CM Tools: Drupal, Joomla, & Rumba John Blyberg Ryan Deschamps Ryan ModX How not to have to use drupal Cms in general Why joomla Why switch to ModX Good content mngmt system should facilitate division of labor, support overall development, ensure best practices and standards Halifax public library now in modx looked the same in joomla Its not about the front end, its about the cockpit, ask long as the front end performs its about making the lives of your staff happy Why they choose joomla Number 1 in market share Huge community of support Templates www.opensourcecms.com – demo of anything, can see how the back end looks and works why they switched to ModX from Joomla painful upgrade started looking useful stuff – code etc, wanted to look at new services, joomla is not that great for adding unique nice interface but doesn’t help the development of the site ModX Has fine grain user access, can restrict access to specific pages Resources What he does like Still needs work Needs more documentation Some syntax knowledge required Joomla really good for an intranet, wouldn’t recommend for a front end site, community engagement is more important that community size application framework

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