A word of warning: Various vendors will tell you their solution is browser
based, so you assume it's platform independent. When you read the small
print, though, you find that CMS management (rather than simple content
contribution) requires proprietary browser plugins that are only available
for the PC!
Simon.
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> From: Paul Browning
> Reply To: Paul Browning
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Content Management software
>
> --On 22 April 2002 19:20 +0800 Chris Lord <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know any content management software which runs on Macintosh
> > client computers? We have just seen a demo from a company called
> > SilverVizion which seems very good, and are wondering if there are
> > alternatives.
>
> I had a look at http://www.supportcc.com/Webcont.html
> which is almost content free! It's not clear to me what
> SilverVizion is - is it software (that you install) or
> a remotely hosted service (that you use)?
>
> There are many, many alternatives.
>
> It depends how dirty you want to get your hands (which
> translates to how much in-house support do you have?).
>
> I would strenously avoid any CMS that doesn't offer
> a browser-based interface (CMS client software is
> OK but that shouldn't be the _only_ way of working).
>
> So that leaves the server-side to consider. If
> you're running MacOSX the choice is vast (if you
> don't mind get your hands a bit dirty) and many
> options have zero start-up cost.
>
> One option is Zope:
>
> http://www.zope.org/Members/jonms/MacOSXService
>
> Another, also based on Zope, and a finished product
> rather than a framework within which to construct your
> own CMS, is EasyPublisher:
>
> http://easypublisher.torped.se/english/
>
> Within browser editing, workflow, roll-back, database
> integration, etc, etc - probably everything a small
> organisation needs to get started for 850 dollars
> (unlimited users). The demo/personal edition is free.
>
> I would recommend _anyone_ to try a couple of
> free CMSs first before ever tangling with commercial
> vendors - you're much less likely to be taken for
> a ride if you have a feeling for what a CMS can do.
>
> The above is the gist of a presentation I gave
> at a recent conference at SBU.
> See http://litc.sbu.ac.uk/cm/programme.html for
> chapter and verse.
>
> Paul
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