If you are interested in learning more, I've written several articles on this subject. Open Source CMS Edges Toward the Mainstream http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=7620&AuthorID=9 Contribute 3.0 Review: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1122/tec-contrib3-11-22-04.asp Growing a Niche Business, an article about how a small business owner used Contribute to develop his business online. http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/columnists/2003/1201miller.html Ron B. Kimo Lee wrote: > ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** Remember you must be counted to post . > > Hi Techies, > > Here's a link to a wealth of info regarding the huge variety of CMS > software available. If you've got a packaged CMS product, create an > account and register it. > Here's the link: > http://www.cmsmatrix.org > > I think we all agree that the needs of customers are equally as varied > as the CMS at the above site. Matt mentioned Contribute which is great > for many sites built in Dreamweaver. A comparable and decent > open-source version might be something like WebGUI, which seems pretty > cool and is well supported. Mambo or the Nuke variants are great for > community portals, with Mambo being a bit more adaptable (in my > opinion) to some corporate applications and having a huge developer > community. But there are many much more specialized types of CMS. Dan's > doing some really great custom stuff, which for many companies is the > only answer. > > So, the cost-savings benefits of open-source versus customization > capabilities come into play as well as the specific needs of the > customer when evaluating a CMS. Most programmers subscribe to the maxim > of why write code from scratch if you can re-purpose it from already > written code. I realize I'm preaching to the choir here. Anyway, I hope > that link above is useful to somebody. > > On a related note, it will be interesting to see how Adobe's buyout of > Macromedia will affect Dreamweaver and Flash. I'll start another thread > on this topic. > > Best regards, > > Kimo Lee > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ > Mamboserver Site Content Management Systems Experts > > AZURELINK -- Simply Connected! > 150 Fearing St, Suite 12, Box 8 > Amherst, MA 01002 > (413) 549-2020 > (800) 549-2060 > Fax: (413) 825-8344 > www.azurelink.net > > > On Friday, April 29, 2005, at 11:39 AM, Wesley Rosner wrote: > >> ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group >> ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >> ** Remember you must be counted to post . >> >> I would like to toss my two cents in here and say that many of these >> CMS systems are not the solution at least for some of our clients. >> While CMS systems do ease the pain of maintaining a web site for a >> large site they are typically still fairly unwieldy. I have recently >> been coupled the terms Content Management System with Dynamic >> Publishing. The systems we put in place usually provide fairly >> specific meta data for the specific type of content. This allows us >> to put together dynamic templates/pages that draw on a variety of >> content by using and cross referencing of keywords or other >> meta-data. I am certainly pro CMS and pro open-source, but find >> those solutions don't always meet the real needs of my customers. >> >> -Wes >> >> On Apr 28, 2005, at 3:14 PM, Daniel Fried wrote: >> >>> ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group >>> ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. >>> ** Remember you must be counted to post . >>> >>> Sorry for the rename, I think we're getting off the original subject >>> though... >>> >>> One caveat to your description Mark... >>> >>> Not all CMS's support or require editing through the browser (or even >>> necessarily refer to websites, but that's a different issue). >>> Macromedia >>> makes a product called Contribute which is an offline CMS. Also, a >>> number >>> of Blog software packages support editing through external >>> applications like >>> w.Bloggar which run on your system, I'm sure other CMS's support >>> this kind >>> of interface as well. >>> >>> -Dan >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net >>> [mailto:hidden-discuss-bounces at lists.hidden-tech.net] On Behalf Of Mark >>> Bucciarelli >>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:01 PM >>> Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >>> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Looking for reasonable Web host >>> >>> ** Be a Good Dobee and help the group >>> ** by filling out the survey/skills >>> ** inventory in the member's area. >>> ** Remember you must be counted to post . >>> >>> Bobbi Melville wrote: >>> >>>> Can someone explain what you mean by "content management?" >>> >>> >>> content = web site text and graphics >>> management = add/edit/delete content via your browser. >>> >>> Typically, the web site admin can define user/password login accounts >>> for people that are allowed to edit the site. >>> >>> Many systems provide control over editing capabilities; for example, >>> your press agent login can only edit pages under >>> http://yoursite.com//news. >>> >>> More advanced systems allow you to define roles by login account; for >>> example, "contributor" and "editor". A contributor may upload content, >>> but that content is not made live on your site until an editor >>> approves it. >>> >>> This site is great: >>> >>> http://www.opensourcecms.com/ >>> >>> They have free on-line demos for many many Free Software content >>> managment systems; for example, the WordPress demo is here: >>> >>> http://www.opensourcecms.com/>> >>> index.php?option=content&task=view&id=144 >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >>> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >>> >>> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion >>> list. >>> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >>> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >>> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >>> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >>> >>> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion >>> list. >>> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >>> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >>> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >>> >> >> -- >> Wesley Rosner >> President >> Blue Fox, Inc. >> 31 Bridge Street >> Shelburne Falls, MA 01370 >> 413.625.2199 x101 (Work) >> 413.625.6340 (Fax) >> 413.575.4848 (Mobile) >> >> wrosner at blue-fox.com >> www.blue-fox.com >> >> "I.T. 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