I agree with Tim. I have the skill set to maintain major aspects of Drupal but maintaining a "portal" requires a team. The selection of a tool really depends on the portal's requirements.
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Tim Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > > We use Drupal at CERN and it is extremely flexible for setting up branded > themes, communities, RSS feeds, OpenID, dynamic content etc.. > > However, it is also quite complex and so would require some specialised > skills to set up and maintain. This is fine if you have them available but > it is a steep learning curve for this specific purpose. > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected] > ] > > On Behalf Of Atul Jha > > Sent: 10 May 2012 22:31 > > To: Stefano Maffulli; Haisam Ido > > Cc: User Groups Community, OpenStack > > Subject: Re: [Openstack-community] Beyond the wiki page: planning an > > International Community Portal > > > > Hi, > > ________________________________________ > > From: openstack-community- > > [email protected] [openstack-community- > > [email protected]] on behalf of Stefano > > Maffulli [[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 10:34 PM > > To: Haisam Ido > > Cc: User Groups Community, OpenStack > > Subject: Re: [Openstack-community] Beyond the wiki page: planning an > > International Community Portal > > > > On Thu 10 May 2012 04:23:34 AM PDT, Haisam Ido wrote: > > > http://drupal.org/ might be a good choice for the "portal". Here's a > > > list of Drupal users http://whousesdrupal.com/home > > > > Depending on what the needs are, Drupal may be overkill. For example, > > > > +1 > > > > Going ahead with Drupal will be a bad idea for same reason Stefano > > mentioned. > > > > if we decide not to host and provide web apps for any of the local groups > > (mlists, blog, forums, etc), we may well do with a much smaller > application > > that's easier to manage than Drupal. Do you think we need to offer these > > applications? Who needs to use them? > > > > By the way, do you have experience running a large Drupal site? Would you > be > > interested in running this project (should we decide to)? > > > > thanks, > > stef > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > http://www.csscorp.com/common/email-disclaimer.php > > > > -- > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack-community > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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