Just for a reference Ektron Empower is cf based. CMS 100/200/300 is asp based. It allows you to use cf to do layout and some other functionality but the core is asp.
Dirk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: RE: Content Management Systems - a short list... > > I would be interested in hearing opinions on some good > > CF-based CMSs. I need to develop a short list so that I > > can evaluate a few systems. > > > > If you could pick one... which one? And why? Any > > experience with one system or another? > > Well, as a CommonSpot vendor, I'm biased, but I think it's a good product > for many CMS deployments. We've been looking at Site Executive too, and that > seems pretty good. That said, there are a lot of differences between CMSs, > and something that might work well for one deployment might not be suitable > for another. > > > Here are my requirements: > > > > Permissions > > Workflow > > Many CMSs have workflow, but there can be quite a bit of difference between > how complex workflow can be between products. You'll need to ensure that the > workflow functionality supports your needs. > > > Images and documents stored in Database, but are published > > to website. > > Most CMSs don't actually store the images themselves in the database, but > rather just where the images are stored on the filesystem. > > > DB should act as a STORAGE mechanism and NOT DYNAMIC, in most > > cases (This is not how the existing system works). > > I'm not sure what you mean by this. > > > Oracle 8i/9i - DB maintenance available OUTSIDE of system > > (Isn't this an issue with NQCONTENT?) > > I'm not exactly sure what you mean by this, either. > > > CF5 preferred; CFMX Enterprise possible (we'd have to > > upgrade; there may be COM object issues if we do) > > EASY TO USE for the USERS!!! (CMS users have to be able to > > use the admin, not fight with it every time they want to do > > something.) > > Uses stylesheets > > I should be able to make CMS and site interface changes, > > if needed. > > Simple URLs!!!!! - e.g. > > http://www.easynavigate.com/section/page.cfm (our current > > CMS does not do this and that is the single biggest complaint > > from the executives) > > CommonSpot meets all these requirements, and I think Site Executive does > too. CommonSpot uses a pretty simple browser-based interface for managing > content, but you need to run Windows/IE to get the most out of this, I > think. > > > RELATIVELY EASY TO GET UP AND RUNNING > > Relatively easy to customize, if necessary > > CommonSpot is pretty easy to get up and running. However, I think that these > two goals are opposed, to a certain degree. In general, it seems to me that > the easier it is to get started, the harder it is to customize. Systems like > Spectra (and FarCry also, I assume) are very customizable, since they're > really more like toolsets than applications. > > > Ektron - CMS 100/200/300 & eMPower (I am not sure what the > > differences are between CMS 300 and eMPower - I didn't find > > that very clear from their website) > > I have a hard time remembering the differences between their products, too. > Steve Drucker wrote a review of some (or all, I'm not sure) of these in a > recent CFDJ; you might want to check that out. > > > PaperThin - Common Spot Server > > NetQuest - NQContent > > Systems Alliance - Site Executive > > FarCry - Open Source - inspired by Spectra (CFMX based - more > > of a framework than a finished system?) > > Spectra - Allaire/Macromedia, now Open Source (framework) > > Oasis - RemoteSite Technologies (I couldn't get to their site) > > SparkPlug - 13amp.com > > For more information about some or all of these products, you might find it > useful to check out www.cms-list.org. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
