Hi, I think a Zend Framework CMS would grow very quickly, given the achitecture it would be built on (as our current CMS can testify to). Just doing a Google search, I can see there are a lot of projects popping up. Any idea where the 'major CMS' will come from?
Thanks, Georg von der Howen wrote: > > > Hi, > > I did start development of a CMS with Zend Framework as soon as it first > came out as an early alpha in March/April 2006. Due to lack of time and > some other more pressing projects, the development stopped around March > this year. But if you are interested the frontend can be seen at > http://www.adminguide.de. The backend has no public access (yet). > > The reason why I decided to start to develop _yet_another_ CMS were: > - most of the free CMSes out there lacked some features I thought I > really needed > - I wanted a CMS with a modern architecture, i.e. fully object oriented, > pure PHP 5, open standards (templating with XSLT, all content in XML) > - I tried to not reinvent the wheel where possible, although I think I > was a bit early with ZF back then. > > The integration of ZF with source matrix will be hard I think, because > source matrix does _not_ support PHP 5 I believe... But I know that ZF > is a great base for a CMS. It brings along many functions that you can > use right away. > > Is it generally a good idea to develop yet another CMS? If you like > developing and have some time on your hands, yes. If you want to get > started with some portal/website/blog - no. There a many good CMSes out > there. > > Best regards, > > Georg > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Waigani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 8:26 AM >> To: fw-general@lists.zend.com >> Subject: [fw-general] Zend CMS Crisis >> >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm the central developer for a univeristy division. For the >> past three months I've been developing a CMS with Zend >> Framework. It has gone very well and has had good feed back. >> There are many departments that want to come on board as well >> as campuses in other cities. It answers a lot of the >> interoperability problems with languages, databases etc >> within the university. I did a seminar on it today and now >> have a core group of developers who are interested in pushing >> it further. >> >> Problem is: a college just showed me mysource Matrix, which >> is the competition. Have I just wasted the past three months? >> It already does everything I'm developing, and if it does >> not, it can be extended / developed. It already has huge buy >> in from governments and education departments. >> >> - Why would anyone develop a CMS in Zend Framework? >> - What advantages does Zend Framework have over Mysource >> Matrix for producing RIAs? >> - Are there any other Zend Framework developers that would be >> interested in collaborating to create a professional open >> source Zend Framework CMS? >> (Built on the Zend Classes it could grow very quickly, and we >> are off to a good start). >> - Or should I accept defeat, and if so can the framework >> integrate with mysource matrix? >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Zend-CMS-Crisis-tf4433800s16154.html#a12649364 >> Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Zend-CMS-Crisis-tf4433800s16154.html#a12649859 Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
