Hello, I'm new to the list and new to Scribus. I work for a wholesale pet supply company that publishes print catalogs in addition to several websites. We have no workflow, no content management system, no wikis, and the editors use Word while the designers use InDesign. We're a growing company that struggles to communicate well with each other as well as with our customers.
I'd think it would be terrific to find some way to glue together Scribus, OpenOffice, Gimp, a CMS app, a wiki, etc. to create an end-to-end publishing solution that takes companies through the entire catalog creation lifecycle and gets new info on/from the websites fast. Fold in Web 2.0, and it's a goal. The closest we've come is the idea of using InCopy for editorial and InDesign for layout. This would at least get editors and designers on the same (virtual) page. But it doesn't solve the problem of effectively sharing information, workflow, modular content that can be reused across catalogs/websites, etc. Microsoft is trying to do some of this with SharePoint/Office integration... But has anyone used just open source software to accomplish athis somewhat grander goal of getting all stakeholders in a website/catalog launch working together more effectively? We need to work smarter, not harder. I'm thinking of a meta-project involving more than just the Scribus community. What do you guys think? Thanks for the help, Matt from Boston
