[Zope] WYSIWYG browser front end?

R^3 russo@albany.edu
Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:00:41 -0500 (EST)


Forgive me if I missed something. I am evaluating Zope as a possible CMS
for a large University with a mix of very non-technical users through
experienced technical uers.

Our goal is to find something we can offer the non-technical people which
_can_ eliminate all the different tools these people try to use which we
are then forced to support (ftp, Dreamweaver, HTML-Kit, HomeSite,
Frontpage, MS Word, Netscape Composer etc..)

I do like the fact that Zope supports use of these tools.

However, I was hoping there was add on or extension which offered more of
a WYSIWYG interface through the browser for the non-technical people which
only presented them with a page's content.
 For example something that ensures they use a template.  It would
need to be simple as point and click. I.e. Point to the "nav bar" section
of a web page to allow editing of that section of the page.

 Zope seems to meet most of our goals. So far I'm very impressed. Does
anybody have more information as to whether Zope can provide this
functionality?

 BTW: I've seen this functionality in Egrail but the cost can't be
justified ($125,000 + 15% maintenance fee)...

Regards,
-Ryan