- First of all, MediaWiki. That's the software running this site. Here's some tips in getting it set up the way we use it.
- We're doing a lot of Mambo installs these days.
Content Management Systems
When to use what? First of all, the list:
- Portals and Content management: Joomla vs Postnuke
- Wikis: MediaWiki
- Blogs: Word Press vs. Serendipity
- Photo galleries: Gallery vs Coppermine
Portals for general purpose, larger web sites, and larger groups of special users
Portals are quite powerful ways of putting content management in the hands of non-technical people. If your main goal is to be able to manage your own site, look here. If you need a wide range of special features, such as modules for anything from stock tickers to weather, portals are the way to go. But also take a look at the Blog systems--blogs can be less confusing to administer for less demanding sites.
Wikis
Wikis are the ultimate free-form group collaboration tool. Wikis require learning a simple tagging language to get headings, links, lists, and other features to work. A wiki is a great way to organize information, providing links to pages that do not yet exist, that all start working when someone adds the relevant content.
Blogs
Blogs are basic content management systems organized by time. The killer feature of blogs is RSS- Really Simple Syndication. When you publish a story on a blog, not only does it appear on your site, but it can also automatically appear on any other site that subscribes to your blog. This subscription mechanism can be a powerful way to keep readers coming to your site--as long as you're writing something people are interested in reading.
Photo galleries
Photo galleries are special content management systems devoted to managing photos. The ones that are implemented as web applications are great if you want to share photo albums for others. If you don't want to share, or pay for the large amounts of disk space photos will eventually consume, you might check out a desktop photo gallery instead.
Sales Management
SugarCRM Notes
We're currently using SugarCRM, and are very impressed. We have found a couple of bugs, though.