Hello, I did some research through a friend of mine concerning your
question, who works with what you're asking for on a regular basis,
and this is the answer he gave me.
" Ezpublish does all this,
http://developer.ez.no.
It's licensed under the GPL,
meaning it's 100% free. They do hosting also so you don't have to
install on
your server.
Essential:
- password protected login for users to update the site - and i choose
who gets a password - say 5 users will be udpating in total (perhaps
only three on concurrently )
ezpublish does fine grain permisions, you can give a user as little or
as much
access as you want
- ability to post a news story to a specific section of the site
It does sections, front page posts, etc
- ability to upload an image or images with a news story
Each story can have it's own images, or reference images in a main
image
repository.
- ability to upload a document file eg pdf or MSword with a news story
Each story can have files attached also
- ability to upload a document file eg pdf or MSword to a repository
type area of the site
There is a 'files' area that does this.
- compatible with some form of on site search engine
You can run one of the scripts via crontab that will update it's index
nightly
so that the search feature works.
- relatively easy to backup
I believe everything is stored on mysql, so a simple mysql database
dump will
give you a file you can back up. The images and the files may be
stored
elsewhere on the site. So, you can just do a recursive download of the
whole
site and get everything stored there, along with your configuration
changes.
- works on a shared hosting type set-up ie does not require a
dedicated server
It works best on a server that you have access to edit the apache
virtual host
entry, as it will use mod_rewrite to create easy to read paths. It
will work on
a non virtual host, or a virtual host you don't have access to by
using
the .htaccess file to configure it. All your documents will be mapped
off the
script that handles that type of document. The install documents
explain this
better. Using a host from one of their partners would be the easiest
way to go.
Desirable:
- ability to upload a news story or item for approval stage before
publishing by author with higher level authority
It supports pending articles in the ezArticle module
- ability to automatically create "viewer poll"
Polls can be attached to the site.
- ability to automatically create a calendar of events type page that
can be administered via the cms and generates pretty looking calendar
pages on the site
There is an ezCalendar module, there is a modification available that
lets the
public view the calendar.
- includes own onsite search engine
See the above answer about searching
- includes features to make backup easy
I don't know of any specific easy backup function, but it wouldn't be
very hard
to back up regardless.
- perhaps a hosted solution
They offer their own hosting, and hosting partners.
http://shop.ez.no/shop/hosting/
As to your question about extending it, you can write add in modules
for it.
Each of the modules I've talked about are built on their core APIs"
So, I believe this is your solution, as far as a feature/cost
comparison table, there is none, since it is free. If you need any
further information or clarification, don;t hesitate, and we can
expand upon any of the information here.
Nenna-GA |
Clarification of Answer by
nenna-ga
on
18 Oct 2002 15:23 PDT
Hello, I hope this helps with your clarification request. I went back
to the person who gave me the original information and showed him your
additional questions.... This was his response.
"I don't really like typo3 much. It seems to be very slow, and it's
API
was rather limited the last time I used it. It seemed to be a good
choice if all you wanted to publish was news. Maybe the API has
changed
and he's added more features, but it doesn't look that way. Also, as I
use Mozilla on my macintosh and linux computers, typo3 only worked
with
IE and NS 4.x, it wasn't much of an option for me.
I often tell people, if you're looking to build a community, something
like Postnuke is the best. It's easy to just have a lot of users
commenting to each other and posting articles. The plugins are pretty
easy to use also. You give up a lot of in easy editorial features by
going with a nuke style site though. If you want to build a publishing
site, go with ezpublish. There really is no other open source CMS like
it out of the box, that I have ever been able to find. You could of
course build something yourself out of one of the many many frameworks
available. A lot of people seem to expect that for a site with alot of
requirements like your site. Even buying an expensive CMS will require
alot of custom programing and work to get it running.
I checked the ezpublish reseller site, and there is no reseller in the
UK listed. I don't know of any resellers not listed, or major people
in
the UK that use ezpublish. I know verio's
(www.verio.co.uk)
virtual private server will support ezpublish by allowing you to edit
your
apache configuration. I know they have a data center in germany, but I
don't know about the UK. Any regular host you use in the UK that
provides a virtual private server and the ability to edit your apache
configuration can run ezpublish great, if they just give you the
ability to edit .htaccess files, it will run ok.
ezPublish supports a pretty broad array of customization. They call it
a 3 step flow, you put out navigation, your content, and more
navigation. The standard 3 column layout you see on alot of websites.
You could eliminate one of the columns if you need to. The
customization guide is pretty good.
http://doc.ez.no/article/archive/5/
I think when 3.0 comes out they will have alot more features for
easily
developing a design. They're pretty quiet about what features they're
working on though."
So, there you go. I hope this helps you out.
Nenna-GA
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