Comments on: Open Thread: Content Management Systems http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/ Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: eduStyle Blog || Blog Archive » Open Thread: Design Trends http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-748 eduStyle Blog || Blog Archive » Open Thread: Design Trends Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:17:34 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-748 [...] you for all that participated in last week’s Open Thread. It was a great success. Sounds like most of you use commercial CMSes and like the flexibility of [...] [...] you for all that participated in last week’s Open Thread. It was a great success. Sounds like most of you use commercial CMSes and like the flexibility of [...]

]]> By: jgarcia http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-740 jgarcia Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:59:58 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-740 @sbell - no, it doesn't have any sort of blogging/news functionality built in. we're not using it on our homepage - mainly on academic/administrative department pages...but i wouldn't be surprised if news/blog block is developed sometime soon, as i think it would be of benefit to a lot of people using c5. or if you're a developer you could build it yourself :) check out our web communications page for an example of some pages running on the CMS (there's a link in the footer). its got the same look as the rest of the site but a lot of portions of it are automatically generated (such as the nav). @sbell – no, it doesn’t have any sort of blogging/news functionality built in. we’re not using it on our homepage – mainly on academic/administrative department pages…but i wouldn’t be surprised if news/blog block is developed sometime soon, as i think it would be of benefit to a lot of people using c5. or if you’re a developer you could build it yourself :)

check out our web communications page for an example of some pages running on the CMS (there’s a link in the footer). its got the same look as the rest of the site but a lot of portions of it are automatically generated (such as the nav).

]]> By: sbell http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-735 sbell Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:18:16 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-735 @jgarcia I've been looking at Concrete5. The in-page editing seems like a real plus for non-technical faculty and staff. Does Concrete5 have any blog/headlines/events functionality (ie. Are you using it for your university front page, or something else?). @jgarcia I’ve been looking at Concrete5. The in-page editing seems like a real plus for non-technical faculty and staff. Does Concrete5 have any blog/headlines/events functionality (ie. Are you using it for your university front page, or something else?).

]]> By: sbell http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-734 sbell Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:17:28 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-734 Expression Engine for the front page, Contribute for other pages. Contribute - I love WYSIWYG editing for faculty/staff. If you can use Word, you can use Contribute. Kyle Johnson already summed it up quite nicely. Having to install a program to edit a web page is so 1990's... Expression Engine for the front page, Contribute for other pages.
Contribute – I love WYSIWYG editing for faculty/staff. If you can use Word, you can use Contribute.
Kyle Johnson already summed it up quite nicely. Having to install a program to edit a web page is so 1990′s…

]]> By: rileywills http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-733 rileywills Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:48:01 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-733 @Cody & @designologist No worries on our side we have already phased through those emails, and it was more like a 1000 a day ;) @Cody & @designologist No worries on our side we have already phased through those emails, and it was more like a 1000 a day ;)

]]> By: maliwi http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-731 maliwi Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:47:15 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-731 1. Does your school use a CMS? Yes. Expression Engine. 2. What do you love about your particular CMS? The flexibility of Expression Engine allows us to create almost anything we need. The development community is fantastic. 3. What drives you nuts about your CMS? The document workflow and approval process is not suitable for our needs. There are several ways to build anything in Expression Engine making development more complex. 1. Does your school use a CMS?

Yes. Expression Engine.

2. What do you love about your particular CMS?

The flexibility of Expression Engine allows us to create almost anything we need. The development community is fantastic.

3. What drives you nuts about your CMS?

The document workflow and approval process is not suitable for our needs.

There are several ways to build anything in Expression Engine making development more complex.

]]> By: Michael McCready http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Michael McCready Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:22:43 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-726 1) Yes. Joomla 1.0.13 - upgrading to Joomla 1.5 (very excited for Joomla 1.6) 2) I love that it empowers staff to maintain their areas of responsibility. I also love that extensibility of it with components, modules and mambots. 3) Working within the constraints of a CMS can be a little boring for a designer and can be a little awkward in maintaining the menu system. Our site is http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca 1) Yes. Joomla 1.0.13 – upgrading to Joomla 1.5 (very excited for Joomla 1.6)

2) I love that it empowers staff to maintain their areas of responsibility. I also love that extensibility of it with components, modules and mambots.

3) Working within the constraints of a CMS can be a little boring for a designer and can be a little awkward in maintaining the menu system.

Our site is http://www.lethbridgecollege.ca

]]> By: Kyle Johnson http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Kyle Johnson Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:36:10 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-724 1. sort of - if you stretch really hard and squint you can call Adobe Contribute a CMS. 2. really, nothing 3. it's hard to use, requires a dedicated PC or Mac client, is very inflexible, doesn't handle code inserts well. I could go on for days. If we had the resources we would move to something else. There is talk of redesigning the web site, so we might get a chance then to move to something else. 1. sort of – if you stretch really hard and squint you can call Adobe Contribute a CMS.
2. really, nothing
3. it’s hard to use, requires a dedicated PC or Mac client, is very inflexible, doesn’t handle code inserts well. I could go on for days. If we had the resources we would move to something else. There is talk of redesigning the web site, so we might get a chance then to move to something else.

]]> By: Paul http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Paul Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:55:17 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-721 1. Yes - Cascade 2. I really like its flexibility. I'm more likely to run into human resource limits than technical limits. 3. HTML WYSIWYGs just don't cut it. It's not a just a problem with our particular cms - we've had difficulty with them for our own apps as well. 1. Yes – Cascade
2. I really like its flexibility. I’m more likely to run into human resource limits than technical limits.
3. HTML WYSIWYGs just don’t cut it. It’s not a just a problem with our particular cms – we’ve had difficulty with them for our own apps as well.

]]> By: jgarcia http://www.edustyle.net/blog/2009/02/open-thread-content-management-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-720 jgarcia Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:41:09 +0000 http://www.edustyle.net/blog/?p=304#comment-720 1. We use a fairly new CMS called Concrete5 (http://www.concrete5.org) on portions of our site. 2. Just about everything. I would have to say that the best part of it is the user-friendliness. It is incredibly intuitive. 3. It doesn't have as much user support as CMS's like Drupal and Joomla at the moment, but user support for it is growing. 1. We use a fairly new CMS called Concrete5 (http://www.concrete5.org) on portions of our site.
2. Just about everything. I would have to say that the best part of it is the user-friendliness. It is incredibly intuitive.
3. It doesn’t have as much user support as CMS’s like Drupal and Joomla at the moment, but user support for it is growing.

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