CMS system for church site

[mike barnes-3]

Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but am open to other solutions.

However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs to be a free or very low cost solution.

Thanks
Mike Barnes

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[Barry Hawkins-2]

I've used Drupal for that sort of thing: http://www.drupal.org

On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:35 AM, mike barnes wrote:

> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could  
> use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla  
> but am open to other solutions.
>
> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs  
> to be a free or very low cost solution.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Barnes

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[Gupta, Praful]

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How about Drupal? I have used it in the past and is pretty good.

 

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Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but am open to other solutions.

However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs to be a free or very low cost solution.

Thanks
Mike Barnes

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[lhazlewood]

Drupal is great for that kind of stuff.  Not Java, but probably the
best and easiest-to-use CMS out there...

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Barry Hawkins <barry@...> wrote:

> I've used Drupal for that sort of thing: http://www.drupal.org
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:35 AM, mike barnes wrote:
>
>> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could
>> use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla
>> but am open to other solutions.
>>
>> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs
>> to be a free or very low cost solution.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mike Barnes
>
> --
> Barry Hawkins
> All Things Computed
> site: http://www.alltc.com
> weblog: http://www.yepthatsme.com
>
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[David Chandler-4]

Also Alfresco CMS is very nice. Has built-in integration with Liferay
portal. Both open source, run on Tomcat or JBoss.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624@...> wrote:

> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could use for
> setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but am open to
> other solutions.
>
> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs to be a
> free or very low cost solution.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Barnes
>
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> ajug-members mailing list
> ajug-members@...
> http://www.ajug.org/mailman/listinfo/ajug-members
>
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[jhaile]

I've used Drupal and found it to be pretty nice.  I've also heard good  
things about Joomla.  I recommend downloading both of those and trying  
them out.  Whatever solution you go with, you'll likely be stuck with  
for a while, so a little proof-of-concept work to make the right  
decision will probably pay dividends in the long run.

I've tried to find a good Java CMS in the past, but none of them has  
as large of a community or as many plugins as Joomla or Drupal.  I'm  
sure either one of them would be more than capable for your needs.



On Jun 12, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Les Hazlewood wrote:

> Drupal is great for that kind of stuff.  Not Java, but probably the
> best and easiest-to-use CMS out there...
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Barry Hawkins <barry@...>  
> wrote:
>> I've used Drupal for that sort of thing: http://www.drupal.org
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2008, at 11:35 AM, mike barnes wrote:
>>
>>> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could
>>> use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla
>>> but am open to other solutions.
>>>
>>> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs
>>> to be a free or very low cost solution.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mike Barnes
>>
>> --
>> Barry Hawkins
>> All Things Computed
>> site: http://www.alltc.com
>> weblog: http://www.yepthatsme.com
>>
>>
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[Scott Brown-10]

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Again - a non Java solution, we use Plone to host our external facing website and use instances to manage client projects.  The learning curve is a bit steeper, but the scope of functionality is broad (due to add on products), documentation is strong, and the community is very is very active....and all open source.

----- "Praful Gupta" wrote:

>

How about Drupal? I have used it in the past and is pretty good.

 

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From: mike barnes [mailto:mdb3624@...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:35 AM
> To: ajug-members@...
> Subject: [ajug-members] CMS system for church site

 

Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but am open to other solutions.
>
> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs to be a free or very low cost solution.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Barnes

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[JUS YES]

has anyone used Plone and appreciate any feedback around this..

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Chandler <david.chandler@...> wrote:

Also Alfresco CMS is very nice. Has built-in integration with Liferay
portal. Both open source, run on Tomcat or JBoss.

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624@...> wrote:
> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could use for
> setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but am open to
> other solutions.
>
> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs to be a
> free or very low cost solution.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Barnes
>

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[Barry Hawkins-2]

You can get a *ton* of Plone feedback on the Atlanta Python User Group  
list.  Small and non-profit groups typically are looking for a system  
that's "set-and-forget" and runs on dirt cheap hosting.  These are  
factors that rule out Plone for something like the group mentioned in  
the original posting.

Barry

On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:23 PM, JUS YES wrote:

>
> has anyone used Plone and appreciate any feedback around this..
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Chandler <david.chandler@...
> > wrote:
> Also Alfresco CMS is very nice. Has built-in integration with Liferay
> portal. Both open source, run on Tomcat or JBoss.
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624@...>  
> wrote:
> > Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I  
> could use for
> > setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but  
> am open to
> > other solutions.
> >
> > However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it  
> needs to be a
> > free or very low cost solution.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Mike Barnes

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[Scott Brown-10]

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Set and forget is realizable - but dirt cheap hosting:  not so much.

It can be run on a generic linux host, and installation is easy.  Running behind Apache takes some Apache configuration, but it's well documented.

It runs on Windows as well - pretty simple to download and try -

----- "Barry Hawkins" wrote:

> You can get a *ton* of Plone feedback on the Atlanta Python User Group  
> list.  Small and non-profit groups typically are looking for a system  
> that's "set-and-forget" and runs on dirt cheap hosting.  These are  
> factors that rule out Plone for something like the group mentioned in  
> the original posting.
>
> Barry
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:23 PM, JUS YES wrote:
>
> >
> > has anyone used Plone and appreciate any feedback around this..
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Chandler <david.chandler@...
> > > wrote:
> > Also Alfresco CMS is very nice. Has built-in integration with Liferay
> > portal. Both open source, run on Tomcat or JBoss.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624@...>  
> > wrote:
> > > Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I  
> > could use for
> > > setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but  
> > am open to
> > > other solutions.
> > >
> > > However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it  
> > needs to be a
> > > free or very low cost solution.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Mike Barnes
> [...]
> --
> Barry Hawkins
> All Things Computed
> site: http://www.alltc.com
> weblog: http://www.yepthatsme.com
>
>
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[Rick Smith-6]

I've been using Joomla and find it to be relatively easy to set up and
admin. Changing the appearance is also very easy and there are lots of
plugins. I've heard good things about Alfresco but haven't used it.

Rick

Barry Hawkins wrote:

> You can get a *ton* of Plone feedback on the Atlanta Python User Group  
> list.  Small and non-profit groups typically are looking for a system  
> that's "set-and-forget" and runs on dirt cheap hosting.  These are  
> factors that rule out Plone for something like the group mentioned in  
> the original posting.
>
> Barry
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:23 PM, JUS YES wrote:
>
>  
>> has anyone used Plone and appreciate any feedback around this..
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Chandler <david.chandler@...
>>    
>>> wrote:
>>>      
>> Also Alfresco CMS is very nice. Has built-in integration with Liferay
>> portal. Both open source, run on Tomcat or JBoss.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624@...>  
>> wrote:
>>    
>>> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I  
>>>      
>> could use for
>>    
>>> setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but  
>>>      
>> am open to
>>    
>>> other solutions.
>>>
>>> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it  
>>>      
>> needs to be a
>>    
>>> free or very low cost solution.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mike Barnes
>>>      
> [...]
>  

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[Thomas, Dave]

Plone is nifty for small, relatively simple sites, as is Drupal.  For a church website, I'd look first at Drupal since it'll run on any ordinary web hosting company (keep security patches up to date though).  I've heard great things about Alfresco+Liferay too, and would really start there.

For a project that you may put hundreds of man-hours into, see if the Java route will work instead.  I worked on a Zope3/Plone project for a startup 3 or 4 years ago which a real "learning experience."  While there was a lot of user documentation for small websites, there was at the time very little in terms of developer documentation.  If you want to tweak skins, and do the exact stuff the way it's described in the book, you're ok.  We wanted to bootstrap ourselves a dot-com, but didn't have the funds to get trained by the Zope Corporation.  Note the zope.org site's down now, as is Plone.org's link to "The Definitive Guide to Plone."


-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Smith [mailto:ricksmith@...]
Sent: Thu 6/12/2008 8:09 PM
To: ajug-members@...
Subject: Re: [ajug-members] CMS system for church site
 
I've been using Joomla and find it to be relatively easy to set up and
admin. Changing the appearance is also very easy and there are lots of
plugins. I've heard good things about Alfresco but haven't used it.

Rick

Barry Hawkins wrote:

> You can get a *ton* of Plone feedback on the Atlanta Python User Group  
> list.  Small and non-profit groups typically are looking for a system  
> that's "set-and-forget" and runs on dirt cheap hosting.  These are  
> factors that rule out Plone for something like the group mentioned in  
> the original posting.
>
> Barry
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 3:23 PM, JUS YES wrote:
>
>  
>> has anyone used Plone and appreciate any feedback around this..
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, David Chandler <david.chandler@...
>>    
>>> wrote:
>>>      
>> Also Alfresco CMS is very nice. Has built-in integration with Liferay
>> portal. Both open source, run on Tomcat or JBoss.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:35 AM, mike barnes <mdb3624@...>  
>> wrote:
>>    
>>> Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I  
>>>      
>> could use for
>>    
>>> setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but  
>>>      
>> am open to
>>    
>>> other solutions.
>>>
>>> However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it  
>>>      
>> needs to be a
>>    
>>> free or very low cost solution.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mike Barnes
>>>      
> [...]
>  

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[Burr Sutter]

Mike,

If you can please come back to the list/group with your findings on this CMS analysis, many of us would like to know which path you selected.

Burr

mike barnes wrote:

Can someone recommend a good Content Management System which I could use for setting up a church website? I have considered using Joombla but am open to other solutions.

However, since it is a small church (read no budget for IT) it needs to be a free or very low cost solution.

Thanks
Mike Barnes

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