How to choose the 'right' CMS for a website

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1 How to choose the 'right' CMS for a website Spiros Trivizas STiX - web based solutions stix.gr Internet World April 24th

2 This presentation will help you choose the most appropriate Web Content Management System for your (or your customers') website!

3 IS THIS REALLY NECESSARY? Is it so hard to choose?

4 Sitecore AgilityCMS EzPublish Joomla Drupal Liferay Mambo Typo3 Wordpress Mambo Sharepoint Autonomy OpenText Adobe CQ5 DotNetNuke Ektron WCM ExpressionEngine Sitefinity CMS OpenCMS WebNodes CMS Concrete5 Alfresco Magnolia HippoCMS STiX CMS CivicSpace PHP-Nuke XOOPS e107 Open Source Proprietary SaaS Java PHP LAMP Microsoft ASP.NET Perl RubyOnRails Python Zope MVC ColdFusion Too many options/technologies...

5 BUT WHO AM I TO GIVE ADVICE TO YOU FOR WEB CMS?

6 WHO AM I? = Spiros Trivizas Developing websites professionally since 1996 Built my first "WCMS-like" tool on 1997 Built my first WCMS on 2002 (project goes on till today as "STiX CMS") Developed hundreds of WCMS-driven websites using custom or popular WCMSs and frameworks Experience in many "worlds" (MS ASP,.NET,PHP, JAVA, C, Perl) and database systems (Sybase, Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL)

7 The History of WCMS

8 The early 90's Most websites were "static" (html files) Partial non-static content using scripts and the Common Gateway Interface (CGI) HTML editors did the job, e.g. HotMetal Pro, Frontpage

9 The late 90's Again many "static" websites (html files) Database driven websites emerged (using Perl, PHP and ASP mainly for scripting) Web content management started by "big players", e.g. Vignette, Microsoft, OpenText etc. TYPO3 emerged after 1997

10 The early 00's Open source WCMS first steps (Mambo, TYPO3, PHPNuke, Drupal, OpenCMS etc.) Java frameworks and ECMs rule the enterprise content management world Many custom WCMS offerings by web development companies

11 The late 00's Open source goes wild! Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, TYPO3, ExpressionEngine etc..net joins Java in the ECM world Many web development companies drop R&D to adopt open source WCMS

12 Today Open source kings: Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla SaaS logic kicks in the WCMS market Proprietary software offer an attractive bundle of marketing services as well Liferay and Alfresco rule the world of Java MORE THAN 100 CMSs TO CHOOSE FROM!

13 Gartner's magic quadrant Magic Quadrant for Web Content Management, Gartner

14 What led to WCM systems? For users: the need to update their website without having to be professional web authors For developers: the need for efficiency in database-driven websites

15 The Criteria of choosing a WCMS

16 As a website owner Template driven Easy to use Workflow capabilities Media and document management Multilingual capabilities Versioning Comply to standards Cost effective Fast WYSIWYG editor Easily and cheaply hosted

17 As a website developer Well documented Steep learning curve Extensible Modular Scalable Capable for user permissions and roles Easy to install

18 Common requirements Documentation, training, community or company supported Viable vendor / community Support server caching Social media integration tools Multi-device output Content syndication tools Integration with other tools (e.g. analytics)

19 Usual problems Awkward implementations Problematic support Lack of features Difficult to use Difficult or expensive to host

20 Examples and case studies

21 Category #1 : small website or blog In this category: corporate websites or product websites (online brochures) landing pages blogs or blog-like sites personal websites (little traffic expected)

22 Case study: newschoolathens.org CRITERIA: no need for custom design low traffic expectations sufficient off-the-shelf widgets to do the job low initial budget SELECTION: Wordpress with premium theme, WPML module and several free widgets

23 Category #2 : a content website In this category: large corporate websites with corporate content online magazines news websites (vertical or not) educational websites (growing traffic expectation)

24 Case study: newwinesofgreece.com CRITERIA: Multilingual content (different in each language) Growing traffic expectations Content architecture and custom design (25 different document types, many front-end applications) SELECTION: Custom CMS based on STiX Technology

25 Category #3 : web application In this category: members-only websites directories portals bespoke website development etc.

26 Case study: extranet.inogate.org CRITERIA: members-only area need for custom design need to get information from public website (Joomla) custom roles and permissions SELECTION: STiX Framework using STiX CMS and Joomla for administrative content

27 Conclusions for WCMS choices

28 A content management system is not a magic bullet that solves all your content woes. However, it can be a useful tool if selected carefully Paul Boag, (

29 Small website or blog the 'right' choice is...

30 ANY WCMS

31 Custom website the 'right' choice is...

32 NONE (out-of-the-box WCMS)

33 The two things that always kill me are upgrades to customized sites and security Paul Boag, (

34 ... a much-needed demand in the WCM market for a quality opensource offering backed by a vendor. Decision makers with whom Gartner has spoken have highlighted the growing need for support services beyond what are usually provided by an open-source software community Gartner research (

35 The effort and methodology of a custom website development is almost the same in any WCM! So choose your WCM partner carefully, not the WCM itself!

36 Questions? welcome!

37 Questions and/or advice... Here, in IW 2012, right outside the theatre: Spiros, Dimitris, John, In the U.K., any time Billy Dertilis,