Caravel is written totally in PHP, with OpenLDAP, Apache and Postgres on the back-end. (website metadata is store as LDAP objects--a unique architecture that allows us to scale up higher than RDBMS-based systems--we know, because our previous system was rdms-based!) Our goal is a professional-quality enterprise CMS with a refined UI, accessible enough to be used by teachers, administrators, secretaries and volunteers yet sophisticated enough for graphic designers and enterprise use. The layout management tools, I think, are probably the best out there. It uses HTML Area 3 for HTML Editing (still not quite ready for primetime, but workable). It also incorporates PHP iCalendar for display of iCal files and RSS tools for creating, displaying and posting to RSS channels. It's in early release now. We are in the process of cleaning up the code for public release this fall. If anyone would be interested in giving it a comparative review I'd be happy to give you access to a test site.
Obviously since you can't download Caravel yet, our exposure has been limited, but people who have seen it and used it are pretty excited about the product and its direction.
-ms
On Tuesday, August 5, 2003, at 02:23 PM, Ezra Nugroho wrote:
Also look at http://www.caravelcms.org
Quoting Matt Schroebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I've looked at these:-----Original Message----- From: Anthony [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 9:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Best PHP CMS
I'm just looking for some opinions. I've been going though sourceforge looking at different CMS systems. There are a lot of really good CMS projects out there. I'm looking for some opinions on the best ones out there. I'm obviously looking at something PHP based and using mySQL backend. Some of the features that I'd like are an easy template implementation, blog features, media gallery and something that's easy to build custom modules to add features. So far I'm looking at about 6 CMS systems, I like certain things in each of them..... so what's your opinion.
http://www.midgard-project.org/
Midgard looked good but I couldn't get the admin to work right, and it
requires php-4.2.2 or lower (which drove me a little nuts at first).
It's optimized for php as it's functions are written in C and become
built in php functions with --with-midgard, plus it has a mod_midgard to
link into apache. Midgard allows lots of customization and you could
place php code just about anywhere. Runs on *nix only and requires
access to add modules to php and apache.
http://www.tikiwiki.org/
TikiWiki had lots of cool features. It looked to me to be more suitable
for a community CMS (baseball team etc) rather than a general CMS. All
php.
http://www.geeklog.net/
There's also GeekLog, with a similar community slant as TikiWiki, and it
was reviewed in last months php-architect magazine. All php.
http://www.typo3.org
I agree with what Nick Tabbet said. Of these 4 CMSs, this one has the
most refined user interface, and most general purpose features. It's
written in all object oriented php and will easily install on an ISP
hosted system. Quick setup 1-2-3, and your ready to go. It does have a
long learning curve, but anything complex does. Since it's all OO, has
it's own TypoScript code to design content and big, it will really
benefit if run with a php accelerator to cache the intermediate code.
Has good tutorial for getting started, and another good intro to it's
templates. It's more for small to mid-sized sites, as anything larger
should be written in native C, C++, etc.
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