Thankyou Arthur and Jason, Arthur: I have looked at the instantpress post and I've installed it. I had a first look some time ago and it seems a lot easier in the later version. Well done Martin.
I have started doing some trials with both instantpress and movuca, and I would have to say that it is not a question of which is better, each has a different focus and I've enjoyed using both (I'm still learning and still have heaps of questions though). I haven't used Joomla but I know of some big sites who use it for an internal collaborative forum - for which I think movuca's social side is sort of equivalent. It was this comparison that prompted the post in the first place. It's interesting that you mention the modular,plug and play approach of those tools. Is that the way for a cms to grow and spread rapidly ? Jason, thanks for the comments on the security aspects that I wasn't aware of. I hope one day there is one (or more) web2py based cms that has the "market" presence of some of the other ones around. On Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:59:59 PM UTC+12, encompass wrote: > > There are also big drawbacks to these cms's for example the sucurity > flaws in Joomla are out of this world. Same with drupal, so many plugins, > add-ons and other what not with wholes in them it's sometimes very hard to > keep up with the issues. > I work on drupal based sites all the time and run into big issues when we > need to work in groups. When our personal environments are setup to > develop on, we can't post much of our data to the version control that we > share. Infact, on a recent project I have to copy paste code from a real > editor to the block editor in drupal. That data is saved to my database > and is not in sync with everyone else who also just made a different > addition to their database. We spend half a day showing what we did for > the blocks and figuring out how to make all our code work together. In > web2py this is much more rare. > Drupal can also, very easily, but much heavier on the database. And you > need to figure out your own DAL tools instead of having one right away. > And the installation process is easier, at least to me, in Web2py. > On the other hand, drupal has features that let you start working with > editing content right away and that can be nice, but due just a little bit > of theme editing and your swimming in deep directories trying to and trying > to place content much more than you would in web2py. > At my work, which accepts most projects very easily, turn away from > Joomla. It's not a tool we want to use, ever. > My 2 cents, > Jason > > On 06/13/2012 12:21 AM, Arthur P. wrote: > > Maybe also look at the post: Instant press 2.1.0 holiday edition > > Having installed my first CMS using Joomla, my albums using Gallery2, and > having more recently used Drupal, I think most if not all Python based > CMS's are still very much "programmer's products", have not yet reached the > plug and play level of Joomla. Web2Py as framework certainly seems the > easiest to install and to get something up and running with, but I have the > feeling I will have to do a bit more reading than with Joomla, and even > than Drupal even though that does have a bit more of a learning curve, > before I understand how to get the current basic CMS solutions to approach > the capabilities of a Drupal or Joomla christmas tree filled with modules > and plug-ins. > > > > On Friday, May 25, 2012 5:54:54 AM UTC+2, Andrew wrote: >> >> There have been numerous posts on a web2py based cms, and I know there >> are many solutions out there, at varying stages of development. They each >> have a different focus so it is not a simple question of "which one is >> best". I won't try and mention them by name. >> >> However, A colleague of mine was talking about Joomla and I wanted to be >> able to offer some "strategy" on a comparable web2py cms. Would anyone >> care to comment on which of the web2py cms' would be a contender to Joomla >> ? If not now, perhaps with a roadmap for the future. >> >> Personally, and I've said it before, cms functionality is very >> important, and I think we should highlight the cms offerings on the web2py >> website. Not necessarily one, but showcase the "best of ...". For >> example, look at http://www.zope.org/the-world-of-zope It mentions >> Plone and Silva. Such a thing would also strenghten the adopton of >> web2py. Are they production ready enough to do that ? >> >> Thankyou. >> >> Andrew W >> > >
