Thanks Mark. Both of these look promising.

Cary, I wasn't trying to tar COD. (That's a nice verb right there :)
My comment about the table of unfair feature comparison was about this
design pattern in general. I probably should have kept my opinions to
myself in this context.

I am little biased against Drupal, which has to do with my own
background: I've never used anything later than Drupal 6!

We're also looking into platforms for building academic communities or
communities in higher ed contexts. The bigwig in this area is CUNY's
Commons in a Box, which is WordPress-powered.

I'm not aware of something as full-featured and actively-maintained,
whether open source or not -- but please correct me if I'm wrong.
Hence my gentle instistence on WordPress.

(I was planning to ask about the academic communities as a seperate
question, which I may do anyway, depending on who bites in this thread
and as I wrap up my own research.)

Alex


On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There is also Able Organizer, a new CRM distribution for Drupal that has events in its protfolio. I have not had much opportunity to work with it, yet. https://www.drupal.org/project/ableorganizer
>
> Drupal COD is well established. I wouldn't tar COD for some external BS. That makes no sense. We use it for out local Drupal events.
>
> On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Alex Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for pitching in. COD looks good.
>>
>> On their site (http://usecod.com) I found the obligatory table of unfair feature comparisons. One of these is to an out-of-date WordPress plugin.
>>
>> Any WP suggestions?
>>
>> ('m not partial, but as of earlier today it looks like I might be using it for other, but affiliated reasons.)
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/15/2014 05:34 PM, Clapp, Sharon B. (Library) wrote:
>>> Someone has mentioned Drupal's Conference Organizing Distribution, right?https://www.drupal.org/project/cod
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alex Armstrong
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 5:36 AM
>>> To:[log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Conference site backend
>>>
>>> Let me try and ask this again, with less ambiguity:
>>>
>>> What built-in CMS functionality or plugin have you used to assist you in managing a conference schedule and registration?
>>>
>>> Among other things, I'm in the market for a new CMS. So rather than the specialized tool that Francis suggested, I'm looking for a multi-purpose platform or a platform I can wrangle to serve multiple purposes.
>>>
>>> P.S. Confusingly, I switched my CODE4LIB subscription to a different email.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On October 10, 2014 4:23:57 PM EEST, Francis Kayiwa<[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On 10/10/2014 09:13 AM, Alex Armstrong wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi list,
>>>>>
>>>>>  Not exactly related to libraries, but:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I'm putting together a site for the annual conference of a library
>>>>> consortium. Last year we had paired a static site with an event
>>>>> service
>>>>>  (Sched) to manage the schedule and provide workshop sign ups. This
>>>>> time  we'd like to move everything under one umbrella.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Any recommendations for a conference backend?
>>>>>
>>>>>  I'm looking for an open source solution I can deploy on a shared
>>>>> hosting  plan. I'm not picky about the CMS. The current iteration is
>>>>> put together  locally using a static site generator, so I can switch to whatever.
>>>>>
>>>> Give Open Conference a looksie
>>>>
>>>> https://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> ./fxk
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex