NACFCMS (Not Another CF CMS)
It seems to me that this year is the Year of open source CF CMS's. Ben Forta recently made us aware of ColdBricks open source CF CMS, and now I have stumbled upon Sava CMS. I think it's a great sign to see all of these open source CFM projects coming out, especially in the crowded CMS market.
One thing that surprises me most in a lot of these CMS offerings is the complete lack of internationalization. I realize that a lot of the offerings are coming from companies based in the USA and that the USA is officially a single language Country. BUT, if you look at most of the official governmental websites such as http://www.pandemicflu.gov/ or http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/index.jsp you will notice that they offer their sites in multiple languages.
It seems to me that internationalization or multi-lingual CMS's is what separates the "men" from the "boys", or closed source and free open source.
When I say internationalization or mulit-lingual I don't simply mean providing language packs, I am talking about providing the work flow capabilities to publish content in multiple languages. One closed source CMS that has a multi-lingual capable CMS is ShadoCMS. But again closed source not open source.
I'm not sure but I think the only open source Coldfusion CMS that has support for multi-lingual sites is FarcryCMS. Are there any others out there that I just don't know about?
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Once we get out of coding we will publish the website at http://www.razuna.com, but for now you can keep an eye on http://blog.sixsigns.com.
Anyway, has anybody actually used Sava? Their website is very polished with a great deal of help/support material. Anybody know what I lose if I try Sava vs. plodding onward with FarCry.
The documentation is not bad although they are still working on it.
They are very responsive to questions and I admittedly asked some silly ones.
It loads a default site to give you a few clues to get started. There is even a Fusebox sample sub application in the default site.
I have worked with FarCry, looked at ColdBricks [also interesting] and several other CMS apps in recent weeks. I can say this one is lighter, easier, extensible, versatile and well worth a close look.
And no I am not connected with them. I just think they deserve a pat on the back and a hardy hey look at that .
In contrast, with excellent docs and support, we finished a fairly substantial client site in 2 weeks having never used sava before. I don't know coldbricks, but sava gets my recommendation for at least a got to try (their demo is a dream)
Thanks for the kind words about Sava. I'm really glad to hear that your experience went well. We're currently looking for real-world examples of completed projects in Sava. So, if you wouldn't mind sharing you can do so on our blog at http://www.gosava.com/go/sava/blog/share-your-proj...
Take care.
-Ryan
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If all goes well, we will release Razuna this weekend. Check out http://www.razuna.com and our blog for more information.