To help compare with the other CMS systems, Professor Krause was kind enough to group together all of our files, normalize them and produce an updated matrix of how we feel as a class the main CMS systems did. We did normalize a few of our results, mostly for the workflow control, and performance and scalability. I still stand by our research from playing with it, both on a local install and the demo account on exPublish’s webpage that it is more sluggish than the others, but to each their own.
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From looking at the other groups results, it appears that one to take a peak at and play with would be Plone. However, since its written mostly in Python vs PHP there would be more of a learning curve at the start.
Its important to note, that not one single CMS is going to be perfect for everyone, and studying your needs and what you actually want to accomplish is important. I’d recommend starting with a blank sheet of paper and writing the main aspects and features you want on your site. (If it’s new, start small and work your way up, most CMS’s features are scalable).
The global scale of CMS’s typically does put Joomla, Drupal and WordPress in the top three choices that are used as CMS.
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Interesting chart. IMO, it would be helpful to know what is meant by each of those items – i.e. what does “availibility of 3rd party plugins” mean?
Also, the legend is missing, but as I guessed elsewhere, green is good and red is bad.
Gah, always forget stuff…
Which WordPress was used for judging? Software-as-a-service wordpress.com, or a self-hosted WordPress.org installation, such as yours?
I guess I’m with Ryan. I’d really like to know what some of those buzzword features mean and what versions of the software you’re evaluating. Almost certainly can’t be the roll-your-own WordPress if you think there’s no ability to do user registration and account maintenance. If that’s the case (and it is the crippled .com version) it’s not really a fair comparison to put it beside the kinds of things that you did install yourselves.
I also wondered where this list of CMS programs came from. It seems like there’s a specific notion of what a CMS is at play, but it’s not explicitly stated. MediaWiki is a CMS, and hardly a minor program. Yet it’s not included. I’d like the prof to explain the underlying decisions he’s made by structuring the comparison in the way that he has. He’s controlled a lot of parameters, and I’d like to know his thinking.