Publishing Home Page
Written 20 Oct 2004
<p>It is now official, my home page <a href="http://www.tel-cor.com">tel-cor.com</a> is being managed by <a href="http://blogcms.org">Blog:CMS</a>. While a few rough spots exist, it is functionally complete. The time and effort provided training with <a href="http://blogcms.org">Blog:CMS</a>. Like most Free software, <a href="http://blogcms.org">Blog:CMS</a> suffers from inconsistent documentation. This proved a challenge in learning and drawing together the various bits of knowledge. Thankfully the suport forums for both <a href="http://blogcms.org">Blog:CMS</a> and <a href="http://nucleus.org">Nucleus CMS</a> (the foundation of Blog:CMS) were helpful.</p>
An example of documentation deficiency: there is no easily accessible manual. One does exist, but the method of accessing it must be easier. Also, the manual is formatted as a series of popup helps windows. That is OK for quick reference, however a second manual, in standard format, would make cusomization and learning simpler.
Such is not enough to disuade me from continuing to use Blog:CMS. Perhaps it provides impetus for me to become involved. On the other hand, I found using and customizing Blog:CMS overall simpler than other packages, such as Drupal, Geek Log and Word Press. The total control of all HTML tags used is a nice feature, compared to Oh, say Word Press which embeds many tags somewhere within the core PHP code. Bad, very bad.
Drupal was very close in my analysis, but the search capability seems a little lacking (requires a lot of setup).