Re: what to use for my web site

From: Jon Paris
I am a huge fan of using RPG to power your web site where it makes sense
(i.e. dynamic pages) but why would you bother reinventing the CMS wheel?

The first thought that came to my mind centered around the message posted by Scott Klement in the RPG list yesterday about continuous improvement which was quite inspirational. His message targeted self improvement, how we do things, and what we create. It could also be applied to improving any product or service, including CMS. With that in mind I began reviewing Word Press, Drupal, and Joomla because they have been mentioned quite a bit in recent discussions. I was considering whether another CMS might improve upon what's already out there. I came back thinking that would be a tall order. But there are a few features that we've implemented in our Web portal which could be considered. One is the idea of leaving a virtual bread crumb trail as you navigate a site; drilling down deeper. Without a bread crumb trail it is more difficult to navigate back up to where you've been or follow the path that got you where you are. Another idea would be to use more
AJAX to build and update pages rather than traditional page at a time navigation. Another idea would be to enable multiple sections of a site to be open at the same time, and a way to toggle between them, rather than traditional page at a time navigation. I don't know. Maybe you want to better integrate static content and dynamic content and record management and transaction processing and reporting and batch procedures all under one roof. Just some thoughts.

-Nathan