[Zope] zope for intranet?

Daniel Rusch drusch@globalcrossing.com
Fri, 09 Mar 2001 15:22:51 -0600


Zope is perfect for what you want to do, the only draw back is the
learning curve can be steep. to flatten it a bit I would suggest
learning the key points of python first then most of the wierdness of
zope will go away.

My two cents

Dan


Erik Hjelm=E5s wrote:
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> Hi,
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> forgive me if this is inappropriate (since I've just joined the list an=
d
> briefly browsed the archive):
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> Im in a working group with the purpose of suggesting a solution for
> intranet and internet for a college with 150 employees and 1500 student=
s
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> we are primarely looking for the following functionality:
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> intranet:
> - calender (outlook type thing)
> - booking (meeting room, classroms, etc)
> - news publishing
> - sharing documents
> - email program
> - each employee should easily be able to manage his/her homepage and
> course pages
> - forms
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> internet:
> - website search
> - forms (online application forms)
> + some of the same features as the intranet
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> our current website is at www.hig.no and not very functional.
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> The rest of my group is focused on selecting a commercial solution,
> which is very expensive, so Im trying to figure out if Zope, ezPublish =
or
> some other open source system is worth looking in to. Unfortunately, I
> dont have the time to download and try things out myself.
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> Any thoughts, ideas and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
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> /Erik
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