You should take a look at Bricolage (http://bricolage.thepirtgroup.com/). It's a relatively new, but comprehensive, CMS that is based on Mason & mod_perl. I think it supports most of the things you mentioned below, but you should ask the developers to be sure.
If you talk w/ Matt, he'll be sure to hawk AxKit. But then that's Matt. And AxKit really is cool stuff. :-) Drew At 05:06 PM 2/6/2002 -0800, Nate Campi wrote: >Lets pretend I work for Wired News, and I really really hate Vignette's >content management system. I mean *really* hate it. I'm the Ops guy >supporting it and I have nightmares about the next unexplained CMS >crash. > >Ok, we all know mod_perl is the right choice to replace their system, >but what is the right way to go when you have a full news staff with >many stories going out six days a week, and about a million hits a day? > >You need all the workflow tools for the news staff, versioning, stories >going live at defined times and dates, etc, etc. I don't have the exact >requirements, as I'm just trying to collect my thoughts right now, to >bring my ideas to the software guys in a couple days. I can get the >exact requirements if needed. > >I like Mason's way of doing things, and it works for salon.com (similar >needs), but now that we have AxKit, is that the right way to go? Seems >better to force the separation of content and display, and using XML >allows the stories to be easily shared for display on affiliated sites. > >Thoughts? I'm thinking of even donating my mediocre coding skills if >they take my advice on this - die Vignette!! I'll do my part to slay the >evil beast. > >Oh, I mean if this wasn't all hypothetical - I wouldn't discuss internal >issues like this with the general public ;) >-- >Nate > >"Usenet isn't a right. It's a right, a left, and a swift uppercut to the >jaw." -Computer Museum (Boston) Drew Taylor JA[P|m_p|SQL]H http://www.drewtaylor.com/ Just Another Perl|mod_perl|SQL Hacker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** God bless America! ***
