Content Management Systems

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= What CMS system for OKFN =

Requirements
Per-project:
 * webspace
 * basic cms for webspace ??
 * access control (need some privacy)
 * mailing lists
 * wikis
 * contact management (optional)
 * event organization (optional)

Options:

 * 1) drupal (plain) but then customized.
 * 2) * Do you get one installation for each project or one for entire system?
 * 3) * Need to share some data such as usernames. Want to allow quite a lot of customization.
 * 4) * Could one centralize certain functions such as event organization
 * 5) civicspace: http://civicspacelabs.org/
 * 6) * drupal-based
 * 7) * many extra features (http://civicspacelabs.org/features)
 * 8) * not yet stable. as usual would like some things but not others (e.g. has its own mail system rather than mailman i think)
 * 9) gforge
 * 10) * more for development purposes.
 * 11) * separate item really
 * 12) Apache Cocoon + Lenya
 * 13) * not so well supported
 * 14) * xml+xslt based and uses java + jsp
 * 15) TikiWiki CMS/Groupware http://tikiwiki.org
 * 16) * PHP/MySQL
 * 17) * Wiki + Forums + CMS + Access Control + Blogs + Calendar + LDAP + tons of features
 * 18) * Used for Firefox at http://support.mozilla.com

= Notes on Project/Content Management System =

Drupal

 * Drupal and Ldap. See this post: http://drupal.org/node/9850 that suggests it is possible to get this working
 * need to find more documentation on customization

GForge

 * not too bad to install on debian but seem to involve quite a bit of apt-get bombing out
 * tends to use up quite a few bits of the system so you might want a seperate system (chrooted or actual machine) when installing
 * Feature packed