[clug] Support for OPen source CMS

[Andrew Smith]

Hi Caroline,

 From my relatively limited experience, I'd recommend Drupal.  We use it 
on our public website, although it's ironic we're using a CMS for a site 
with little actual content :)   We have also installed to drive a few 
customers Intranet's.  I'm quite impressed by the sheer number of extra 
modules available, the ease of adding them in and administering the 
whole lot.

Agileware (http://www.agileware.net) are a local company with a large 
amount of experience in Drupal, including module/integration development.

Ingenious Software (http://www.ingenious.com.au/) are a local company 
who use and support Plone, if you were considering it.

You might be interested in the results of a Drupal Vs Plone shootout 
conducted at a Fossact meeting about a year ago.  
http://www.fossact.org.au/node/64 .  Dave and Justin produced a CD with 
both CMS's on them to show them off.

Good luck
Andrew

Caroline Le Couteur wrote:
> Dear Clugers
>
> The company I work for (Australian Ethical Investment) is considering building an intranet and considering what CMS to use.  From our limited web research it would seem that Drupal and Joomla are probably the strongest contenders.  Typo3 also seems good but seems to have a higher learning curve although right now its advantage is that I know where we can get support.  
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> Which brings me to my question, does anyone know where we could get support for either of these products?  While we would be doing most of the project ourselves it would be good if there were training courses and/or people we could contract or consult with to help us.
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> Or if you know a another great product with local support I would also be really interested.
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> Thank you in advance
>
> Caroline Le Couteur
> Executive Director
> Australian Ethical Investment
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