I need recommendations for content management software. I need the
content to be stored online, rather than on any one desktop, so that
different people around the world can access it.

The background is this: I collect news stories about certain topics. I
need to classify them into categories for archiving. Each paragraph
within a story might go into a different category. And when I say
?category?, it could be multiple categories.

For example, take this story:

Paragraph 1: The history of Armenia.
Paragraph 2: A story about the last Armenian conflict.
Paragraph 3: Armenians flee to Lebanon.
Paragraph 4: Other destinations for Armenians.
Paragraph 5: War in Lebanon.

I would split it as follows:

Paragraph 1: The history of Armenia.
File this paragraph under ?Armenia?.

Paragraph 2: A story about the last Armenian conflict.
File this paragraph under ?War?; and under ?Armenia?.

Paragraph 3: Armenians flee to Lebanon.
File this paragraph under ?Armenia?; under ?Lebanon?; and under ?Travel?.

Paragraph 4: Other destinations for Armenians.
File this paragraph under ?Travel?.

Paragraph 5: War in Lebanon.
File this paragraph under ?War?; and under ?Lebanon?.

The idea is that then rather than trawl through my archives of
thousands of stories, I can just bring up all clippings in the
category ?War? or ?Travel?.

Any ideas? Thank you.

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Request for Question Clarification by hedgie-ga on 10 Aug 2005 07:51 PDT

Are you still interested in an answer.

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From: danman108-ga on 11 Jul 2005 20:34 PDT 
is useful (even though I would skip first two)

but more can be provided to help you choose. 

If you want more, please say a bit about your cpapabilites:

will you install it, run it yourself (do you have a current web-site)
or you want to hire a staff (the cost / skill) tradeoff).

Hedgie

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Clarification of Question by macaonghus-ga on 10 Aug 2005 09:09 PDT

I still need an answer. Assume my capabilities are irrelevant. I need
it to do exactly what I said, so for example using search instead of
categories is no good.

I am very familiar with Content Management Systems, (CMS). You'll want
to find something that is:

* Powered by PHP, or ASP.
* Utilizes an SQL Database, preferably MySQL.

There are many free products that do this, and allow you to categorize
stories, (articles). I have yet to hear of a CMS that categorizes
paragraphs -- only whole articles.

My (all free) recommendations:

* PHPNuke http://phpnuke.org/
* Post Nuke http://www.postnuke.com
* Mambo CMS http://www.mamboserver.com/
* Nucleus CMS http://nucleuscms.org/

Also find a list of CMS software at Wikipedia:

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_content_management_systems

Let me know if this information helps. I am not a Google researcher --
I just thought I would lend a hand and save you $50. If you do need
help, you might want to check out http://www.geekvalley.com for CMS
related discussion.

I should also add this:

Most CMS software comes with a built in search function. Even if you
are not able to categorize paragraphs, you may still be able to type
"War" or "Armenia" into the search box, and pull up the stories.

The question expired on Aug. 10. 
Sorry I waited too long, to see if someone else will pick it up.

If you would repost the question, I will provide an answer.

I still need to add: the more you can tell us about what you know allready,
(like do you know what PHP is,
 do you run a website now, 
did you looked at any CMS, ..)
the easier it is to provide an  answer which will match your requirements.