[Zope] Zope vs. Typo3 dillema

Karlo Lozovina karlo at mosor.net
Thu Jul 8 05:53:02 EDT 2004


Hello everyone,
I have a small problem deciding wich product to use for my web site, Zope or 
Typo3. I don't have too much time testing and concurrently running both Zope 
and Typo3, so I think the best thing is to ask here :). Now, here are the 
key features my web must have: 

 - LaTeX support: that is, users can edit documents using LaTeX notation, and 
by using some kind of latex2html I want to be able to have mathematical 
formulas displayed in web pages
 - users & groups: something most modern OS-es have (let's say Unix :)). I 
want to be able to set permissions and control wich users can edit, view, 
print any arbitrary document.
 - PDF export: since most of the web site will be mathematical, I want to be 
able to export parts of the web as PDF documents, so pepole can download 
that, in stead of reading the web online.
 - content reusing: this is a tough one to explain :), but I'll try. I want 
all the data (mathematical theories, theorems, problems and so on) to be in, 
let's call it one central repository. Then, when I want to create a part of 
the web about linear algebra, i can use the data from that 'central' 
repository. 

There are some other features that come to mind, but these are the most 
vital ones. Now, is that doable, and how hard is to implement that in Zope 
(or is there somewhere product that allready has that implemented)? And 
those having expirience both with Zope and Typo3, which should I use to get 
my web up and running as quickly as possible? 

Thanks in advance,
Karlo Lozovina


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