I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set of features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based server. I've spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, sourceforge, hotscripts etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't get it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: - Calendar - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, can customise the content displayed etc. - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my liking).
I played with slashcode but didn't feel like hand coding a calendar system :-| So over to the group. What do you suggest??
On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:30:16 +1100, Centurion wrote: > Hi All,
> I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set of > features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based server. I've > spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, sourceforge, hotscripts > etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't get > it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
> PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: > - Calendar > - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) > - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. > - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, can > customise the content displayed etc. > - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my > liking).
> I played with slashcode but didn't feel like hand coding a calendar system > :-| So over to the group. What do you suggest??
> --James
http://www.Postnuke.com -no calenda(would be an addon module somewhere) however install a M$ NET Frame work server next to it and in 1 click you have this feature plus a CMS in 50 clicks --Ha ha
phpbb with the addon CMSfront from sourceforge.net (not so good looking)
sourcefore.net and overkill of CMS i guess (not a security hole in it.Sourceforge .net CMS is like fort fucking Knox(no Im not pommy)
ezipublish--a bit of a scam but may be workable un Linux
Kitty Puss wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003 08:30:16 +1100, Centurion wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set of >> features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based server. >> I've spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, sourceforge, >> hotscripts >> etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't >> get >> it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
>> PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: >> - Calendar >> - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) >> - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. >> - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, >> can customise the content displayed etc. >> - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my >> liking).
>> I played with slashcode but didn't feel like hand coding a calendar >> system >> :-| So over to the group. What do you suggest??
>> --James
> http://www.Postnuke.com -no calenda(would be an addon module somewhere) > however install a M$ NET Frame work > server next to it and in 1 click you have this feature plus a CMS in 50 > clicks --Ha ha
> phpbb with the addon CMSfront from sourceforge.net (not so good looking)
> sourcefore.net and overkill of CMS i guess (not a security hole in > it.Sourceforge .net CMS is like fort fucking Knox(no Im not pommy)
> ezipublish--a bit of a scam but may be workable un Linux
> sourceforge.net is my choice...but runs with perl
Have you thought about Zope (www.zope.org) it rocks!
It's not strictly a CMS but with a few modules like CMF it can do anything.
You can front it with Apache or use the built in ZServer and it can work with a number of databases including MySQL or it's built in OODB.
> I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set of > features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based server. > I've spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, sourceforge, > hotscripts > etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't > get > it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
> PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: > - Calendar > - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) > - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. > - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, can > customise the content displayed etc. > - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my > liking).
> I played with slashcode but didn't feel like hand coding a calendar system > :-| So over to the group. What do you suggest??
> --James
We had a similar requirement for a not-for-profit (http://www.wire.org.au). After lengthy research and evaluation we used the following open source (free) components:
1. WebGUI content management system http://www.plainblack.com/webgui This has proven to be an excellent CMS. It has an extensive range of well thought out and powerful functions and is simple to use. Includes: forums/discussion boards, user management/security, user customisation more stuff than you can poke a stick at. It can claim stability, maturity, heavy ongoing development. The support is so so as the developers generally don't support forum unless they buy support, but we have never really needed it. If you start using it feel free to swap notes with me.
- PhProjekt groupware We have also been impressed with this software. It is well designed, simple, stable and functional. The interface is pretty bland but we look for function and stability ahead of bells and whistles. Provides: - Powerful group calendaring - Request tracking - Pretty good preoject management - Time tracking - Notes, TODOs - Contacts - email - forum - chat
The technology for the above is Perl-MySQL-Apache. If you are prepared to reduce the PHP restriction you will be on a good wicket with this stuff.
>> I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set of >> features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based server. >> I've spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, sourceforge, >> hotscripts >> etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't >> get >> it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
>> PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: >> - Calendar >> - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) >> - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. >> - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, >> can customise the content displayed etc. >> - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my >> liking). > We had a similar requirement for a not-for-profit > (http://www.wire.org.au). After lengthy research and evaluation we used > the following open source (free) components:
Thanks for the suggestion :-) You've done a good job with the wire.org.au site too BTW.
The reason I'd like to avoid too much Perl is tht the hardware we are running is somewhat limited (P133's with 64Mb RAM). The Perl VMs needed to run WebGUI (like slashcode) just consume too many resources. PHP is lot less resource hungry for the low traffic volumes we are expecting.
--James __________________________ A random quote of nothing:
The lovely woman-child Kaa was mercilessly chained to the cruel post of the warrior-chief Beast, with his barbarian tribe now stacking wood at her nubile feet, when the strong clear voice of the poetic and heroic Handsomas roared, 'Flick your Bic, crisp that chick, and you'll feel my steel through your last meal!' -- Winning sentence, 1984 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.
On Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:45:47 +1100, Centurion wrote: > Adam Brown wrote:
>> Centurion wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>> I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set of >>> features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based server. >>> I've spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, sourceforge, >>> hotscripts >>> etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't >>> get >>> it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
>>> PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: >>> - Calendar >>> - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) >>> - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. >>> - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, >>> can customise the content displayed etc. >>> - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my >>> liking).
>> We had a similar requirement for a not-for-profit >> (http://www.wire.org.au). After lengthy research and evaluation we used >> the following open source (free) components:
> Thanks for the suggestion :-) You've done a good job with the wire.org.au > site too BTW.
> The reason I'd like to avoid too much Perl is tht the hardware we are > running is somewhat limited (P133's with 64Mb RAM). The Perl VMs needed to > run WebGUI (like slashcode) just consume too many resources. PHP is lot > less resource hungry for the low traffic volumes we are expecting.
> --James > __________________________ > A random quote of nothing:
> The lovely woman-child Kaa was mercilessly chained to the cruel post of > the warrior-chief Beast, with his barbarian tribe now stacking wood at > her nubile feet, when the strong clear voice of the poetic and heroic > Handsomas roared, 'Flick your Bic, crisp that chick, and you'll feel my > steel through your last meal!' > -- Winning sentence, 1984 Bulwer-Lytton bad fiction contest.
Not quite true about the resources.maybe you should consider a server 133 /64mb machine SCSI discs ect.It seems threading is your problem and the reason you run low on these kind of resources. even running a 1200mhz desktop as a server you see problems with not enough resource for perl based server applications of which half of it is the IDE disk drives.
After all they did make machines of this caliber for a reason and 70% of servers still used today run at speeds lower than 600mhz and cope quite well.
HP Netserver 133mhz 64mbRAM: uptime:19 days ,13:46, 24 users, load average: 0.06,0.04, 0.03
Alot of perl,php,file transfer runs on this little machine round the clock.It works as a file server just as much as webserver and the power outs are all that put the things on downtime.
>>> I'm looking for a Content Management System with a fairly specific set >>> of features to run a non-profit website on a Linux (Debian) based >>> server. I've spent most of the weekend digging around freshmeat, >>> sourceforge, hotscripts >>> etc, and tested a lot of stuff. PHPX was looking good but I just can't >>> get >>> it working :-/ So here's what I'm after:
>>> PHP+MySQL+Apache based content management system with: >>> - Calendar >>> - Discussion boards (moderated and non-moderated) >>> - Ability to let others (registered admins etc) submit news/articles. >>> - 'Membership' system: registered users get e-mail of upcoming events, >>> can customise the content displayed etc. >>> - The usual security related stuff (PHPNuke has too many holes for my >>> liking).
>> We had a similar requirement for a not-for-profit >> (http://www.wire.org.au). After lengthy research and evaluation we used >> the following open source (free) components:
> Thanks for the suggestion :-) You've done a good job with the wire.org.au > site too BTW.
> The reason I'd like to avoid too much Perl is tht the hardware we are > running is somewhat limited (P133's with 64Mb RAM). The Perl VMs needed > to > run WebGUI (like slashcode) just consume too many resources. PHP is lot > less resource hungry for the low traffic volumes we are expecting.
Yes this is true, good mod_perl performance apparently requires quite a bit of memory and you are running very lowly specified hardware.
However, I really do believe that it is worth your while investing a few hundred dollars in some hardware. A small investment could see your mainboard, ram, cpu and hard drive upgraded to something that is several orders of magnitude faster and more importantly removes any limitations as to what software you choose. You might even be able to scrounge the hardware from one of the many companies that are throwing out old computers.
I think that using the old hardware and resigning yourself to extra hard work is something of a 'false economy'. The time battling with old hardware and low level software is much better spent designing, implementing and testing end user functionality.
