Useful for: - indexing, metadata, skinning, workflow, some membership / registration stuff - websites which work like zope.org Useless (out of the box) for: - using the CMFDefault site to build anything you're likely to want to build (i.e. non-zope-org style) - building a complex site without getting your hands dirty with python Think of it like a toolkit of python snippets, all of which are useful for building sites with the attributes listed above. If you're comfortable with building python products, it's a very useful toolkit, and worth learning. If you're after something simple, quick, and easy, I wouldn't bother. Personally, I've found it invaluable, but I've invested a lot of time in grokking it. hth seb ----- Original Message ----- From: Jacob Singh <jacob@prisonbooks.org> To: <zope@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 4:56 PM Subject: [Zope] CMF, like it? hate it? why? other options?
Is CMF worth investing the wicked steep learning curve. I really am banging my head against the wall with it. Mainly in terms of how to make it look like and feel like a normal website and not one that members need to know what folder an article is published in. It's all very confusing to me, but I se the benefits. What's your opinions? Jacob Singh
P.S. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: http://cmf.zope.org
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