As the search for the ever-elusive inexpensive, user-friendly, stable, Web 2.0-applicable content management tool continues, one option to consider is a blogging platform, such as the one I use for this blog and for posting news stories to www.colgate.edu
Using Movable Type as a content system is one method we're considering for posting the stories and features that appear in our main alumni publication, The Colgate Scene.
We want to build on the interaction that the blog has given us on our news pages and extend it to the stories we do for the magazine.
Since we launched the news blog on Oct. 17, we've received 108 comments on our stories. This time period includes a four-week winter break when the number of stories we posted slowed considerably.
Since last Monday (Feb. 4), we have received 13 comments on our stories, a particularly busy period.
We want to be able to give readers the same ability to comment on our magazine stories that are moved online and continue to build community and interaction with alumni readers.
We're in the early stages of this process, so we'll keep you updated as we go.
Comments (4)
Interesting, I actually use a CMS to run my blog (and other stuff going on at my site), a backwards situation compared to yours. I'll be interested to read updates on this process!
Posted by Mike | February 13, 2008 10:49 AM
Posted on February 13, 2008 10:49
I use Wordpress (and a little bit of customiation and plugins) as CMS in many projects and it works really fine. Even from the client's point of view, this solution offers a simple and plain tool to manage and publish content for their site without learning extra-difficult system interface targeted to mega-large portal (and web geeks).
Posted by Paolo Sordi | February 26, 2008 8:19 AM
Posted on February 26, 2008 08:19
Hi Paolo,
Any websites you're willing to share as examples of Wordpress as CMS?
Tim
Posted by Tim | February 26, 2008 8:43 AM
Posted on February 26, 2008 08:43
Hi Tim,
of course (I didn't mean to do self-promotion but since you ask ;)), here I go with three example:
http://www.eief.it/
http://editoriaecomunicazione.uniroma2.it/
http://www.luiss.it/internationalisation/
thanks
Paolo
Posted by Paolo Sordi | February 26, 2008 3:43 PM
Posted on February 26, 2008 15:43