[Scottish] BBS / mini social network network software
Hi, As the computer guy, I've become responsible for the Scottish Rat Club's website (my daughter breeds and shows fancy rats). The current online provision is not great - some static HTML pages and a freebie invision BBS. Increasingly online activity is moving onto facebook :( I think we could do a lot better with the SRC website - and hence looking for suggestions as to software to run it. I'd want a basic CMS, a BBS, support for blogs, user pages - public and member only splits. User admin is essential, other nice things would be: - mobile client (HTML5 app / responsive design / native app) - configurable archiving - payment processing (but this is down the list a bit) Since I spend my working day untangling Java mess and this will be running on a cheap virtual host, it'll need to be LAMP. And since, when I'm not untangling Java, I'm fixing performance problems and fighting phishing, I'm not particularly keen on Wordpress nor Joomla. Googling for open source CMS turns up *lots* of different packages - but wading through their websites to find out how well they meet my needs is rather tedious. TIA Colin ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] BBS / mini social network network software
Hi Colin, Have you looked at Drupal? I've used it for many professional projects over the course of the last 8 or 9 years. This past weekend at Hackathon for Disaster Response we built two different systems -- major apps for disaster response -- on the Drupal framework. (To give you some context, the same group met in September, and software we built there was used during Hurricane Sandy relief less than two months later and some of it has been adopted for "official" use by FEMA in the US.) Drupal 7 is fantastic. The CMS out of the box comes with forums, blogs and user pages. If you'd like help picking out some of the best third party modules for the other functionality you need, just send me an email off-list and I'll happily give you a hand. - Lisha PS *INTERNATIONAL **SPACE APPS CHALLENGE IS THIS WEEKEND*. (ahem) Have you guys signed up? I'd love to see you there, and we have 10 spots left. http://spaceappschallenge.org/location/glasgow :) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] BBS / mini social network network software
On Tuesday 16 Apr 2013 22:20:34 Lisha Sterling wrote: > Hi Colin, > > Have you looked at Drupal? I've used it for many professional projects over > the course of the last 8 or 9 years. This past weekend at Hackathon for > Disaster Response we built two different systems -- major apps for disaster > response -- on the Drupal framework. (To give you some context, the same > group met in September, and software we built there was used during > Hurricane Sandy relief less than two months later and some of it has been > adopted for "official" use by FEMA in the US.) > > Drupal 7 is fantastic. The CMS out of the box comes with forums, blogs and > user pages. If you'd like help picking out some of the best third party > modules for the other functionality you need, just send me an email > off-list and I'll happily give you a hand. > Yep I'd agree that drupal sounds like a good match The open outreach distribution of drupal (single install of drupal and lots of modules, not a linux distribution) packages up the majority of what you asked for: http://openoutreach.org/ -- Kenny MM0ZUN ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] BBS / mini social network network software
Colin, On 16 Apr 2013, at 22:08, Colin McKinnon wrote: > Googling for open source CMS turns up *lots* of different packages - but > wading through their websites to find out how well they meet my needs is > rather tedious. I've had a good bit of success with Symphony. Drupal's great too and tends to be what I use if I need a site up real quick. It is, however, overkill in most instances. Have a look at Symphony. All it needs is PHP, SQL and a bit of elbow grease. I believe you can download pre-built 'ensembles' which give you an out-the-box site as well, so you can get an idea of how its (beautiful!) MVC-based framework operates. R w: rmacd.com t: +44-777-235-1655 e: ron...@rmacd.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
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D'oh! On 19 Apr 2013, at 19:06, Ronald MacDonald wrote: > I believe you can download pre-built 'ensembles' which give you an > out-the-box site as well Forgot the link: http://getsymphony.com/download/ensembles/ R w: rmacd.com t: +44-777-235-1655 e: ron...@rmacd.com ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] BBS / mini social network network software
On 19/04/13 19:06, Ronald MacDonald wrote: I've had a good bit of success with Symphony. Drupal's great too and tends to be what I use if I need a site up real quick. It is, however, overkill in most instances. Thanks Ronald, Lisha, Kenny. I'm rather being pulled in 2 directions here. On the one hand, the programmer in me wants something simple to tinker with and extend, but I keep reminding myself that I just don't have the time to do that and need a turn-key solution. The last time I'd looked at Drupal, it still seemed to be bag of bits - it seems to have moved on a bit. openoutreach looks like a neat bundle - but I really hate the whole concept of 'responsive design' there are real technical issues with it as a design philosophy - but my real gripe is that every 'responsive design' website I've ever looked at on a desktop browser is so *u*g*l*y* - they look like something designed by / for 5 year olds. Still the gallery for openoutreach suggests not all is lost. Since I'd prefer a turnkey solution, I'm staying clear of frameworks. Even when I've got the time to do proper development work, I find frameworks of limited value. And anything which abstracts data access I find a PITA. I also had a look at Anahita which seems interesting. No obvious signs of user quotas / archiving support in what I've looked at so far. The forum really is the important bit. While there's lots of forum software available, they mostly use some sort of markdown if any sort of styling is available. Will update when I've thought about this some more. C. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
