Re: [Sheflug] Hi All

[Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2005-05-04 at 19:31 +0100, Matthew Collins wrote:
> Scoop (http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/) is a rock solid CMS. Pretty URL's, 
> Doesn't claim to support XHTML (because it doesn't :). No need for 
> tomcat or zope, but mod_perl is required for performance. It is quite 
> complex, in that it has a steep learning curve, but show me something 
> powerful that doesn't.

mod_perl is a significant disadvantage, and I say that as someone who
enjoys programming in Perl. 

mod_perl makes it difficult to host in a number of ways: commercial
mod_perl hosting is thin on the ground for security and performance
reasons, and setting up mod_perl is pretty tough for a lot of people. 

My site (www.alexhudson.com) actually runs on Mason, after a fashion,
and does many of the things I want in a CMS: but it's a pain to use,
especially if you're wanting to write your own code. Even if you're a
Perl coder, mod_perl is a completely different kettle of fish. 

I daresay that for specific endeavours, there are CMSes which fit the
bill. I don't believe there is one out there which addresses the 90% of
needs though.

Cheers,

Alex.

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