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Bunch of Questions before I start!

cutout33 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 15:36:57 GMT

Hello All,Am a newbie in Alfresco, am about two days old and I have a bunch of question on using Alfresco to make sure that am in the right direction :mrgreen: :1. Am using the labs version, can I use for production(i.e. is it stable, and free)?2. I need it for dynamic content that is fed directl

Re: Bunch of Questions before I start!

mrogers — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:37:33 GMT

Some quick answers to your long list of questions. :wink:
1. Labs 3 Stable, is free can be used for production and many do,   however many people also want the guarantees and support that comes with Alfresco enterprise.
2. Not fully sure what you mean by "dynamic content" but alfresco has a range of interfaces for adding content including by email.
3. Alfresco has its own permissions model.   Permissions are not at the database level.   There are also rules and workflows which can control how content is apprroved or publised.
4. Alfresco is a high performance CMS.    Its not really comparable to Joomla (in fact there is an integration between Joomal and Alfresco.)    And is not a php CMS either.
5. Alfresco is easy to administer once you understand it.     There are many extensions and add ons.
6. Alfresco is multi-lingual and has a bunch of language packs.   However if you are creating a website using Alfresco WCM you are free to use whatever technology suits.   Alfresco WCM does not tie you into any technology.
7. Meta data is stored in a DB. Content is stored on a file system.

Re: Bunch of Questions before I start!

cutout33 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:31:05 GMT

Thanks for your quick answer, but still I need to be sure of a couple of points:

Alfresco is a high performance CMS. Its not really comparable to Joomla (in fact there is an integration between Joomal and Alfresco.) And is not a php CMS either.

Am a joomla user my self but am a JAVA developer too , Now Joomla is very easy to administer, content is easily published but it only uses mysql and has somehow long loading time for pages, if I want to move to Alfrsco can I do every thing I did with joomla(i.e. templates, Categories and sections, backups …etc). and why are joomla and alfrsco can not be compared?

And what do you mean by integration between joomla and alfresco?
does alfresco support right-to-left languages??
What is the best place to start learning about alfresco knowing that I already have it up and running :mrgreen:

Re: Bunch of Questions before I start!

mrogers — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:57:50 GMT

:mrgreen: My knowledge of Joomla is not detailed so I'll just get flamed if I try to compare the two.

If you are interested in building web sites there's some folks who use Joomla's web site building tools with Alfresco as the back end or Drupal or Microsoft .Net as a front end.      Or if you want to use Alfresco as your web site infrastucture there's share and studio to provide the nuts and bolts.    You choose whatever suits.

For Joomal / Alfresco there is an integration called "Joosco".   http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewforum.php?f=49

Alfresco supports many languages.      Java and various scripting languages on the server (ECMA script and PHP first).   And a large set of remote interfaces (CIFS/RMI/SOAP/JCR/FTP/Web Script/SharePoint).

Re: Bunch of Questions before I start!

cutout33 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:06:24 GMT

Thanks for the great help

Or if you want to use Alfresco as your web site infrastucture there's share and studio to provide the nuts and bolts.

now do you mean what I installed is the backend for my website and if I want to build a website I can use studio tool!

I really think alfresco is a little bit complex, but also I think it worth trying it out :wink: