[Ldsoss] Mediawiki or something else?

[Gordon Clarke]

Richard,
 
We wanted the best of both worlds. . . the control of a CMS and the openness
of a wiki.  We wanted some sections or topics to be have restricted
privilieges
and some section to be wide open.  Christopher Phillips gave the LDSoss group
good advice a couple of months ago. I found the compare function of
cmsmatrix.org
very helpful   We compared drupal, plone, and joomla. Decided on plone.
 
Best regards,
 
Gordon
FamilySearch DevNet Manager
801-240-0770
 


>>> "Christopher Phillips" <mactoph at gmail.com> 3/5/2007 12:28 PM >>>
I don't have any direct experience with Plone/Zope, but recently went through
the process of deciding on a CMS for a project and came across some good
discussion on the topic:
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/webbuilding/page6047.cfm 
http://blog.whitewallweb.com/2006/06/14/cms-debate/ 
http://www.cmsmatrix.org/ (use to compare Plone with other CMS's)

Without having installed Plone, my impression is that it extremely scalable and
more polished than most systems with some advanced functionality, but that there
is quite a learning curve. 

I went with Drupal for my project because of their emphasis on
community-building- if the research/knowledge base is going to be setup as a
community, I would recommend considering Drupal. It may be able to get the job
done with a lot let effort. I'm sure language would be a consideration as well
(python vs PHP). 

A list of Drupal modules/add-ons that might be used for this kind of a
project:
http://drupal.org/project/biblio 
http://drupal.org/project/og 
http://drupal.org/node/284 
http://drupal.org/project/webfm 
http://drupal.org/project/glossary 

Christopher Phillips



>>> Richard K Miller <rmiller at moregoodfoundation.org> 5/29/2007 6:30 PM >>>
We recently launched a new site called Mormon Testimonies (http:// 
www.mormontestimonies.org/) where members can write or embed YouTube  
videos of their testimonies. It runs on Mediawiki which seemed like a  
good choice because it's relatively easy to use. On the other hand,  
it's not THAT easy to use, and for testimonies, collaboration and a  
history of revisions aren't important. We specifically don't want  
anyone to edit anyone else's testimony. Should I look for or develop  
a Mediawiki plugin to lock it down? Or I should switch to some other  
software package that's more suited for this? (Everyone gets their  
own page and that's it -- a bit like MySpace.)

Richard


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