am i being crazy to design my own cms...
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- pkny
am i being crazy to design / write my own cms - where as there are like thousands out there.. i feel like reinventing the wheel.. but doing it "my way"
- ********0
if you can - and you don't...
then you're crazy
- not necesarily. community betterment/participa... is a very strong thing.madirish
- ephix0
if you're gonna keep reusing it, then definitely it's worth it. stuff those open source ones.
- ********0
remember that he who reinvented the wheel came up with tyres.
- deep********
- lol. sorry :]********
- lolpkny
- tiresukit
- as in people from Tyre?ninjasavant
- deep
- detritus0
I want my CMS basic and easy to integrate into my design.
- see above ^madirish
- See Spot run.detritus
- (that had nothing to do with
http://www.imdb.com/… )detritus
- madirish0
i will also throw in that data model and it's ability to be modular and play will *any* other data store, and the UI of admin screens (read: workflow) are paramount over "the ONE feature that you must have" or features being added; any day and twice on sunday.
- ********0
I've built (adapted) my own over the last 3 years, it is bespoke for each client and hasn't got anything they don't need, and each time I create a new facility for someone, it is an extra item for my offering.
- helloperson0
With the good CMS packages out there being so expensive, going it solo can often be the best course.
From those that I have worked with and deployed, access management has always been a key issue for users and clients (ie: permissions, etc.).... that is, besides the separation of content and display code. :)
- Plone is hands down, the BEST at handling this by default. and to large extent, better than most customized ones.madirish
- madirish0
also, why would one pay for an "expensive" CMS at all? i can think of one proprietary CMS available today that *might* be worth it. probably not though and it begins at $250k...
- ribit0
um, 'CMS' also refers to heavy duty systems that start at like £30000 (including the front end site development). We know, we bought one.
We're not sure if we bought the right one.
- madirish0
//No shit? damn, here i had a misconception all this time....
i think we need to have a pretty detailed outline of what:
1. 'heavy-duty'
2. 'systems'
3. permissions
4. front-end systems
and
5. environments
all mean.re: "start at like £30000"- yeah, i know. i help archetype them for a living.
- ribit0
how much do you charge?
- russet0
"if you can - and you don't...
then you're lazy"
- ********0
depends on what you need it to do and if whats already out there doesn't cover that or isn't cheap enough.
For me, I don't even have the time to search for something as everything seems to need to be custom.