Folks might also be interested in checking out the crabgrass groupware project being developed by riseup.net https://we.riseup.net/crabgrass/about
On 10/10/07, andrew L. anyone@breathingplanet.net wrote:
I am on this list and have some drupal experience if people end up going with that option and need specific help... anyone_at_breathingplanet.net for the revamp of troybikerescue.org, we are going to try out joomla. for making a good editor in drupal (non-html), try the TinyMCE module. its kind of a pain in the ass install but well documented in the readme files that come with it. when installing new modules, always read the readme files.
ovr&out andrew L. troy bike rescue troy new york
Bikes Not Bombs wrote:
We've just moved the Bikes Not Bombs website to Drupal. I think it is the best free CMS option out there. (There's also Joomla which may be a little easier to figure out, with fewer features.) Drupal is definitely hard to figure out at first ... especially to set up just a regular old public website, since at its core it seems much more geared to doing collaborative community websites with blogs/ forums etc. We haven't yet, but will, set up the kinds of things you are talking about with volunteer login, different tiers of login and access, wiki, etc. But I know that Drupal is one of the best tools out there for doing this. For the public side of your site, you won't exactly get a wiki-like interface or wysiwyg editing, tho there may be tools that can help with that. David Mercer's book is a useful resource.
I can answer basic questions, but I had some tech volunteers really do the nuts and bolts, and they aren't on this listserve. So if you want info email me directly at arik@bikesnotbombs.org ... I may have to pass on some of your questions to my tech pros.
-Arik
On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:03 PM, Andrew Bushaw wrote:
We have been using pbwiki.com (a free wiki, one login) for our organizing but are starting to feel the need for a tiered access control as well as for an actual website to send the public to. We have been contemplating getting a content management system such as "drupal" to serve both functions. I think the SLBC uses a similar CMS for their website and maybe others do to. How well does it work? Do regular folks have a difficult time using it? our ideal: public web page w/ donation links, a login page with a volunteer only section, then a section for core members only where we would keep fundraising info. Would like it to be easy to edit, with a wiki-like interface, preferably wysiwyg editors. Thanks, Andrew
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