Hi Giulio, By sheer chance I came across this just now https://growcreate.co.uk/blog/which-cms-works-best-with-microsoft-dynamics/ Of course, bear in mind that this is a company which specialises in Umbraco (and Episerver) - as their conclusion seems to be "Umbraco and Episerver" :-) But it may be worth a look. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark D. P. Norman > Sent: 03 October 2018 11:06 > To: 'Giulio Romano' <[log in to unmask]>; WEBSITE-INFO- > [log in to unmask] > Subject: RE: We're thinking of switching our web CMS > > Hi Giulio, > > We're using Umbraco which is a Microsoft-based (.net/IIS) CMS. Open > source, however. > > It's good for us, as we have very simple needs and I'd guess it would cover > your " blog commenting, site search and social media" needs, but not sure > about anything so sophisticated as integration with Dynamics. We chose it > about 18 months/2 years ago and we went live with it about a year ago. > Umbraco seems to have a decent developer community but isn't big in FE/HE > (HE is dominated by Drupal). > > I guess my advice would be to go with something which has a large and active > developer community (i.e. are there several > companies/contractors/developers you can turn to for bits of work, or to run > the whole thing?). If open source, check that it's releasing frequently, and > what the contributor community looks like. I'd be open minded regarding > open source vs proprietary. If it's open source and being actively developed, > popular, used by many others, it's a decent bet. Even the most robust > looking and popular proprietary CMS could get bought by a competitor who > has plans to backwater it or wind it down entirely, so it's a similar risk. Drupal > is really popular and has a lot of developer/implementer companies. > > After all that, I guess if your 'killer' requirement is something like integration > with MS Dynamics, that may be the thing to focus on (i.e. companies which > have done that before, using a particular CMS). > > HTH a bit! > > Mark > > Mark Norman > Director of IT | Nuffield College, University of Oxford Associate Director of IT > | All Souls College of the University of Oxford Tel 01865 278596 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Managing institutional Web services <WEBSITE-INFO- > > [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Giulio Romano > > Sent: 02 October 2018 15:12 > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: We're thinking of switching our web CMS > > > > Good afternoon all > > > > I must admit to being a very occasional contributor to this list but > > hope some of you can offer some advice. I manage the web services at > > the Scottish Funding Council (www.sfc.ac.uk). We're not a FE/HE > > institution as such but distribute public funding to Scottish colleges and > universities. > > > > I'm doing some very initial research into the possibility of changing > > our web CMS in the future. We currently use a product called > > Activedition which has served us well but the vendor, C2 Software, has > > changed its own priorities over the years to the point that we are now > > using the last version of the software that is likely to be developed > > - so now seems a good time to think about moving on. > > > > Our website and intranet both use Activedition, each with connections > > to our Dynamics CRM. We also use other 3rd party tools for blog > > commenting, site search and social media. So we're basically looking > > at replacing the CMS with another one without changing the overall > > set-up or doing any kind of site re- design. > > > > If anyone has experience of switching their CMS, any advice would be > > greatly appreciated, in particular: > > > > - Any pitfalls or things to look out for? > > - Open source or propretary? > > - Recommended small-medium scale CMS systems? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Giulio Romano > > > > > ########################################################## > > ############## > > > > To unsubscribe from the WEBSITE-INFO-MGT list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=WEBSITE-INFO- > > MGT&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the WEBSITE-INFO-MGT list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=WEBSITE-INFO-MGT&A=1