Wednesday 02 March 2005 8:04:02 pm
I will have to check my ezPublish notes. There were a number of issues that I have documented and stored in my knowledgebase.
I don't know how exhausive your portal/cms research has been, or how
committed you are to ezPublish. I work for Information Technology Services
at the State of Utah and pursued ezPublish as a PHP-based portal solution we
could roll out for the State agencies. I was very disappointed. It has a
real problem just trying to embed HTML in the pages! Yes. I poured over the
notes, forums, etc. You have to write your own templates for even real basic
HTML commands. Their Admin interface, forums, etc really suck. If that isn't painful enough try integrating a good forum like phpBB2 into it.
I went back to a broad comparison, and finally settled on PostNuke. Yes.
That suprised me to. But with over 150 apps to choose from, I was blown away
once I really got into it. It is very nice! Just one example is the PageSetter module. http://www.elfisk.dk/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=10&pid=1&meid=19
Check it out, read the tutorial amd manual, and then show me another portal
solution with 150 apps that can do all this. PageSetter is just one app that
plugs into PostNuke. By the way, PostNuke has a very nice integration of
phpBB2. It's called PNphpBB2 and has additional attachment capabilities
somewhat like Invision PowerBoard and vBulletin. Module installation is
generally a 15 minute process, and you are off and running. I am very
impressed, and I have 27 years experience in the computer field. BTW, with
the AutoThemes layout you get AutoBlocks which means you can layout screen
functions anywhere on the screen that you want to so it doesn't have a
blocky look. Also check out the new book, "PostNuke Content Management" by Kevin Hatch (Sams Publishing). It is a Godsend!
I am doing all my work in PostNuke now, and can load up a working copy for you on PowWeb in about 30 minutes at no charge if you are interested.
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