How to choose the 'right'
CMS for a website
Spiros Trivizas
STiX - web based solutions stix.gr
This presentation will help you
choose the most appropriate
Web Content Management System
for your (or your customers')
IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY?
Sitecore AgilityCMS EzPublish Joomla Drupal
Liferay Mambo Typo3 Wordpress Mambo Sharepoint
Autonomy
OpenText Adobe CQ5 DotNetNuke Ektron WCM ExpressionEngine Sitefinity CMS OpenCMSWebNodes CMS Concrete5 Alfresco Magnolia HippoCMS STiX CMS CivicSpace PHP-Nuke XOOPS e107
Open Source
Proprietary SaaS JavaPHP LAMP Microsoft ASP.NET Perl
RubyOnRails Python Zope MVC ColdFusion
BUT WHO AM I
TO GIVE ADVICE TO YOU
FOR WEB CMS?
WHO AM I? = Spiros Trivizas
● Developing websites professionally since 1996
● Built my first "WCMS-like" tool on 1997
● Built my first WCMS on 2002 (project goes on till today as "STiX CMS")
● Developed hundreds of WCMS-driven websites using custom or popular WCMSs and frameworks
● Experience in many "worlds" (MS ASP, .NET ,PHP,
JAVA, C, Perl) and database systems (Sybase, Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
of WCMS
The early 90's
● Most websites were "static" (html files)
● Partial non-static content using scripts and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
● HTML editors did the job, e.g. HotMetal Pro, Frontpage
The late 90's
● Again many "static" websites (html files)
● Database driven websites emerged (using Perl, PHP and ASP mainly for scripting)
● Web content management started by "big players", e.g. Vignette, Microsoft, OpenText etc.
The early 00's
● Open source WCMS first steps (Mambo, TYPO3, PHPNuke, Drupal, OpenCMS etc.) ● Java frameworks and ECMs rule the
enterprise content management world ● Many custom WCMS offerings by web
The late 00's
● Open source goes wild! Joomla, Drupal,
Wordpress, TYPO3, ExpressionEngine etc. ● .Net joins Java in the ECM world
● Many web development companies drop R&D to adopt open source WCMS
Today
● Open source kings: Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla
● SaaS logic kicks in the WCMS market ● Proprietary software offer an attractive
bundle of marketing services as well
● Liferay and Alfresco rule the world of Java MORE THAN 100 CMSs TO CHOOSE FROM!
Gartner's magic quadrant
What led to WCM systems?
● For users:the need to update their website without having to be professional web authors
● For developers:
the need for efficiency in database-driven websites
of choosing a WCMS
As a website owner
● Template driven ● Easy to use
● Workflow capabilities
● Media and document management ● Multilingual capabilities ● Versioning ● Comply to standards ● Cost effective ● Fast ● WYSIWYG editor
As a website developer
● Well documented● Steep learning curve ● Extensible
● Modular ● Scalable
● Capable for user permissions and roles ● Easy to install
Common requirements
● Documentation, training, community or company supported
● Viable vendor / community ● Support server caching
● Social media integration tools ● Multi-device output
● Content syndication tools
Usual problems
● Awkward implementations ● Problematic support
● Lack of features ● Difficult to use
and case studies
Category #1 : small website or blog
In this category:
● corporate websites or product
websites (online brochures)
● landing pages
● blogs or blog-like sites
● personal websites
Case study: newschoolathens.org
CRITERIA:● no need for custom design ● low traffic expectations
● sufficient off-the-shelf widgets to do the job ● low initial budget
SELECTION:
Wordpress with premium theme, WPML module and several free widgets
Category #2 : a content website
In this category:
● large corporate websites with
corporate content
● online magazines
● news websites (vertical or not)
● educational websites
Case study: newwinesofgreece.com
CRITERIA:● Multilingual content (different in each language)
● Growing traffic expectations
● Content architecture and custom design (25 different document types, many front-end
applications) SELECTION:
Category #3 : web application
In this category:
●
members-only websites●
directories●
portals●
bespoke website developmentCase study: extranet.inogate.org
CRITERIA:● members-only area
● need for custom design
● need to get information from public website (Joomla)
● custom roles and permissions SELECTION:
STiX Framework using STiX CMS and Joomla for administrative content
for WCMS choices
“A content management system is
not a magic bullet that solves all
your content woes. However, it can
be a useful tool if selected
carefully”
Small website or blog
WCMS
the 'right' choice is...
(out-of-the-box WCMS)
“The two things that always kill me
are upgrades
to customized sites
and
security”
“... a much-needed demand in the
WCM market for
a quality
open-source offering backed by a vendor
.
Decision makers with whom
Gartner has spoken have
highlighted the growing need for
support services
beyond what are
usually provided by an open-source
software community”
The effort
and methodology of a
custom website development
is
almost the same
in any WCM!
So
choose your WCM partner
welcome!
Questions and/or advice...
Here, in IW 2012, right outside the theatre: Spiros, [email protected]
Dimitris, [email protected] John, [email protected]
http://www.stix.gr
In the U.K., any time Billy Dertilis,
