Hi > I'm looking for a Content Management System written in PHP, Joomla > has been recommended. However I'm a little disappointed to find > that it is tied to MYSQL and doesn't use a generic dbms interface > such as Adodb. The application that I have in mind will probably > make use of the postgresql gis extensions. Does anyone have any > opinions on Joomla, whether it can be bent onto Postgres or > recommendations for an alternative.
I like to use it myself but I think most CMS are limited in some way. But, your own imagination and some extra code can help. > The application that I'm developing contains most of your common > web site functions, from moderately static type information pages, > to more dynamic content, along with user accounts that mostly just > granting access to restricted areas of the site and probably the > ability for each user to edit their own own details. There will > also be a mapping component (more than likely using google maps), > and the need to store some polygonal and other GIS based data > (hence the requirement for posgresql GIS). I would have tried to point you at Drupal for this but just now Drupal 6.2 is upon us. Which is really good. However, the modules that make it work are mostly for use with Drupal 5.xx. Not much help just now. -- Richard www.sheflug.org.uk -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
