"darrel" <notreal@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:u2a65nFZIHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> After several months of working in SharePoint to get it ready to implement
> our intranet using the CMS features, it's been decided that the
> organization doesn't feel that sharepoint is the right product for this.
> It's a long story. ;o)
>
> So, I'm now tasked with finding an alternative.
>
> The last time we looked at .net CMS apps was about 5 years ago, and the
> market was, well, lacking. We eventually wrote our own, which worked well,
> but it seems like I should give a look at what's out there these days.
>
> Some of the ones I'm seeing as potential candidates are:
>
> Community Server
> DotNetNuke
> Umbraco
>
> Any opinions on the above? Anyone use Umbraco? The primary concern is
> 'intuitive interface'. Personally, I have yet to find an off-the-shelf CMS
> that has anything close to being called 'intuitve' in terms of an
> interface, but, that's the goal, at least.
>
> Any suggestions? Are there any other's I should take a peak at?
>
> Admittedly, SharePoint is a bit convoluted from the CMS standpoint. It's
> really a mini-CMS built upon this giant SharePoint framework. Powerful,
> but it seems to be scaring a lot of our end-users.
>
> I'd also be interested to hear if there are any viable .net based Wikis
> out there. I know there weren't many to choose from as of a few years ago.
>
> -Darrel
>

>I would consider getting another organization. :-)

> Umbraco is fairly nice and easy enough to work with as a developer. It is
> not as easy to extend as SharePoint, but it has a lot in the package.

> Look at the sample sites from umbraco.org. I like it better than DNN, but
> I have never been a huge DNN fan. On the other hand, DNN has a lot of open
> source plug ins and is extremely easy to extend, comparitively.