[LUAU] A CMS Question from the State

[R. Scott Belford]

I received this question from a state contact in the DOE.  Anyone want 
to offer their perspective?



I meant to discuss this when you come to do the server install but would 
you be able to advise/recommend or give pros/cons in using the following 
open source web portal/content management programs that you mentioned 
(and/or any other ones)?

- Plone (what I'm using now)
- PostNuke
- PHPNuke
- Drupal
- Typo3 (you said this was more for advanced users w/ web programming 
experience)

We have a project that is currently built on a commercial product called 
"Empowerosity" (www.empowerosity.com) and am very dissatisfied with the 
product/service and are looking for equivalent open source solution . 
Our staff would like to find out which of the above solutions that you 
mentioned would best meet the following requirements:

- Ability to customize Layout/Templates/Skins with minimal programming - 
prefer to use something that is simple but allows some flexibility 
without the need for an experienced web developer.
- Upload files (e.g. documents, graphics, PDFs, etc.)
- Ability to assign roles/privileges to users (e.g. Reviewers, 
Approvers, etc.) who are posting web content.

In addition, we would like to know if you and/or the HOSEF organization 
can provide training and support setting up which ever of the above 
solutions we decide to use.