Comments on: dotCMS: An Introduction http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/ Blogging in a new web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:34:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Steve http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-449 Steve Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:00:05 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-449 Hi Michael. Thanks for the info - this seems to be one of only a few good reviews on dotCMS. I'm trying to install it on our company development Web server and finally got the Tomcat service running dotCMS. Unfortunately, no Web pages are being served by dotCMS. I cannot find any online forums, documentation, etc to address this. I guess the moral of this is that a product may be free but if you run into issues even before you have it installed and operational you may end up paying big $'s for support. Not good. If you do know of any free support links, that would be great to add to your excellent article. Cheers. Hi Michael. Thanks for the info - this seems to be one of only a few good reviews on dotCMS. I’m trying to install it on our company development Web server and finally got the Tomcat service running dotCMS. Unfortunately, no Web pages are being served by dotCMS. I cannot find any online forums, documentation, etc to address this. I guess the moral of this is that a product may be free but if you run into issues even before you have it installed and operational you may end up paying big $’s for support. Not good. If you do know of any free support links, that would be great to add to your excellent article. Cheers.

]]> By: Michael Fienen http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-277 Michael Fienen Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:24:54 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-277 I just asked their CTO about this and he said that in theory, since it is Java, it could run on other application servers like those. As for support, no. If it doesn't work, you could probably contact them on the mailing list and see about help. I just asked their CTO about this and he said that in theory, since it is Java, it could run on other application servers like those. As for support, no. If it doesn’t work, you could probably contact them on the mailing list and see about help.

]]> By: Eucario Padro http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-276 Eucario Padro Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:40:15 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-276 DotCMS support IBM Websphere and BeaWeblogic? DotCMS support IBM Websphere and BeaWeblogic?

]]> By: Links of the Week Feb 1st, 2008 | .eduGuru http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-265 Links of the Week Feb 1st, 2008 | .eduGuru Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:17:50 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-265 [...] dotCMS: An Introduction - Writeup of dotCMS and it’s value as an enterprise CMS solution. [...] [...] dotCMS: An Introduction - Writeup of dotCMS and it’s value as an enterprise CMS (Content Management System) solution. [...]

]]> By: Michael Fienen http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-262 Michael Fienen Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:03:36 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-262 Great, I suspect that will be a great networking opportunity for a lot of us. I'm really interested in seeing what kind of custom work people are doing. Great, I suspect that will be a great networking opportunity for a lot of us. I’m really interested in seeing what kind of custom work people are doing.

]]> By: Jim http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-261 Jim Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:54:36 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-261 Michael, Great review. Documentation is definitely a sore point but they are working on it! I'll be at Open Minds next week and look forward to meeting with you. Jim Michael,

Great review. Documentation is definitely a sore point but they are working on it! I’ll be at Open Minds next week and look forward to meeting with you.

Jim

]]> By: Bamit50 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-260 Bamit50 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:49:34 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-260 We have been trying to build templates that call global.css files, we've tried using the @ import link, we have even placed css in the heads of templates, the results have been unpredictable. Our admins have been having trouble with the install on the server too. Hopefully this doesn't amount to massive pilot error. Thanks to all who replied B We have been trying to build templates that call global.css files, we’ve tried using the @ import link, we have even placed css in the heads of templates, the results have been unpredictable. Our admins have been having trouble with the install on the server too.

Hopefully this doesn’t amount to massive pilot error. Thanks to all who replied

B

]]> By: Michael Fienen http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-259 Michael Fienen Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:34:35 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-259 @Arnaud: Exactly. The CMS is designed to output nicely compliant XHTML, assuming what you put into the templates is good to begin with. The dotMarketing group places a lot of emphasis on standards compliant, and 508 accessible designs, and as such dotCMS is designed to carry that over. @Arnaud: Exactly. The CMS (Content Management System) is designed to output nicely compliant XHTML, assuming what you put into the templates is good to begin with. The dotMarketing group places a lot of emphasis on standards compliant, and 508 accessible designs, and as such dotCMS is designed to carry that over.

]]> By: Christopher Falzone http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-258 Christopher Falzone Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:32:25 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-258 Great Review Michael!! At Edinboro we just went live with our new DotCMS system. So I can attest to your claims that this software is great. Bamit50: Our entire site is done with CSS. While I can say that some things can get quirky (The Editor sometimes makes positioned divs misalign), I haven't had any problem porting to DotCMS in that regard. You basically take your current layout, copy and paste the code into dotcms, remove the content and replace with containers, and then your good to go. I'll see you at Open Minds Michael, Chris Falzone. Great Review Michael!!

At Edinboro we just went live with our new DotCMS system. So I can attest to your claims that this software is great.

Bamit50: Our entire site is done with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). While I can say that some things can get quirky (The Editor sometimes makes positioned divs misalign), I haven’t had any problem porting to DotCMS in that regard. You basically take your current layout, copy and paste the code into dotcms, remove the content and replace with containers, and then your good to go.

I’ll see you at Open Minds Michael,
Chris Falzone.

]]> By: Michael Fienen http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-257 Michael Fienen Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.supersatellite.com/2008/01/29/dotcms-an-introduction/#comment-257 You shouldn't have any issues with CSS so far as I have experienced. You have total control over templates and layouts. Just make sure that wherever you place your CSS file, it has CMSAnonymous read access (which is the basic default permission to have something viewable to the world). The Velocity templating language is very easy to learn, and just as flexible and friendly as any templating system you'll see in other CMS's, except Velocity is an Apache based project, so it has some real structure and thought behind it. They care about things like CSS and such. You shouldn’t have any issues with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) so far as I have experienced. You have total control over templates and layouts. Just make sure that wherever you place your CSS file, it has CMSAnonymous read access (which is the basic default permission to have something viewable to the world).

The Velocity templating language is very easy to learn, and just as flexible and friendly as any templating system you’ll see in other CMS (Content Management System)’s, except Velocity is an Apache based project, so it has some real structure and thought behind it. They care about things like CSS and such.

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