> 1. Yes or no? > We are evaluating the benefits of going to a CMS. What are the chief > benefits? We are currently using Dreamweaver. Would Adobe Contribute suffice > if all is going well with my team of web contributors now? I'm definitely in favor of using a CMS. It has drastically cut down on our web support time & made it much easier to ensure that our college's sites are using the proper templates, etc. > 2. UMContent? > Does UMContent work well for anyone? It is centrally supported and free. Any > problems with it? I'd be happy to talk with you directly about CFANS' experience with UMContent. We currently have 62 live UMContent sites & several more in development. We are using it for our college & department sites, but have chosen to use WordPress for smaller (faculty lab & research) websites. People seem reasonably satisfied with UMContent, but it definitely has quirks & drawbacks. Not everything is easy or intuitive. Main drawbacks of UMContent: * No support for photo galleries, forms, etc. * The code it puts out is horrible * It took us a long time to get templates working properly for our needs & there isn't much documentation, so we had to rely on what other groups at the U had discovered. Benefits: * Free * We have backups of previous page versions in the database, which is helpful when someone messes things up and you need to revert. * Can share content across multiple pages or sites * Don't have to buy/install software like Dreamweaver on the computer of everyone who maintains the site -- Rachel Lam Information Technology Professional College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences 101 Coffey Hall 1420 Eckles Ave University of Minnesota St. Paul, MN 55108 Phone: 612-624-3619 Email: [log in to unmask]