hi there Smith Ray schrieb:
* Runs on Windows NT/2000 only. (Zope can + many others) yes
* Uses MS IIS only (I believe Zope can use IIS + built in web server + others)
apache, zserver, iis
* Uses MS SQL Server (I believe Zope can + built in DB + others)
zope with mysql, postgresql, informix, ...
* Allows non technical people to create content plus add users / managers etc without any HTML knowledge or knowledge outside of the package.
product: IEMethod wysiwyg even in internet explorer. really great! check it out
* Has good security system allowing users to belong to groups which "may" have different content. Also managers have profiles allowing the restriction of content and actions performed.
no problem
* Has a news module with multiple classes of news.
products: ZDocumentStore, ...
* Has a basic calendar system.
products: EventFolder (very powerfull), EvTracker (very simple)
* Has a basic messaging system.
* Has a basic knowledge base ... allows free format text to be entered and later searched.
"Catalog"
* Allows external documents to be loaded associated with a group where keywords can be manually entered. These documents can then be opened or downloaded if users have correct permissions.
easy to realize i assume
* Basically all content added can be added to specific groups, and if you don't have access that that group you don't have access to that content.
right (roles, users, acl-user-folders)
There are probably a few things I missed but you get the idea.
The cost thrown up in the air was in the order of $AUS20,000 for a 3 year rental, per site!!!! (At the moment that is about $US35,000) When you start talking dozens of sites you quickly start looking for alternatives!
they must be jokeing
My initial thought was Zope, I knew it existed and assumed with a good design and few months work a could produce similar results with a fraction of the costs.
Okay, sorry for the long email ... my questions ...
Are there any "Intranet" type packages which have similar functionality to what I have quickly described?
just go create it, 4 weeks and you know how it goes.
If I had to build something like this myself would Zope be the tool of choice? (I'm assuming it would be since I'm on a Zope list!)
absolutely
How long (rough estimate) would something like this take to develop for a Zope newbie? (Assume say 10 viewable screens and 10-20 maintenance screens with 5-30 fields per screen. I have programming (Cobol, VB, etc), HTML, DB and analysis experience)
about 3 months to make it decent olaf -- soli-con Engineering Zanger Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Olaf Marc Zanger Lorrainestrasse 23 3013 Bern / Switzerland Fon: +41-31-332 9782 Mob: +41-76-572 9782 mailto:info@soli-con.com mailto:olaf.zanger@soli-con.com http://www.soli-con.com