Alfresco for website content management

[pvaibhav]

We keep getting on small website projects with different content models every time.

The older model we followed is - Model the data in RDBMS and write a simple layer that can add, edit and delete records. Build a very simple user interface that can do this.

But with Alfresco in place I think we will be able to save lot of repetitive work.

I am not very sure how much work can be saved though.

Because if we change content model in alfresco, we will have to change user interface too. I wish there was a way to read up content model and automatically build a user interface - It is not impossible, but may be difficult.

To summarize -
Is it a good idea to use alfresco as content management for websites? Any suggestions? (For storing relational data not just page content).

Vaibhav

[kvc]

Hi … Kevin Cochrane here.  New to the Alfresco team and working on our web content management extensions.

I recently posted a quick overview of our WCM plans here:

http://www.alfresco.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=947

In short, I think we could save you a good deal of time.  Our goal would be to enable you to build a library of sample websites - including all the templates, components, forms, etc. - that you could readily load at a customer site in any Alfresco server and then configure or customize on site to meet their unique needs.  

Our design goal would be to help you lower your cost of delivery to the customer by pre-baking as many parts of the website as possible so that you're not re-creating the wheel from scratch with each project.  People don't like to redo basic work again and again and no one likes to pay for it.

Cheers.  Let me know if this is the information you needed.

Kevin