[Zope] Newbie question about Zope functions

[bruno modulix]

Beverly wrote:
> We're trying to pick the right open-source platform to build an online 
> community site.
> 
> Needs are a bulletin board, a blogging capability,
> and a good 
> permissioning system (users will be members of groups and some pages 
> will be accessible to everyone, but some limited to members of one group 
> or another).
> Would Zope be a good fit for this?  Any examples of Zope sites built 
> with this functionality appreciated.

Any site using the CMF or CMF-based CMS (Plone, CPS...). zope.org is an 
exemple...

> Thanks for any illumination.
> 
> Beverly
> 
> (I didn't see a bboard on the zope.org site itself, so maybe Zope's 
> strong points are in content management, rather than these community 
> functions?)

CPS has a nice, threaded bulletin board. AFAIK, Plone has one too.

Have a look at CPS, and you will find out by yourself that Zope is quite 
a good base for community/collaborative portals.

My 2 cents,
Bruno

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Bruno Desthuilliers - Analyste-programmeur
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