Plogger Support Forum - Etomite Content Management System, its cool!! Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:26:24 +0000 http://www.plogger.org/forum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.10 Etomite Content Management System, its cool!! http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=829#Comment_829 http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=829#Comment_829 Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:05:47 +0000 gangavalli
Its an open source CMS system with which we can create a complete website. I was impressed with it and thought some of you might be intrested in using it.

If anyone got to use it along with plogger, just share your experience.

Thanks,
Vamsi.]]>
Etomite Content Management System, its cool!! http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=830#Comment_830 http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=830#Comment_830 Sat, 05 Nov 2005 20:21:28 +0000 ddejong
Plogger isn't yet painless to integrate, but when Beta 3 is released I might take a look at writing an installer for Joomla. Remember, no CMS is perfect (Joomla is awfully close), so you should always examine which solution is right for you / your website / your business / your cat / your RV.

Regards,
Derek]]>
Etomite Content Management System, its cool!! http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=859#Comment_859 http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=859#Comment_859 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 06:55:24 +0000 jack
I'm using wordpress now, but what would offer a cms more (or less)?]]>
Etomite Content Management System, its cool!! http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=878#Comment_878 http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=878#Comment_878 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:31:15 +0000 ddejong
First, why am I using Plogger? Because it's compact, extensible, powerful, and doesn't generate a lot of the garbage markup of other galleries and scripts I've used. Though there were a few layout tables in Plogger, I was able to remove them without any detriment to the presentation and am able to modify the code, which at present is light and well coded (huge cudos to Mike for this one). Anybody with experience with CMS knows they generate horrendous, extraneous markup and are often ridiculously hard to strip out the inline CSS and layout tables -- there's a good Section 508 patch for Joomla that goes a long way, but the first actual Accessible Joomla release will not be until Fall 06.

Wordpress is really a blogging platform. It's got features like comments, trackbacks, etc, but it's meant to be lightweight and usually personal. It really has a sole function, blogging, with a few secondary features.

A CMS is different; it allows for the generation of webpages (not posts, but categories, sections, pages, etc), hosting of forums, use of banner ads, news aggregators, image galleries, download areas, polls, articles, news, form handling, etc. So, it's much easier for a CMS to emulate a blog (like Wordpress) than vice-versa, though it is sometimes accomplished by stitching various components together (like a blog, image gallery script, and forums). A CMS provides the benefit of a single userbase and seamless component integration.

Using one versus the other depends largely on your needs -- which and how many features do you need? If you're going to handle user registrations and profile management, conference registrations, e-commerce, or forums, then you should think about a CMS. However, if your intent is really to publish your thoughts and vacation pictures in the hopes that someone else will read them, it's best to go with a blog.

Very quick summary, hope that helps.
Derek]]>
Etomite Content Management System, its cool!! http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=879#Comment_879 http://www.plogger.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=176&Focus=879#Comment_879 Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:23:55 +0000 jack
As to e-commerce, there was someone mentioning the possibility of adding some kind of paypal functionality into plogger. That would be nice.

I agree on the css. I also stripped all the table stuff out of the files (in my testsite) which was very easy. :)]]>