[Zope] Content management system
sean.upton@uniontrib.com
sean.upton@uniontrib.com
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:50:37 -0700
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Plone (collaborative CMS/portal - plone.org) + Archetypes (schema-driven
content types with support for office docs http://sf.net/projects/archetypes
<http://sf.net/projects/archetypes> ) + ExternalEditor (used WebDAV to allow
you to use msword as an editor) would be the kind of system you would want,
and all the components needed here are free. Archetypes would even allow
you to write a plugin to store your stuff in your relational database, if
you decided that the Zope object database wasn't most appropriate. The only
catch here is that you would likely need to do some glue coding to get all
of this working, or get some assistance from a competent, experienced Plone
developer. I bet you could engage in a chat about this on #plone on
irc.freenode.net to get more input.
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: keith@lightwave1.net [mailto:keith@lightwave1.net]
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:52 AM
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><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=547284619-23062003>Plone
(collaborative CMS/portal - plone.org) + Archetypes (schema-driven content types
with support for office docs <A
href="http://sf.net/projects/archetypes">http://sf.net/projects/archetypes</A>)
+ ExternalEditor (used WebDAV to allow you to use msword as an editor) would be
the kind of system you would want, and all the components needed here are
free. Archetypes would even allow you to write a plugin to store your
stuff in your relational database, if you decided that the Zope object database
wasn't most appropriate. The only catch here is that you would likely need
to do some glue coding to get all of this working, or get some assistance from a
competent, experienced Plone developer. I bet you could engage in a chat
about this on #plone on irc.freenode.net to get more input.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=547284619-23062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=547284619-23062003>Sean</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><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 10:52
AM<BR><B>To:</B> zope@zope.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Zope] Content management
system<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<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
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A
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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