New report out comparing open source content management systems

The report aims to help nonprofits make decisions on open source CMSs, but would be useful to anyone evaluating a content management system. Idealware, who provides objective information on software for nonprofits, has released a new version of its report comparing Plone, Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress. This report is more detailed than ever and encompasses [...]

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Registration open for Atlanta trainings!

You can now register online for the upcoming trainings from ifPeople at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. Those trainings include:

Techniques and Tools for Online Fundraising (Feb 10)

Social Media 101: Online Communication as Stakeholder Engagement (Feb 20)

Open Source Content Management(April 2)

Creating a Social Media Plan (April 23)

You can get to the registration form from any of [...]

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Free Plone Themes: A hidden treasure trove

I occasionally trawl the free Plone themes (skins, templates, etc) to see what kind of options are available for Plone. Historically this has been a weakness of Plone relative to other open source Content Management Systems (CMS), like Joomla. To my surprise, the Plone community has come a long way! A big contribution to this [...]

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Forthcoming: Open Source CMS Research and Comparison

Targeted at nonprofit organizations, Idealware is planning a new research report comparing the open source content management systems (CMS) Plone, Drupal, Joomla, and WordPress.Idealware produced a similar report in 2006 entitled “Comparing Open Source CMSs: Drupal, Joomla, and Plone“. The new report will update the review of each system and also include WordPress in the [...]

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New lineup of trainings for nonprofits in Atlanta announced

We’re excited to see our local trainings and webinar series shaping up quickly in 2009! Our first training at the Georgia Center for Nonprofits in December was a big hit and we were asked to do six more, each on a new topic. We thought that was plenty for the year…but they are all scheduled [...]

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PyAtl meeting: Introducing Plone

I attended my first Atlanta Python user group’s meeting (PyAtl) this month (see the meeting announcement). I have a regular conflict on Thursday evenings (soccer:), but made this one to give a talk on Plone. Our local Atlanta Plone users group has merged with PyAtl and serves as a Special Interest Group now.
Brandon Rhodes opened [...]

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Plone makes Econtent 100 List for 2008

As an ongoing recognition of the importance of Plone in the web content management space, E Content magazine highlighted Plone in the Content Management category in the list of the 100 most influential companies in the digital content industry!
Congrats to the Plone community and all the contributors who make Plone possible! If you haven’t met [...]

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A Plonilicious Month

This year has gotten off to a great start. Go 2009! I just realized we have 3 Plone events going on this month:

Reaching Website Nirvana with Plone, at Atlanta Plone. A warmup for the talk the next night at PyAtl, but with a slightly more Plonista crowd A talk that has been loosely [...]

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