Comments for PANPA Digital Advisory Group http://panpadag.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The $300 newspaper website by Remco http://panpadag.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/the-300-newspaper-website/#comment-7 Remco Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:09:32 +0000 http://panpadag.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-7 Especially if you have in-house IT knowledge open source web publishing systems are a great low-cost option. Wordpress is indeed one example; another example that is getting more and more popular is Drupal. You will find an interesting thread here:http://groups.drupal.org/newspapers-on-drupal. The publishing systems vendor that I work for is WoodWing and we integrate straight out-of-the-box with this open source web publishing system. We can also easily integrate with other open source web publishing systems like Wordpress. The only potential 'snag' that publishers should be aware of is with regards to open source systems versus commercial systems is that if the open source system is no longer 'hot', developers move to the next best thing, leaving the 'customer' with a 'dead' product. Also any support and warranty is your own responsibility. But for small publishers on a budget it is a great alternative to have a credible web presence at a very low cost. Also new and interesting modules are developed at an incredible pace and can be bolted on the existing system very easily. Especially if you have in-house IT knowledge open source web publishing systems are a great low-cost option. WordPress is indeed one example; another example that is getting more and more popular is Drupal. You will find an interesting thread here:http://groups.drupal.org/newspapers-on-drupal. The publishing systems vendor that I work for is WoodWing and we integrate straight out-of-the-box with this open source web publishing system. We can also easily integrate with other open source web publishing systems like WordPress.

The only potential ’snag’ that publishers should be aware of is with regards to open source systems versus commercial systems is that if the open source system is no longer ‘hot’, developers move to the next best thing, leaving the ‘customer’ with a ‘dead’ product. Also any support and warranty is your own responsibility.

But for small publishers on a budget it is a great alternative to have a credible web presence at a very low cost. Also new and interesting modules are developed at an incredible pace and can be bolted on the existing system very easily.

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