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 One of these is to an out-of-date WordPress plugin.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