[Zope] Content management system
Jean-Francois.Doyon@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca
Jean-Francois.Doyon@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:33:26 -0400
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Keith,
You could probably achieve everything you stated using Zope and a few add-on
products (Also freely available).
Do note that this would require development time on your part (Better they
pay for your time than for someone else's software, right? :)
Zope could provide the security infrastructure, web interfacing
capabilities, and database connectivity at a bare minnimum.
A few things to keep in mind will be how to index the excel and word
documents for searching ... On a UNIX type platform, there are some tools,
though not necessarily super-reliable. Maybe on windows you can have better
tools available to you (Using the Python/COM interface for example).
I've never used an RDBMS to store entire files, so how I'm not sure how to
interface Zope to a database that uses BLOB's or something of that nature,
though I'm sure it can be done, someone on here can probably help you with
that.
I would recommend you thoroughly research Zope and the "Products" to see if
a combination of existing zope technologies will do the job for you. And
although what you describe is doable, you may not be willing or have the
time to go through the learning curve and so on ... But then the less one
spends on software, the more they can spend on consulting/customization ...
Also, you may find once you have learned how to leverage Zope that you will
want to try and use it/recommend it for future clients ...
Good luck!
J.F.
-----Original Message-----
From: keith@lightwave1.net [mailto:keith@lightwave1.net]
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:52 PM
To: zope@zope.org
Subject: [Zope] Content management system
Dear Sir
I was just looking at <http://www.zope.org/Zope/2.6.1> Zope 2.6.1 on your
website and I would like to know if it or any other software you provide
could help me fulfil certain objectives for an upcoming job.
A prospective client of mine requires a content management system. We are
planning to install this on his server that houses the company's intranet
and we want to set up a system whereby if a user from another country logs
onto this intranet site via the worldwide web (with a pre-defined USERNAME
and PASSWORD) he could, according to his access privileges access a HTML or
PHP page with a menu and search function and use this to search for a list
of documents by certain criteria (for example by date or subject etc)
These documents will be contained within a database possibly MySQL or Oracle
etc.
He will then see a webpage with the list of documents with links. When he
clicks on one link, he will then see the document (through the web browser)
and it could be a WORD or EXCEL document and he could have the option to
download this by clicking a download button.
He could then alter this document in WORD etc (depending on the document
itself) and then upload this to the same database on the intranet so that it
replaces the old one.
This would work very much like Livelink ( www.livelink.com
<http://www.livelink.com> )
Ideally it has to be a system that is easy to use especially by someone not
used to IT.
I was looking at your website and I wondered if your software could meet the
above requirements.
I would really appreciate it if you could get back to me as soon as possible
as this client requires an answer within the next 2 days.
Thank you very much
Keith Trodden
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<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Keith,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You
could probably achieve everything you stated using Zope and a few add-on
products (Also freely available).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Do
note that this would require development time on your part (Better they pay for
your time than for someone else's software, right? :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Zope
could provide the security infrastructure, web interfacing capabilities, and
database connectivity at a bare minnimum.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>A few
things to keep in mind will be how to index the excel and word documents
for searching ... On a UNIX type platform, there are some tools, though not
necessarily super-reliable. Maybe on windows you can have better tools available
to you (Using the Python/COM interface for example).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've
never used an RDBMS to store entire files, so how I'm not sure how to interface
Zope to a database that uses BLOB's or something of that nature, though I'm sure
it can be done, someone on here can probably help you with
that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
would recommend you thoroughly research Zope and the "Products" to see if a
combination of existing zope technologies will do the job for you. And although
what you describe is doable, you may not be willing or have the time to go
through the learning curve and so on ... But then the less one spends on
software, the more they can spend on consulting/customization ... Also, you may
find once you have learned how to leverage Zope that you will want to try and
use it/recommend it for future clients ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good
luck!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>J.F.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> keith@lightwave1.net
[mailto:keith@lightwave1.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 23, 2003 1:52
PM<BR><B>To:</B> zope@zope.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Zope] Content management
system<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Sir</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was just looking at <SPAN
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href="http://www.zope.org/Zope/2.6.1"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Zope
2.6.1</SPAN></A> on your website and I would like to know if it or any
other software you provide could help me fulfil certain objectives for an
upcoming job.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A prospective client of mine requires a content
management system. We are planning to install this on his server that houses
the company's intranet and we want to set up a system whereby if a user from
another country logs onto this intranet site via the worldwide web (with a
pre-defined USERNAME and PASSWORD) he could, according to his access
privileges access a HTML or PHP page with a menu and search function and use
this to search for a list of documents by certain criteria (for example by
date or subject etc)<BR>These documents will be contained within a database
possibly MySQL or Oracle etc.<BR>He will then see a webpage with the list of
documents with links. When he clicks on one link, he will then see the
document (through the web browser) and it could be a WORD or EXCEL document
and he could have the option to download this by clicking a download
button.<BR>He could then alter this document in WORD etc (depending on the
document itself) and then upload this to the same database on the intranet so
that it replaces the old one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This would work very much like Livelink (<A
href="http://www.livelink.com">www.livelink.com</A>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ideally it has to be a system that is easy to use
especially by someone not used to IT.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was looking at your website and I wondered if
your software could meet the above requirements.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would really appreciate it if you could get
back to me as soon as possible as this client requires an answer within the
next 2 days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith
Trodden<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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