monsieur_champs has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks
I'm creating the websites for a few pm.org for the brazilian Perl Mongers, and need advice about content management. I would love to know about the solutions other PM Groups adopted and about Perl+Apache+Linux+${favorite_database} solutions produced success cases on this matter.

In a few words, its impossible for the PM.org groups here to build the websites by hand. There are not enough Perl programmers for such a task. An automated solution or framework would be the best deal.

Thank you all very much for your advice and experiences.

Update:I'm reading Content management system recommendations? and don't like the Zope of Everything ideas. The first is not a CMS (I'll use mod_perl for the same effect) and the former is a lot mode complex than I can afford.

Another Update:I use TWiki at work now, and it's great for some simple tasks. But I need some extras that I don't know for sure if this is the best solution, as slurping XML from other places to fill in news and info clipping sections.

Yet Another Update:I'll read on and discover the advantages and disvantages of using

"In few words, translating PerlMonks documentation and best articles to other languages is like building a bridge to join other Perl communities into PerlMonks family. This makes the family bigger, the knowledge greater, the parties better and the life easier." -- monsieur_champs
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Re: Please Advice About Content Management for the Brazilian Perl Mongers Websites
by astroboy (Chaplain) on Mar 25, 2004 at 18:37 UTC

    Maybe not Zope, but how about Plone? I haven't used it. This node suggests that it's easy to install, and it has a good reputation. If you want a Perl solution why not Bricolage - but it may be more complex than you need... If your budget can stretch to $129 per server with unlimited sites (share the cost with someone else!), then have a look at Big Medium which is a very nice and easy to configure, Perl-based CMS.

    But really, the issue of Perl CMSs comes up every now and then on this site. A quick search should set you on your way...

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Re: Please Advice About Content Management for the Brazilian Perl Mongers Websites
by talexb (Chancellor) on Mar 25, 2004 at 19:03 UTC
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      Geeklog is pretty good, but it is PHP based, not Perl based. If PHP is an option, there are dozens of CMS packages available. OpensourceCMS is a good site to learn about them.

      -sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";
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Re: Please Advice About Content Management for the Brazilian Perl Mongers Websites
by perrin (Chancellor) on Mar 25, 2004 at 19:52 UTC
    Why don't you take a look at Bryar? It seems like good code, is built for mod_perl, and should handle a basic news/blog site well enough.
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Re: Please Advice About Content Management for the Brazilian Perl Mongers Websites
by Wampa (Hermit) on Mar 26, 2004 at 06:28 UTC

    Try EPLSite. It is PHP Nuke rewrite in Embperl. I hope that is it interesting for you.

    Programing in Embperl and all questions are related to Embperl.
    Excuse my bad English !!!
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by Anonymous Monk on Mar 25, 2004 at 22:44 UTC
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Re: Please Advice About Content Management for the Brazilian Perl Mongers Websites
by Jaap (Curate) on Mar 25, 2004 at 18:38 UTC
    Wat are the requirements? What do you want to do that TWiki can't (not that a wiki is a classical CMS).
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      Fellow Jaap
      My main requirements are:

      1. Ability of slurp XML and build HTML from it
      2. Ability of control access permissions and operation permissions on every page (yeah, Twiki can do this, but it's a pain set up permissions for every node and guess the right permissions set of every new node)
      3. Have kind of a consistency check input so 'mortal' website users can comment and answer pools
      4. Easy backup/restore operations
      5. Easy, cascading, inheritable, website-driven look'n'feel customization

      I would love to read you thinking. Maybe I can start up with less than this, provided that I can roll up my own solutions for the missing items (Twiki is a strong candidate, right now).

      Thank you for your interest and help!

      "In few words, translating PerlMonks documentation and best articles to other languages is like building a bridge to join other Perl communities into PerlMonks family. This makes the family bigger, the knowledge greater, the parties better and the life easier." -- monsieur_champs
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