That brings up another point, I did ask the infrastructure team about the CMS.  
The response I got was that it is basically unmaintained as of now.  I got the 
impression that primary author doesn't have time to continue development on it. 
 So I am reluctant to invest a lot of our time migrating content in to that 
system, only to have that system abandoned.


On Sep 2, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Upayavira wrote:

> 
> 
> On Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:57 -0700, "Michael MacFadden"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> In regards to the current Apache CMS, which we are currently using are:
>> 
>> No one knows how to use it.  No it's not that complicated, and yes we can
>> learn it.  But it's just one more hurdle for new developers.
>> The wiki language doesn't seem to have the ability to create tables, or
>> other common HTML type things.  You have to resort to HTML code.
>> I am not certain how flexible the layout engine is.  I am envisioning
>> wanting to create a developer's guide, which would have a substantially
>> differently layout than the main site for example.
>> I am not certain how easy it is to embed rich content like video without
>> resorting to raw HTML.
>> At least in Chrome, there are several bugs in the editor itself.
>> 
>> Granted, I have only really scratched the surface of how the CMS works,
>> but as a new user, these were some of my first impressions.  They could
>> also be a result of me just not being familiar with the tool.
> 
> Fair enough. I haven't really used the Apache CMS, but all I do know is
> that endless complaints about CMSes and website tools seemed to dry up
> as soon as the CMS turned up. I can only assume that is because it did
> *something* right.
> 
> I'd encourage you to ask on infrastructure@ about any features you
> need/can't find. See if it can get you closer to what you need. 
> 
> Upayavira
> 

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