Hi,
we're planning a major update of our site and we are considering using Zope for it. However, I still have some questions left : (Note : we are absolute beginners in Zope) - we have no experience in developing with Python, is it easy to adopt this language ?
Yes.
- for the site content, we have non-professional writers (they don't even know html). So we will need a simple to use content management system. I understand, the management screens are suiteable. Is there some way to customize these for super-inexperienced people ?
Yes, Zope is perfect for this.
- the site will need a good search engine. Since we will be putting all of our articles in a separate database, is it still possible to use ZCatalog ?
Yes, but not that easy. Does this separate database provide a full text, search, if it does that may be a better solution,
- how easy is it to maintain an Enhydra based website ? Generally and technically speaking ofcourse, I understand this has a lot to do with the complexity of it.
Dunno.
- could you point me to some 'large' sites using Zope ? I have to convince some people ;-)
Look at the Case Studies on Zope.org, depends what you mean by "large" of course.
Thank you very much !
You're welcome. -- Andy McKay.