Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:37:35 -0400 From: "Hakan K" <dominor@gmail.com> To: "Andrew Falanga" <af300wsm@gmail.com> Cc: User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CMS ideas and suggestions Message-ID: <105fa37b0709240837v541e83f1yb04acffa5df74d01@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <340a29540709240803i229a99aei204d53c88440c662@mail.gmail.com> References: <340a29540709240803i229a99aei204d53c88440c662@mail.gmail.com>
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Try Joomla Thanks Hakan http://dominor.com On 9/24/07, Andrew Falanga <af300wsm@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > At the suggestion of someone who responded to my requests for help with > WebGUI, I decided to ask this question here. What CMS programs would the > community here suggest for use because, to be frank, I'm less than > impressed > with WebGUI. It is for use with my church. The following are at least > some > of the requirements. > > 1) Most important, it must be completely simple for the computer > illiterate > and especially web illiterate to maintain. Basically, a very simple and > easy to use GUI interface for web site maintenance is a must. > > 2) Calendaring > > 3) Username/password authentication to the site for maintenance and > upkeep. > Ideally, this system would use OpenSSL or something similar for encrypting > username/password combinations. > > 4) The capacity for a public and then private side to the church web site. > That is, we'd like the ability to have the "front" end that is available > to > the world, e.g. welcome to the church, etc. Then have an area for church > members to log into that provides greater depth to information access > (perhaps prayer chains, etc.). > > > They are the must haves for the site, now for the "like to have also" in > the > site. > > 1) Possibly, though probably not a deal breaker if not possible, a system > that would allow a central figure to review changes made by individuals > before being published to the site. > > 2) Written in PHP. > > 3) Utilizes PostgreSQL instead of MySQL. > > 4) Has an integrated (or module available) to allow e-mail access, i.e. > send/receive. > > 5) If possible, something in the FreeBSD ports collection. > > > Just a quick review of Content Management Systems from www.freshports.org, > I > saw and am interested in comments about tikiwiki. However, I saw while > looking through Content Management Systems at wikipedia, that there are > many > open source, freely available CMS programs to be looked at. From this > site, > I've downloaded and am trying phpWebSite. > > Anyone with experience with these systems (CMS, not necessarily tikiwiki, > WebGUI or phpWebSite), your feedback would be greatly appreciated. Also, > recommendations as to computer "horse" power necessary for these systems > would also be nice. We're using, what most small churches would probably > use, an older system that was replaced by a laptop for the > secretary. It's > an AMD Duron 700 mHz w/256 mb of RAM. I'm not planning on running X on > this > system, to conserve resources, but should we look into a beefier system at > a > later time? > > Thanks for any insight into this. > > Andy > [image: Close] Read more >> Options >> > [image: Visit Answers.com] <http://www.answers.com>; > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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