[Zope] Content management system

Jean-Francois.Doyon@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca Jean-Francois.Doyon@CCRS.NRCan.gc.ca
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:33:26 -0400


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Keith,
 
You could probably achieve everything you stated using Zope and a few add-on
products (Also freely available).
 
Do note that this would require development time on your part (Better they
pay for your time than for someone else's software, right? :)
 
Zope could provide the security infrastructure, web interfacing
capabilities, and database connectivity at a bare minnimum.
 
A few things to keep in mind will be how to index the excel and word
documents for searching ... On a UNIX type platform, there are some tools,
though not necessarily super-reliable. Maybe on windows you can have better
tools available to you (Using the Python/COM interface for example).
 
I've never used an RDBMS to store entire files, so how I'm not sure how to
interface Zope to a database that uses BLOB's or something of that nature,
though I'm sure it can be done, someone on here can probably help you with
that.
 
I would recommend you thoroughly research Zope and the "Products" to see if
a combination of existing zope technologies will do the job for you. And
although what you describe is doable, you may not be willing or have the
time to go through the learning curve and so on ... But then the less one
spends on software, the more they can spend on consulting/customization ...
Also, you may find once you have learned how to leverage Zope that you will
want to try and use it/recommend it for future clients ...
 
Good luck!
J.F.

-----Original Message-----
From: keith@lightwave1.net [mailto:keith@lightwave1.net]
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:52 PM
To: zope@zope.org
Subject: [Zope] Content management system


Dear Sir
 
I was just looking at  <http://www.zope.org/Zope/2.6.1> Zope 2.6.1 on your
website and I would like to know if it or any other software you provide
could help me fulfil certain objectives for an upcoming job.
 
A prospective client of mine requires a content management system. We are
planning to install this on his server that houses the company's intranet
and we want to set up a system whereby if a user from another country logs
onto this intranet site via the worldwide web (with a pre-defined USERNAME
and PASSWORD) he could, according to his access privileges access a HTML or
PHP page with a menu and search function and use this to search for a list
of documents by certain criteria (for example by date or subject etc)
These documents will be contained within a database possibly MySQL or Oracle
etc.
He will then see a webpage with the list of documents with links. When he
clicks on one link, he will then see the document (through the web browser)
and it could be a WORD or EXCEL document and he could have the option to
download this by clicking a download button.
He could then alter this document in WORD etc (depending on the document
itself) and then upload this to the same database on the intranet so that it
replaces the old one.
 
This would work very much like Livelink  ( www.livelink.com
<http://www.livelink.com> )
 
Ideally it has to be a system that is easy to use especially by someone not
used to IT.
 
I was looking at your website and I wondered if your software could meet the
above requirements.
 
I would really appreciate it if you could get back to me as soon as possible
as this client requires an answer within the next 2 days.
 
Thank you very much
 
Keith Trodden



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<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>Keith,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>You 
could probably achieve everything you stated using Zope and a few add-on 
products (Also freely available).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Do 
note that this would require development time on your part (Better they pay for 
your time than for someone else's software, right? :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Zope 
could provide the security infrastructure, web interfacing capabilities, and 
database connectivity at a bare minnimum.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>A few 
things to keep in mind will be how&nbsp;to index the excel and word documents 
for searching ... On a UNIX type platform, there are some tools, though not 
necessarily super-reliable. Maybe on windows you can have better tools available 
to you (Using the Python/COM interface&nbsp;for example).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I've 
never used an RDBMS to store entire files, so how I'm not sure how to interface 
Zope to a database that uses BLOB's or something of that nature, though I'm sure 
it can be done, someone on here can probably help you with 
that.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I 
would recommend you thoroughly research Zope and the "Products" to see if a 
combination of existing zope technologies will do the job for you. And although 
what you describe is doable, you may not be willing or have the time to go 
through the learning curve and so on ... But then the less one spends on 
software, the more they can spend on consulting/customization ... Also, you may 
find once you have learned how to leverage Zope that you will want to try and 
use it/recommend it for future clients ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Good 
luck!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=694202418-23062003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>J.F.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> keith@lightwave1.net 
  [mailto:keith@lightwave1.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 23, 2003 1:52 
  PM<BR><B>To:</B> zope@zope.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Zope] Content management 
  system<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Sir</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was just looking at <SPAN 
  style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><A 
  href="http://www.zope.org/Zope/2.6.1"><SPAN 
  style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Zope 
  2.6.1</SPAN></A>&nbsp;on your website and I would like to know if it or any 
  other software you provide could help me fulfil certain objectives for an 
  upcoming job.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A prospective client of mine requires a content 
  management system. We are planning to install this on his server that houses 
  the company's intranet and we want to set up a system whereby if a user from 
  another country logs onto this intranet site via the worldwide web (with a 
  pre-defined USERNAME and PASSWORD) he could, according to his access 
  privileges access a HTML or PHP page with a menu and search function and use 
  this to search for a list of documents by certain criteria (for example by 
  date or subject etc)<BR>These documents will be contained within a database 
  possibly MySQL or Oracle etc.<BR>He will then see a webpage with the list of 
  documents with links. When he clicks on one link, he will then see the 
  document (through the web browser) and it could be a WORD or EXCEL document 
  and he could have the option to download this by clicking a download 
  button.<BR>He could then alter this document in WORD etc (depending on the 
  document itself) and then upload this to the same database on the intranet so 
  that it replaces the old one.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This would work very much like Livelink&nbsp; (<A 
  href="http://www.livelink.com">www.livelink.com</A>)</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ideally it has to be a system that is easy to use 
  especially by someone not used to IT.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was looking at your website and I wondered if 
  your software could meet the above requirements.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would really appreciate it if you could get 
  back to me as soon as possible as this client requires an answer within the 
  next 2 days.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith 
Trodden<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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