[Design] Preview Countdown Meeting -- website technologies agenda item

[Matthew Eernisse]

Pieter Hartsook wrote:
>   * But what to use for 1 & 2 are undermined at this point (php/html,
> static/dynamic, etc.).

We've talked about this before, but my vote would be to use this 
opportunity to move the basic Web sites to an actual CMS. The two 
leading contenders in this space are Drupal and Joomla.

The other alternative would be something more powerful like Plone (that 
would likely require a bit more work to set up and maintain).

Here's some CMS comparison info:

http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/cms_evaluation_summary
http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,9185.0.html
http://drupal.org/node/15689

 From all the info I've seen, Drupal looks like the best bet, since it 
allows you to run multiple Web sites from a single installation. Looks 
like it's pretty easy to do pretty/search-engine-friendly URLs too.

Do we have a list of criteria to help us decide what type of technology 
solution we want to use?

Matthew