concrete5 evaluation
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Hi all. I'm evaluating CMSs for a replacement online procedures manual. The current manual (stored in Lotus Notes) has over 1200 pages.
I'm not after detailed specifics but I would appreciate anybody's thoughts as to the suitability of concrete5 against the following requirements:
1. The ability to bulk-import content. We will write the programs to bulk export the data from Notes (in whatever format required), but are there bulk-import routines in c5?
2. The ability to bulk publish multiple new, deleted and modified content pages. The current manual will be published as-is in the first iteration, but over the next year it will be undergoing significant reorganisation. This will involve restructuring and rewriting large sections of the manual and then publishing the new sections in multiple releases. Does c5 have the ability to create 'author' and 'public' instances with entire website sections being published from the author instance to the public instance (ala some of the more heavyweight CMSs like Magnolia)? Failing that, is there a procedure for making large sets of changes to multiple pages and then publishing them simultaneously?
3. The ability to print content from the CMS. We need to offer users to ability to print sections of procedures manual. This might have to be done using a custom program, but if c5 has the facility to print off sites then great.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Tim P.
I'm not after detailed specifics but I would appreciate anybody's thoughts as to the suitability of concrete5 against the following requirements:
1. The ability to bulk-import content. We will write the programs to bulk export the data from Notes (in whatever format required), but are there bulk-import routines in c5?
2. The ability to bulk publish multiple new, deleted and modified content pages. The current manual will be published as-is in the first iteration, but over the next year it will be undergoing significant reorganisation. This will involve restructuring and rewriting large sections of the manual and then publishing the new sections in multiple releases. Does c5 have the ability to create 'author' and 'public' instances with entire website sections being published from the author instance to the public instance (ala some of the more heavyweight CMSs like Magnolia)? Failing that, is there a procedure for making large sets of changes to multiple pages and then publishing them simultaneously?
3. The ability to print content from the CMS. We need to offer users to ability to print sections of procedures manual. This might have to be done using a custom program, but if c5 has the facility to print off sites then great.
Thanks in advance for your input.
Tim P.
