Folio: The Content Management Dilemna - Good time to revisit the open source CMS
by
Scott Paley
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last modified
Dec 05, 2008 08:28 PM
Discover Magazine's CEO Henry Donahue writes of his experience with Plone as the foundational element of Discover's fast growing web properties.
Excerpt
"... many publishers still struggle with the basic issue of getting content online in a way that is timely, efficient and interactive. On top of that, the twin financial and publishing crises make it unlikely that anyone can round up the capital to do a 1999-style $5 million custom CMS development.
Enter the open source content management system.
At Discover, we went with Plone, which was recommended by our outside developers and seemed to combine a simple, intuitive platform with a robust open source development community. You can read a case study about our March 2007 launch here at the Plone site.
Almost three years later, here are my takeaways on our open source experience..."
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- Dec 05, 2008