Introduction
I am just
writing this article because most of the people compare SharePoint with other
content management system (CMS), which really makes no sense or is equal to
compare orange and Apple. I agree we can compare but only CMS functionality of SharePoint with other CMS’s
Now online business and Content management system (CMS) are very closely related. So, one need to be very smart while choosing Content management system software because your business is designed/used to
Now online business and Content management system (CMS) are very closely related. So, one need to be very smart while choosing Content management system software because your business is designed/used to
| Store · Organize Create Publish Process |
And power all your online activities. Based on my extensive experience utilizing these
applications I came to the understanding that a CMS is a natural, more powerful
wing
There are hundreds of content management system software platform available from which you have to choose. Obviously, you can’t choose unless and until you have experienced or you need to Google search and find the best one.
For people working online, a content management system will be one of the closest buddy. Fact is that we all use content management systems in one way or another: blogging, building websites, maintaining websites, selling products online, marketing and more.
Fact is that there is no platform available in market which can be compared to SharePoint; SharePoint is a full-featured suite of many different apps. These include:
There are hundreds of content management system software platform available from which you have to choose. Obviously, you can’t choose unless and until you have experienced or you need to Google search and find the best one.
For people working online, a content management system will be one of the closest buddy. Fact is that we all use content management systems in one way or another: blogging, building websites, maintaining websites, selling products online, marketing and more.
Fact is that there is no platform available in market which can be compared to SharePoint; SharePoint is a full-featured suite of many different apps. These include:
- Content management
- Enterprise social networking
- Intranet, extra-net and portal creation Collaboration tools
- Project and workflow management
- Business intelligence
- Enterprise search
Looking
to just content management feature of SharePoint Here is the comparison.
License Fee
Interwoven
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SharePoint
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DNN
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Alfresco
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Drupal
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Per user fees
|
license based server
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license based server
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license based server
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license based server
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Designing Tools:
SharePoint Designer 2010 you can download free and is the ultimate tool for customizing, prototyping, and
designing SharePoint 2010 sites. Built on ASP.NET 3.5, SharePoint Designer 2010
provides IT pros, information workers, and Web designers the ability to create
code-free SharePoint 2010 solutions, including powerful integration capabilities
with data sources such as SQL databases and Web services, business intelligence
solutions via the Business Connectivity Services (BCS) model, and custom
workflows that can be adapted to existing business processes. A
what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) interface enables Web designers to gain a
more realistic view of design and customization ahead of deploying custom
attributes to SharePoint sites, such as master pages and CSS files.
The scope of SharePoint Designer 2010 features includes:
- Code-free customizations
- Prototype design and customization
- Design and create SharePoint master pages and CSS files
- Modify and customize themed CSS files
- Style SharePoint list views, including conditional formatting and use of XSLT
- Create multiple forms for lists, such as edit and display forms
- Create new SharePoint sites
- Create new lists, document libraries, and site columns
- Add new SharePoint permission groups and modify group membership
- Create new publishing page layouts and new Web part pages
- Create declarative list and reusable workflows, including creation of custom workflow forms and approval tasks
- Import and export workflows to Visio 2010
- Connect to SQL server databases and other data sources and establish powerful querying and filtering between linked data sources
- Create interactive data connections to external data including create, read, update and delete (CRUD) operations
- Save sites as templates (WSP files) and export those WSP files for further development in Visual Studio 2010. Additionally, you can also export workflows to WSP for further development in Visual Studio 2010.
There is no such tool provided by other CMS
Other Feature Comparison
No
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Features
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Interwoven
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SharePoint
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DNN
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Alfresco
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Drupal
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1
|
Documentation
|
Average
|
Excellent
|
Average
|
Poor
|
Average
|
2
|
Implementation
|
Poor
|
Excellent
|
Better
|
Better
|
Better
|
3
|
Shell Access
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Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
4
|
Setup and Deployment
|
Poor
|
Easy
|
Easy
|
Poor
|
Poor
|
5
|
Product Development
|
Very Slow
|
Rapid
|
Medium
|
Medium
|
Medium
|
6
|
Web Service Model Support
|
N/A
|
Custom/In-Built
|
Poor
|
Poor
|
Poor
|
7
|
Blog Feature
|
N/A
|
In-Built
|
Extra Cost
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
8
|
Chat
|
No
|
Free Add-on
|
No
|
Free Add-on
|
Free Add-on
|
9
|
Reports
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Extra Cost
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Free Add-on
|
Free Add-on
|
Free Add-on
|
No
|
10
|
Discussion/Forum
|
Free Add-on
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
11
|
Events Calendar
|
Free Add-on
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
12
|
Graphs and Charts
|
Free Add-on
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
No
|
No
|
13
|
Mail form
|
Free Add-on
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
14
|
Newsletter
|
Free Add On
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
15
|
Photo Gallery
|
Free Add On
|
In-Built
|
Extra Cost
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
16
|
Project Tracking
|
No
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
No
|
Free Add-on
|
17
|
Site Map
|
Free Add On
|
In-Built
|
Free Add On
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
18
|
Surveys
|
No
|
In-Built
|
Free Add On
|
Extra Cost
|
Free Add-on
|
19
|
Time Tracking
|
No
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
No
|
Free Add-on
|
20
|
Stock Quotes
|
No
|
Extra Cost
|
Extra Cost
|
No
|
Free Add-on
|
21
|
Subscriptions
|
No
|
In-Built
|
No
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
22
|
Presentation for publishing
|
Average
|
Average
|
Good
|
Good
|
Good
|
23
|
Announcements
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
No
|
24
|
Dashboard
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
25
|
Link Management
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
In-Built
|
Free Add-on
|
26
|
Document Management
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Limited
|
27
|
Versioning
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
In-Built
|
Apart, there are other consideration we need for effective Web CMS selection process like
Support: This may be limited to basic product patches and may include services like hosting, strategic guidance, or even web development, Community vision and stability..
Conclusion:
Finally a good CMS system
should provide an easy way to implement a custom UI for a site Once again, in
SharePoint 2010 it was bit difficult task and in addition to the HTML
specialist involved a SharePoint developer But SharePoint 2013 allows creating
HTML templates in an editor of your choice and applying SharePoint elements
without knowledge of its internals. Apart, SharePoint provides users tools for editing content and sites
structure, managing information visibility and access permissions, policies
providing search features and approval workflows, SEO capabilities and much
more. Good development platform for
customizations – development in SharePoint 2013 is much easier comparing
with SharePoint 2010.
Hope this info helps you to choose right tool for you organization..
Shabir Hakim
Hope this info helps you to choose right tool for you organization..
Shabir Hakim
Love the article you share on Content Management System keep blogging...
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