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2006-11-28 20:19:19 |
Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our site.
Plone is our
second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not much
about Joomla. Are
there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or dissatisfied?
I'd love to
hear from you.
Thanks,
Laurie Isenberg
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Laurie Isenberg
Systems / Access Services Librarian
California State University, East Bay
510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
laurie.isenberg csueastbay.edu
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2006-11-28 20:38:27 |
I'd be curious to hear if anyone is using http://drupal.org/ as well
Thanks!
Adri
Adri Edwards-Johnson
Virtual Library Manager
Pioneer Library System
225 North Webster
Norman, OK 73069
ph 405.701.2693
fx 405.701.1848
http://www.justsoyouknow.
us
adripls.lib.ok.us
-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf Of Laurie
Isenberg
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:19 PM
To: web4libwebjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Joomla users?
Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our site.
Plone is our
second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not much
about Joomla.
Are
there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or dissatisfied?
I'd love to
hear from you.
Thanks,
Laurie Isenberg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Laurie Isenberg
Systems / Access Services Librarian
California State University, East Bay
510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
_______________________________________________
Web4lib mailing list
Web4libwebjunction.org
http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
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2006-11-28 20:38:27 |
I'd be curious to hear if anyone is using http://drupal.org/ as well
Thanks!
Adri
Adri Edwards-Johnson
Virtual Library Manager
Pioneer Library System
225 North Webster
Norman, OK 73069
ph 405.701.2693
fx 405.701.1848
http://www.justsoyouknow.
us
adripls.lib.ok.us
-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounceswebjunction.org] On Behalf Of Laurie
Isenberg
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:19 PM
To: web4libwebjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] Joomla users?
Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our site.
Plone is our
second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not much
about Joomla.
Are
there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or dissatisfied?
I'd love to
hear from you.
Thanks,
Laurie Isenberg
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Laurie Isenberg
Systems / Access Services Librarian
California State University, East Bay
510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
_______________________________________________
Web4lib mailing list
Web4libwebjunction.org
http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
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2006-11-28 22:35:31 |
Laurie,
Your reference to Joomla sent me running to the google to
have a look. I
appears to be a variation of another open source CMS called
Mambo that I
didn't have much luck with. In addition, its native database
support is for
MySQL 4.1 which is a several versions away from the current
5.1 and that's
never a good sign.
As to Plone, I used to have a love affair with it. I runs on
Zope with runs
on the Python language with runs on anything. What's not to
like? I know
some Python and I really liked the modular ideas driving
Zope development,
but using Plone was difficult. The learning curve is
extremely high and
long. If you've got the time and energy, it might be worth
the trip. If you
have deadlines to meet, you might want to look at something
else.
One of the easiest open source CMS systems to setup is
Drupal<http://drupal.org>.
A guy named John Blyberg <http://www.blyberg.
net/about/> used it to create
the library portal for Ann Arbor District Library <http://www.aadl.org/>.
Although he's something of a wizard, he wrote his own XML
plugins, and he
did a mashup with his Innovative OPAC, his starting point
was Drupal which
can be installed through your browser and uses PHP. If you
want to have a
little fun, check some Drupal top sites <http://top.drupalsit
es.net/>. A
year ago, I was looking at a lot of open source CMS systems
so my experience
is a little dated in this rapidly developing area, but
Drupal was one of the
easiest system to work with and it had some, at the time,
some unique RSS
features, too.
I'll stop rambling now. The Joomla site <http://www.joomla.org&
gt;looks cool.
It just might work for you!
Hope this helps you,
Joe
On 11/28/06, Laurie Isenberg <laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
> second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not
much about
> Joomla. Are
> there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd love to
> hear from you.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
> Systems / Access Services Librarian
>
> California State University, East Bay
>
> 510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
>
> laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
_______________________________________________
Web4lib mailing list
Web4libwebjunction.org
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| Joomla users? |
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2006-11-28 22:35:31 |
Laurie,
Your reference to Joomla sent me running to the google to
have a look. I
appears to be a variation of another open source CMS called
Mambo that I
didn't have much luck with. In addition, its native database
support is for
MySQL 4.1 which is a several versions away from the current
5.1 and that's
never a good sign.
As to Plone, I used to have a love affair with it. I runs on
Zope with runs
on the Python language with runs on anything. What's not to
like? I know
some Python and I really liked the modular ideas driving
Zope development,
but using Plone was difficult. The learning curve is
extremely high and
long. If you've got the time and energy, it might be worth
the trip. If you
have deadlines to meet, you might want to look at something
else.
One of the easiest open source CMS systems to setup is
Drupal<http://drupal.org>.
A guy named John Blyberg <http://www.blyberg.
net/about/> used it to create
the library portal for Ann Arbor District Library <http://www.aadl.org/>.
Although he's something of a wizard, he wrote his own XML
plugins, and he
did a mashup with his Innovative OPAC, his starting point
was Drupal which
can be installed through your browser and uses PHP. If you
want to have a
little fun, check some Drupal top sites <http://top.drupalsit
es.net/>. A
year ago, I was looking at a lot of open source CMS systems
so my experience
is a little dated in this rapidly developing area, but
Drupal was one of the
easiest system to work with and it had some, at the time,
some unique RSS
features, too.
I'll stop rambling now. The Joomla site <http://www.joomla.org&
gt;looks cool.
It just might work for you!
Hope this helps you,
Joe
On 11/28/06, Laurie Isenberg <laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
> second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not
much about
> Joomla. Are
> there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd love to
> hear from you.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
> Systems / Access Services Librarian
>
> California State University, East Bay
>
> 510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
>
> laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
_______________________________________________
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| Joomla users? |
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2006-11-29 08:33:50 |
Laurie,
Well, looking at the CMS Matrix for a comparison of the 3,
Joomla dropped immediately off my possibles list - it is
reported there as having only "Limited" UTF-8
Support. Now that limitation could be large or small, but
as a site which needs to deal with Chinese characters
smoothly, anything not clearly fully UTF-8 compliant would
be a major problem.
http://www.cmsmatrix.org
Both Drupal and Plone seem quite solid in features, and Joe
Hewitt gave some good comments on them already.
-Edward
>On 11/28/06, Laurie Isenberg <laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu> wrote:
>>Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
>>second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but
not much about
>>Joomla. Are
>>there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd love to
>>hear from you.
--
Edward F Spodick, Information Technology Manager
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
lbspodicust.hk tel:852-2358-6743 fax:852-2358-1043
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| Joomla users? |
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2006-11-29 08:33:50 |
Laurie,
Well, looking at the CMS Matrix for a comparison of the 3,
Joomla dropped immediately off my possibles list - it is
reported there as having only "Limited" UTF-8
Support. Now that limitation could be large or small, but
as a site which needs to deal with Chinese characters
smoothly, anything not clearly fully UTF-8 compliant would
be a major problem.
http://www.cmsmatrix.org
Both Drupal and Plone seem quite solid in features, and Joe
Hewitt gave some good comments on them already.
-Edward
>On 11/28/06, Laurie Isenberg <laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu> wrote:
>>Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
>>second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but
not much about
>>Joomla. Are
>>there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd love to
>>hear from you.
--
Edward F Spodick, Information Technology Manager
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Library
lbspodicust.hk tel:852-2358-6743 fax:852-2358-1043
_______________________________________________
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Web4libwebjunction.org
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bjunction.org/web4lib/
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2006-11-29 19:49:53 |
We have been using Drupal since September and so far so
good.
https://library.usask.ca/
Laurie Isenberg wrote:
> Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
> second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not
much about Joomla. Are
> there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd love to
> hear from you.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
> Systems / Access Services Librarian
>
> California State University, East Bay
>
> 510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
>
> laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
_______________________________________________
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bjunction.org/web4lib/
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2006-11-29 19:49:53 |
We have been using Drupal since September and so far so
good.
https://library.usask.ca/
Laurie Isenberg wrote:
> Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
> second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but not
much about Joomla. Are
> there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd love to
> hear from you.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Laurie Isenberg
>
> Systems / Access Services Librarian
>
> California State University, East Bay
>
> 510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
>
> laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Web4lib mailing list
> Web4libwebjunction.org
> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>
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| Joomla users? |
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2006-11-29 23:02:31 |
Hi John,
Us too! We did several installations (ah, and a single code
base to
boot) over the summer:
http://www.biomed.lib.
umn.edu/
http://www.bis.lib.umn.ed
u/
http://www.vetmed.lib.
umn.edu/
I've heard about your work as I'm always keeping an ear out
for Library
Drupal installs....I noticed that Florida State University
Libraries has
also taken the plunge:
http://www.lib.fsu.edu/
Cheers,
Chad Fennell
John wrote:
> We have been using Drupal since September and so far so
good.
> https://library.usask.ca/
>
> Laurie Isenberg wrote:
>
>> Hi. We are considering using Joomla to rebuild our
site. Plone is our
>> second choice. I've heard a lot about Plone, but
not much about
>> Joomla. Are
>> there any Joomla users out there, satisfied or
dissatisfied? I'd
>> love to
>> hear from you.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Laurie Isenberg
>>
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Laurie Isenberg
>>
>> Systems / Access Services Librarian
>>
>> California State University, East Bay
>>
>> 510.885.2973 voice / 510.885.4209 fax
>>
>> laurie.isenbergcsueastbay.edu
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Web4lib mailing list
>> Web4libwebjunction.org
>> http://lists.we
bjunction.org/web4lib/
>>
>
>
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