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RE: [phoenix-dev] CMS wish List

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I didn't keep notes from our meeting, but this certainly seems about right.
 


From: phoenix-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:phoenix-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of andrew geraghty
Sent: April 18, 2005 3:57 PM
To: For developers on the new Eclipse.org website project.
Subject: [phoenix-dev] CMS wish List

Requirement Type

definition

Priority

Additional Details

System Requirements

 

 

 

Application Server

Server or application environment required to run CMS

 

Tomcat or other Open Application Server

Database

Database the CMS uses to store content

Must  run off A database

•My Sql

•Postgre SQL

License

Type of license

 Open

Open

Operating System

OS this CMS is Compatible with

 

Linux

Programming Language

Language is written in

 

PHP, Java

Web Server

Web server this CMS is compatible with

Should

Apache, Tomcat

Security

 

 

 

Audit Trail

Does this system keep track of who made changes/ additions

Must

 

Content Approval

Does this system have some sort of system wide approval?

Must

 

Email Verification

Does this system send an activation key to make sure users have entered a valid email address?

Must

 

Granular Privileges

Does this system allow read/ write functions on a per page and per content item basis as well as other privileges for other system functions?

Must

 

LDAP Authentication

Does this allow for LADP based Authentication?

Must

 

Problem Notification

Mechanism for alerting administrators when there is a problem

Nice to Have

 

Sandbox

Private area for content managers to try new ideas

Nice to have

 

Session Mgt

Some facility for an administrator to see who has logged in and if required log them out

Nice to Have

 

SSL compatible

Can this system be used with an SSL certificate on the web server?

Should

 

SSL Logins

Can this System be configured to switch to SSL mode (HTTP) for logins?

Should

 

SSL pages

Can this system be configure to switch to SSL mode for certain pages?

Should

 

Versioning

Does this system provide some kind of system wide content versioning?

Should

 

Support

 

Nice to Have

 

 

 

 

 

Ease of Use

 

 

 

Drag & Drop content

 

Nice to Have

 

Friendly URLs

Does this system have human readable and search engine friendly URL’s?

Nice to Have

 

Image Resizing

Does this system allow users to edit uploaded images?

Nice to Have

 

Macro Language

Is there a Macro Language that allows content managers to place powerful functionality (like auto generated navigation systems) without any programming knowledge?

Nice to Have

 

Mass Upload

Does the system have a way of uploading/importing many images and other files all at once to save time?

Nice to Have

 

Prototyping

Does the system allow the user to create custom default settings for the different kinds of content objects to save them extra clicks when creating those object types. For instance, if there is a particular template they like to use, can they set it as a default?

Nice to Have

 

Server Page Language

s there a server page language available like PHP, JSP, or ASP for easy one-off functionality?

Nice to Have

PHP or JSP3

Spell Checker

Does the system have an integrated spell checker

Nice to Have

 

Subscriptions

Can the user subscribe to various sections of the site and receive notifications on new/updated content? These types of functions are typically found in the news feeds, forums, and blogs.

MUST

 

Template Language

Is there a templating language for powerful layout controls? (Note that templating languages are different from server page languages in that they are not capable of full programmatic functions, and are fully HTML compliant

Nice to Have

 

UI levels

s there a means of dumbing down  the publishing interface for less sophisticated publishers while keeping a more sophisticated interface for power users?

Nice to Have

 

Undo

Does the system allow users to  operations if they make a mistake?

Nice to Have

 

WYSIWYG Editor

Is there a web-based rich text editor to allow publishers to create formatted content without knowing HTML, CSS, XML, or XSL?

Nice to Have

 

Performance

 

 

 

Advanced Caching

Does the system have advanced caching mechanisms that go beyond simple page caching? For instance, navigation, template, or content object caching?

Must

 

Database Replication

Can the system take advantage of database replication for better scalability? The system would need to be able to perform reads from slaves and writes to the database master.

N/A

 

Load Balancing

Does the system allow you to put a load balancer in front of it to split the load between multiple servers? This would require that user sessions can be passed between all the nodes transparently.

Nice to Have

 

Static Content Export

Does the system have the ability to export it\'s content as static HTML so it may be served up from regional cache servers, or from static HTML web servers?

Nice to Have

 

Page Caching

Does the system have a mechanism for caching the contents of a page so that if it\'s requested again it can skip most of the work to create the page

Nice to Have

 

Management

 

 

 

Content Staging

Can content be created on one server and easily pushed; to another server?

Nice to Have

 

Inline Administration

Is content edited directly in the page that it will be placed? (The alternative is that there is a wholly separate interface for managing content.

Must

 

Online Administration

Can the system be completely managed through a web browser? (The alternative is that there is some sort of offline client software that must be used to manage at least some components.

Must

 

Sub-sites / Roots

Does the system allow for sub-sites within a site that are self-contained with their own navigation and content hierarchy?

Nice to Have

 

Web Statistics

Does the system have built in web site statistics reporting for things such as pages/content items viewed, number of users per time period, etc?

Should

 

Web-based Style/Template Management

Is there a web-based interface for adding styles and templates to the system for design and layout control?

Nice to Have

 

Workflow Engine

Is there a full-fledged workflow system integrated into the CMS that can be used for business process management (or other duties beyond just content approval)?

Must

 

Interoperability

 

 

 

Content Syndication (RSS)

Can the system export RSS/XML feeds so that the content can be republished on other sites? Note that if it can only syndicate content from one function, such a news then it should be labelled as only limited support?

Must

 

UTF-8 Support

Does the system support UTF-8 character encoding to enable multi-lingual sites without the use of separate code pages for each language?

Must

 

WAI Compliant

Does the system follow the W3C specification for WAI compliance?

Nice to Have

 

WebDAV Support

Does the system allow users to upload internal content and/or files via WebDAV?

Must

 

XHTML Compliant

Does the system follow the W3C specification for XHTML compliance?

N/A

 

Flexibility

 

 

 

CGI-mode Support

Can the system run in CGI mode for development purposes or on low-end systems?

N/A

 

Content Reuse

Does the system allow content to be mirrored (not copied, but reused) from one location to another on a site?

 

 

Extensible User Profiles

Does the system provide a user profiling that can be extended with new profile properties through an administrative interface?

Must

LDAP

Metadata

Does the system support the adding of arbitrary metadata properties to all the content objects? The metadata is typically then used for profiling, indexing, or even auxiliary display functions.

Must

 

Multi-lingual Content

Does the system support the creation of sites with multiple languages?

Must

 

Multi-lingual Content Integration

Does the system support a multi-lingual version of each content object without republishing the content object. For example, if you create an FAQ in English, then all that needs to be done to display the FAQ in Spanish or another language is to translate the content, not create another page with another FAQ content object. Then depending upon user preferences it either shows one version or the other.

Must

 

Multi-Site Deployment

Is the system capable of hosting multiple sites from one software deployment? This means you can install the software once and host as many sites as you want. It also means that when it comes time to upgrade you only need to upgrade the software in one place, not for each separate site.

Nice to Have

 

Wiki Aware

Does the system support wiki or wiki-like functionality? Wiki provides online collaboration functionality as well as a simple text formatting language.

Nice to Have

 

Built-in Applications

 

 

 

Blog

Does the system have a blog or web log? (See slashdot.org for an example.

Nice to Have

 

Discussion / Forum

Does the system have a message board?

Should

 

Document Management

Does the system have an application for managing offline document storage and versioning?

N/A

 

FAQ Management

Does the system have an application to organize frequently asked questions?

Nice to Have

 

My Page / Dashboard

Does the CMS have a dashboard application (sometimes called a portal)

Nice to Have

 

Newsletter

oes the system have the ability to allow users to add/delete themselves to/from a list so that they can be sent email from the system on various topics?

Nice to Have

 

Polls

Does the system have an application for conducting simple single question polls?

Nice to Have

 

Search Engine

Does the system have an integrated search engine that can index the managed content and allow the user to search the indexed content?

Should

Google Search

Site Map

Can the system generate a tree showing all of the pages in the system dynamically so it doesn’t\'t have to be maintained separately by the content managers?

Must

 

Surveys

Does the CMS have an application for conducting complex multi-question surveys?

Nice to Have

 

Syndicated Content (RSS)

Does the CMS have an application for retrieving and displaying RDF/RSS/XML syndicated content?

Must

 

 


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