Posted by mickey on 04/12/06 18:03

Jon wrote:
> All,
>
> I currently have been assigned a task of putting together a comparison chart
> showing the advantages and disadvantages of Macromedia Contribute, and our
> in-house developed PHP-based Content Management System.
>
> My main question is: What does everyone here use to 'sell' the CMS over a
> web-based PHP CMS? Our CMS is pretty slick, using PHP, a built-in RTE and
> MySQL to store content, but I'm really not sure how to sell it to my boss,
> let alone to customers. Are there arguments here I'm missing besides just
> being web-based and having the ability to update from any computer? Any
> ideas are appreciated.
>
>

Theres the fact that you are using PHP, on open source technology. Since
your CMS is developed in house you are in control and not at the mercy
of a third party. New features or changes can get done quickly to meet
your needs. Stability, most liley running on Apache, PHP and MySQL, all
proven technologies, not to mention free to license.

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