Ruslan Zasukhin, VP of Engineering at Paradigma Software has warned me many times against having a zoo of CMS, but we are giving EZPublish a run on a new iteration of a website. Three ongoing annoyances I have had with content management systems are -
- More CMS Framework than System. The system itself is powerful and offers some unique and useful features, but its more framework than a usable system - not very much thought is put into the operational interfaces for various types of users.
- Too Much Emphasis on the Developer. Anything much more than entering text is only accessible through inserting code (PHP, Python, whatever).
- Poor Reference Documentation. This usually goes hand-in-hand with the first two issues, because the system is only really being used by developers and not end users. For example, EZPublish does not allow you to simply use common HTML tags in articles - but there doesn’t seem to be a consolidated list of EZPublish tags.
What attracted me to EZPublish is its powerful versioning system and handling of multiple languages.
Mirye Runtime Revolution 3 introduces some incredible productivity and feature enhancements. This is an article covering one of the seven top new features of Revolution 3, the cross-platform, multimedia and application tool kit. The first outstanding new feature in Revolution 3 is the new Start Center. (more…)
Several database driven sites that we manage, such as Content Creator’s Guild, utilize a fantastic content management system called Joomla. After having used Joomla since 2006 and gone through a painful Joomla 1.0.x to Joomla 1.5.x upgrade, I’ve put together a set of top ten tips to know before you start using Joomla. This assumes you are new to content managment systems and are just getting started with Joomla. (more…)
Mirye Software has released Runtime Revolution 3, the cross-platform, multimedia and application development tool. There are many things to like about Runtime Revolution - its very easy to learn, and it lets you create multimedia solutions just as well as standard interface applications. But that’s not the best feature.
The best feature is that you can create your application on one OS and deploy to multiple operating systems. Build in Mac OS X for example, and you can compile for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux - and the applications all look native on all platforms and don’t have that sluggish feel of Java applications.
Runtime Revolution 3 adds several new features, including a new script editor, better online help, a new start center and more. (more…)
