Isaac: I have seen from your postings that you have Tapestry CMS, but I haven't seen all that much about it. You can contact me on or off list. I would be curious to see a demo, if you have one.
>Wish I could say that I'm not a sales person... :) Well that's not >true -- I say that all the time, just not in this context. :) I am >however a developer. > >> DB should act as a STORAGE mechanism and NOT DYNAMIC, in >> most cases (This is not how the existing system works). > >Tapestry does work this way. It allows dynamic content when desirable >or necessary, i.e. rotating banners, etc. but it writes the rest of >the content to file which eliminates all that overhead of grautitous >runtime page assembly (GRUPA - not my term)... I'm working on >versioning currently as well as Oracle support -- hopefully it will >work on both SQL Server and Oracle with largely the same codebase soon >(excepting stored procedures of course)... Permissions and worlfklow >have been written. The workflow component needs updating to be >compatible with the new version I'm releasing hopefully soon, the big >upgrade that broke it being managing multiple content languages. Easy >to use for the users is something you'd have to judge for yourself -- >the interface is designed specifically for the purpose of being >customized, so how easy it is for the users probably has a lot to do >with what kind of forms you give them to enter their content. It does >use the soEditor wysiwyg html editing tool by default. Works on CF5... >As to db maintenance available outside of system are you talking about >backing up the db or editing records in the tables? ... backing up >isn't an issue (outside of the fact that it writes a lot of stuff to >file, so if you restore a backup you may have to do a bit of work to >synch up those files). Editing records outside of the system is >another story -- I wouldn't recommend it. Installs in about 5 minutes >without a single line of programming, though "relatively easy to get >up and running" will of course depend on what kind of content you need >to manage -- you have to build the forms for your users to manage that >content. It's OO which helps make it a little easier if you know how >to write good methods. And I'd like to think it's easy to customize -- >especially thanks to the add/remove components wizard... > >Anyway... I hope that answers most of your questions without seeming >like an overt sales pitch. :) > >Let me know if you'd like to see a demo. > > >s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > >new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > >lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > >tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > >team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > >certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer >http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > > >> 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? > >> We have a CMS here, which is the biggest piece of... well, >> let's just say that I may finally win the battle that this >> system needs a replacement. I would upgrade the existing >> system, but I think that will take too many man hours to >> fix the flaws in the system and... right now, I am a >> one-man development team. > >> Here are my requirements: > >> Permissions >> Workflow >> Images and documents stored in Database, but are published >> to website. >> Static pages that can be stored in Database - allow >> versioning. >> DB should act as a STORAGE mechanism and NOT DYNAMIC, in >> most cases (This is not how the existing system works). >> Oracle 8i/9i - DB maintenance available OUTSIDE of system >> (Isn't this an issue with NQCONTENT?) >> 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) >> RELATIVELY EASY TO GET UP AND RUNNING >> Relatively easy to customize, if necessary > >> I can elaborate more if needed. > >> Here are a list of CF-based systems that I know of... > >> 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) >> 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 > >> There may be others I don't know of... > >> Are there any open source CMSs that are CF-based that are >> ready to go, out of the box? For something like FarCry, >> how quickly can it be configured so that an existing CMS >> can be converted, users, permissions, workflow and >> content? > >> I am not really interested right now in hearing from sales >> people... I want to hear from developers that have tried >> out systems and have an opinion. > >> Looking forward to the responses! > >> Sincerely, > >> Brian Meloche, >> 4th Floor, ITO - 414 >> CSS >> (304) 759-0585 x448 >> Macromedia Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5.0 Developer >> 130 pounds lost and counting! > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> ~~~~~~~~~~~| >> 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 > >> Get the mailserver that powers this list at >> http://www.coolfusion.com > >> Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns >> ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
