it's difficult to
recommend a solution.

for example in the open source community:

* a lightweight cms that lets us update a marketing site with blog
attached to it
** wordpress does nicely.

* a community site that where different content is displayed pre and
post login
** drupal's my preferred. joomla, for the most part, is the same

* community inter-communication site, perhaps tied to learning
** elgg

* digg like community platform
** pligg

it come's down to what you're trying to accomplish, choosing the
platform that accomplishes the majority of that while simultaneously
being open enough that you can either develop on top of it, or fuse it
with another solution that accomplishes still more of your goals.

michael

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Richard Ryan <richardryannyc@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> To my mind Plone on Zope remains the best (or at least
>  one of the best) open source CMSes.  But despite its
>  sophistication and object oriented nature - ideal for
>  larger enterprises - Plone support remains challenging
>  for smaller organizations, simply because Python
>  developers are hard to come by.
>
>  For an enterprise-strength proprietary package, you
>  should definitely be looking at Fatwire's CS7 or
>  Percussion's Rhythmyx.
>
>  For review and ongoing input (including a blog and
>  newsletter) on CMS issues and vendors generally:
>
>  www.cmswatch.com
>
>  Regards,
>  Richard
>

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