> Hello all. I have a new client who is looking to implement a CMS > solution. Their initial requirements are Apple OSX Server running PHP > and WebObjects - while this will give me Java support are there existing > CMS applications developed for this environment and if so are there any > good ones? Would something like OPENCMS work in this environment or > would that add another application layer into the mix.
I'm pretty sure OpenCMS is all Java, so you should be able to run it on the Mac. The last time I tried it, it had a really, really long, hard installation, and was incredibly broken in several places. Docs were all in German at the time. I think many on the list would agree that OpenCMS is a good opportunity for developers with facility in Java to build upon a substantial codebase, but can't really be considered mature. If I remember correctly, OpenCMS is designed to be 'enterprise class', with multiple site deploy/undeploy/rollbacks and all. This project aims for a very large feature set. Cofax (http://cofax.org) is another well-known Java-based CMS. I've never tried it. In the PHP realm, Midgard http://www.midgard-project.org/ is an is an open-sourced Apache module and API geared specifically towards Web CMS. No one seems to have much direct info about it, but the tech looks very good. Check the recent archives for this list, someone just said that development had stopped on this project. Zope (http://www.zope.com) is a python-based system which should be able to run on the Mac: http://www.zope.org/Members/jens/docs/zope_osx Zope seems to be gaining a lot of popularity, but it's still pretty underground by corporate standards. Now you had mentioned OpenCMS, so I gave open source examples. But there are a lot of Commerical products out there too, and I'd guess plenty of them will run on the Mac. Mostly, the decision of choosing CMS software will be dependent on the needs of the client and budget, as there is a huge gap between high and low-end CMS, and a lot of small players inbetween. HTH, Matthew Lee (fellow WebSandio Member) http://portfolio.vistaseeker.com -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
