Hi William, I have been working with Joomla since late 2006 and agree that it is probably the best for your purpose. If you want to develop a community, there are several good extensions available. I like Jomsocial, but it depends on the scope of your project.
Your plan calls for multiple contributors and Joomla's admin structure, based on the newspaper editorial model, with Registered Users, Authors, Editors and Administrators, is well suited for this project. I have done projects with Drupal, geared more towards coders with extensive its database hooks, but not as user-friendly with a steep learning curve, and WordPress, which is easy to extend and works fine for blogs, but doesn't support the hierarchy framework that your project requires. It sounds like you have already done a lot of research on Joomla. Like most big projects, it is best to have a good idea of what the audience wants and how the contributors work before coming up with a design. If you would like to talk more, I can make some time next week for lunch. (I am not expecting much. A hot dog, a bottle of Poland Spring, and a park bench in the shade is fine with me.) You should also be aware that there is a very friendly Joomla user group in New York. The next meeting should be next Thursday. You might want to attend to meet other Joomla developers. Let me know if you would like to meet and which day is good for you. All the best, Steve On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 1:29 AM, William Bly <[email protected]> wrote: > I hope I am not breaking any protocols with my question as I lurk more than > post. > > A week ago I was handed a project at work (United Nations Division for > Sustainable Development) so I put together a Joomla site based on their > concept. The site has been well received with new request and my own > concerns. > > Adding extensions, community, ACL, forms, surveys, blogs > Access to documents and multiple languages > Security > Linking to static sites and converting a large static site to a CMS > > There are two sandbox and a live version running. We expect to have multiple > contributors adding content. I think this is the first site here using a > CMS. Only recently there have been evaluations here using PHP based Open > source platforms and the results were in favor of WordPress and Drupal. > > If you have time to chat maybe lunch in Manhattan, I would be most grateful > for any insight.The project is for a conference on sustainable development > in 2012. I think Joomla is a great fit and would like to provide a good > solution here at the UN that will portray Open Source and Joomla positively. > We are located at 44th st. Two United Nations Plaza. > > Thank you in advance - Bill Bly > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > -- Stephen Britton Technology Consultant [email protected] ph: 914-661-0040 _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
