[Zope] CMF, like it? hate it? why? other options?

[Meilicke, Scott]

I think if you have multiple people contributing content, it can be a good
fit.  

Pros:
	The contributor interface can be made easier than the ZMI
	Skins are great - easy to switch presentation with a single source
of content
	Consistent set of metadata 

Cons:
	Difficult to develop products for people new to zope products and
python - I have yet to find a list detailing exactly what I need to do to
make a product, I have just copied existing products and modified
	Difficult to integrate non-CMF zope products into the CMF
	Seems to be a bit slower than stock zope - RAM Cache seems to
partially solve this
	
Perhaps addressing your concern, I have put a little icon next to each
topic, which when clicked starts a pop-up describing how members can get
their stuff published to that particular topic - i.e. what metadata to use.


The next step would be something like getting a list of all topics, and
asking the user where they would like there stuff to show up, then
prepopulating their document/file/whatever with the proper metadata.

-Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Singh [mailto:jacob@prisonbooks.org]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:57 AM
To: zope@zope.org
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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