We use Wagtail (www.wagtail.io), which is an open-source Django CMS. Very flexible, great editor platform and with a growing number of NGO, university and museum users -- worth a look.
Our site is www.rca.ac.uk
Best,
Octavia
On 13 Nov 2015, at 17:56, Mike Ellis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Fiona
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> I'd echo what Tony said re thinking about content and users first - then move on to the technology.
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> Needless to say, WP is a really great platform. I'm badly biased now but in part this is because I've spent a long time involved in development and procurement of various CMS's - homegrown all the way up to enterprise. The former are generally awful because if your developer gets hit by a bus you're in bad trouble. The latter is generally awful because they are expensive, similarly bespoke, and normally involve salesmen :-)
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> WordPress hits a middle ground, by being very extensible from a developer point of view but also (so often overlooked!) incredibly usable from an editor point of view. My starting advice would be - have a really good reason to not use it. There are reasons, for sure, but they're not often the ones that people think they are. So for instance scaleability, performance, security, ability to deal with complex content types - these are all things WordPress actually does brilliantly. Provided, of course, you've got a good developer to build it for you.
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> But - it really does depend on the specifics of your environment. (see http://cultureobject.co.uk by the way if you are thinking about putting collections online - happy to field questions about this on- or off-list if you need!)
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> By the way - following the survey I did about WordPress in a heritage setting there is now a mailing list of interested people. It might be worth joining (and anyone else is welcome too!) and asking for people's specific experiences.
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> It's here: http://wpformuseums.com/
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> cheers!
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> Mike
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> Fiona McCrory wrote:
>> Hi Tony,
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>> That is a really valuable response. One of the main issues we have is that our content editors are generally very nervous about adding content with our present CMS. There is a degree of skill needed that most feel they don't have. I am keen to provide an interface for them that isn't intimidating and so increase the flow of content to the website. I have created a couple of simple WordPress sites in my personal time and am very impressed by its ease of use.
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>> We are also on a pretty tight budget to deliver everything we currently feature on the website i.e. collections online and e-commerce along with the desire to explore user generated content.
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>> Great food for thought!
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>> Fiona
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tony Crockford
>> Sent: 13 November 2015 15:49
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>> Subject: Re: Website redevelopment - what CMS
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>>> On 13 Nov 2015, at 14:20, Fiona McCrory<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> One consideration for us is whether to go open source or not as Drupal provides an attractive option as is Umbraco (although I have no experience of it personally). We're also looking at Contensis CMS and are interested in Adobe CMS (no idea of the cost there!). Following this group has also opened my eyes to Wordpress as an option...
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>> The more popular the CMS, the cheaper the support will be.
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>> Of the ones I'm familiar with developer salaries are ranked (lowest first)
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>> WordPress
>> Drupal
>> Umbraco
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>> Choosing a CMS should be related more to who is using it and what they're using it for than popularity and cost of support, so have a think about where your content is coming from and who will be creating it in the future.
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>> As a developer/designer I spent a fair bit of time evaluating different CMS's a few years ago before settling on WordPress as being the most well rounded and easy for me to use and explain to clients.
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>> I have many developer colleagues and the what CMS answers is always the same - having invested time and energy into becoming confident with a (software/framework/language) CMS they will justify their choice over others with all sorts of logic. So my Drupal developer colleagues swear Drupal is best for everything and the one or two Umbraco people I know are very loyal to it.
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>> So you need to look at how the content is managed, and if that will fit with your workflow, before asking a developer which is the best CMS.
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>> Do you have a specific content management workflow, or a particularly limited budget...
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>> :o)
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