[Plone-NGOs] Initial thoughts on a "Plone for Nonprofits" bundle

David Bain david.bain at alteroo.com
Mon Jan 8 01:57:49 UTC 2007


Should there be a newsletter product there as well?
Any recommendations?

On 1/7/07, Kai Harris <kai.harris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I second Derec's suggestion of CMFContentPanels.  I found it to be
> much easier to use 'out of the box' than CompositePack.  ContentPanels
> needs its UI refined some and it would be very helpful to have some
> additional Panel templates.  But you don't need to go to the ZMI and
> once you figure out the quirky UI, it's pretty powerful.
>
> I'm currently developing a Plone site to replace our current website.
> Our intranet site content and website content will be in the same
> plone instance.  Users login to see intranet site content.  The most
> useful products I've found are:
> CMFContentPanels
> EasyBlog - I chose this on a recommendation, didn't look much at Quills
> PlonePoPoll
> SimplePortlets
> PloneFormGen - really cool custom form generation and I've only
> scratched the surface of this products capabilities
> AnalyticsForPlone - Must have for all sites.  Track your usage stats
> in an *incredibly* useful manner.
>
> LDAP and Active Directory integration is one area where I think Plone
> could use real help.  It's possible now but a pain to get set up and
> groups don't work without patching (at least in 2.5).  Having this
> integration as 'out of the box' as possible would make it much easier
> for nonprofits to develop one Plone site that supports both website
> content and intranet content.
>
> Anyhow, that's my 2 pennies.
>
> Kai
>
> Kai Harris
> Operations Manager
> Legal Assistance for Seniors
> http://www.lashicap.org
>
> On 1/1/07, Derec Davies FoE Brisbane <derec.davies at brisbane.foe.org.au>
> wrote:
> > Hi All
> > Looks like a good list Jon.
> > However I personally have some issues with CompositePack. I recommend
> > CMFContentPanels as an alternative for review.
> >
> > I feel that although CompositePack is good it requires a lot of ZMI
> tweaking
> > to get it up to a basic level of usability. I say this because if you
> are
> > targeting this package at small NGO's with limited tech support -
> > CompositePack is hard to get the average user off and running.
> >
> > CMFContentPanels is easy to use and ready out of the box.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Derec
> >
> > Hi all
> > My name is Derec. I am the coordinator of the Friends of the Earth
> Australia
> > ITC team. My technical knowledge in IT is limited, as I come from a user
> > perspective. My primary role in my team is coordination and vision
> > development.
> >
> > FoEA currently runs Plone for our local group Intranets and public
> sites.
> > I have been watching this list for many months.
> >
> >
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