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Hi, Olivia, Take a look also at https://www.ica-atom.org/ Also Joomla.org + DOCman extension (https://www.joomlatools.com/extensions/docman) Cheers, On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 05:59, CODE4LIB automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > There is 1 message totaling 52 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Tools for a small community archive > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:08:53 -0600 > From: Olivia D <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Tools for a small community archive > > Hello! > What content management system (CMS) tool(s) would you all recommend that > would meet most if not all of the following criteria? > > - ability to showcase photos, long narratives, videos, and audio in an > archive (and ability to search for those items) > - non-tech client needs to be able to easily add pages to the website and > media to galleries via a dashboard > - ability to password-protect certain pages > - ability to optionally include blogging functionality alongside of the > archive > - ability to optionally include e-commerce features alongside of the > archive (ie. Big Cartel or Shopify integration) > - ability to use any UI framework I want (ie. Bootstrap) > - ability to scale website easily > > *Tools I've considered:* > - *WordPress: *I'm worried about WordPress being too bloated of a CMS and > possibly being too cumbersome to scale well. But I am aware that gallery > and e-commerce plugins could help with my needs and that the dashboard can > be very user-friendly for a non-tech client. > - *Omeka:* While great for creating digital archives, I'm worried that > Omeka's system may be confusing for a non-tech/non-archivist user. I also > don't know of a seamless way to incorporate blogging or e-commerce > functionality into Omeka either. > > In an ideal world, I'd like a lightweight CMS that makes it easy for a > client to add and organize content (pages, blog posts, photos, video, > audio) to a preset theme and choose which pages to password-protect. On the > backend, the CMS should allow me to develop using modern web technologies > (ie. preferably Laravel, Bootstrap, Webpack, etc). > > Thank you for any help! > Olivia > > -- > > *Olivia Dorsey Peacock, MSIS* > > *Genealogist + Creative Technologist *(I design + code) > > Digital Black History <http://digitalblackhistory.com/> | > ohpeacock.github.io > > ------------------------------ > > End of CODE4LIB Digest - 16 Nov 2019 to 17 Nov 2019 (#2019-269) > *************************************************************** -- Take two minutes to answer some questions about the usage of data in libraries: https://forms.gle/oTdsntxK4B18qv468 Constantinescu Nicolaie Information Architect http://www.kosson.ro Acces Deschis România http://www.acces-deschis.ro You find me here: https://www.facebook.com/kosson And the professional side: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kosson/ On LinkedIn: https://ro.linkedin.com/in/kosson