Bryce Harrington wrote:
It would be easier to make a decision if we could see a functional prototype first. It's hard to tell how this would impact the site without seeing it in action.
So far, I've been the main person who posts news regularly. I'm okay with and used to using the existing system, so would need further convincing of why we should change. I've been through several website adoptions of CMS's (i.e. Zope) that turned out very badly, so am rather skeptical of the value of CMS systems in general, especially when the users are technically skillful enough to deal with HTML, SSH and CVS.
Bryce
Yeah... like give the main page a name like index2.php or whatever, to get it to work correctly, and play nicely with PhpWiki.
Over the past couple of weeks, I have learned to like Wordpress a lot. Don't forget the other benefits, like a searchable DB of articles, auto RSS feeds, etc.
Also, I might qualify the skill level as pertaining to -current- contributors. Having a (non-techie)-friendly news engine could encourage new contributors who might be a bit intimidated by the current structure.
Besides, it's a fun toy. That's why we're here, is it not? ;-)
Bob