Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to Using OpenACS 4 for development NOW

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Posted by Jun Yamog on
Hi Don,

I really appreciate all the help and advice you and openacs team has
been giving.

I have a sections of my site that is fairly static.  I can just do it
in html, take it further to adp templating.  Since I like doing things
properly this sections should use some kind of content management.
Also the site will be used to demo OpenACS capabilities to our clients.

As I understand it cms is just an admin interface to content
repository (CR), workflow and acs-templating.  Is this right?  If the
way I understand it I can just use CR.

Since my only needs are:

- add/edit content.

- map content or link it. (sections, subsections)

- map content with a corresponding template

So CR should do right?  I do file-manager + adp templates but that is
not a real content management system.

So I used cms-news-demo as my reference/example in using CR.  In
particular cms-news-demo/www/install-wizard-2.tcl.  I want to insert
content and register my folder to CR.

Hurdles are template::begin_db_transcations is not used anymore so I
change it db_transactions.  change the ns_ora execute_plsql to
db_exec_plsql.  Things are not working ok.  I get errors and
investigate why there are happening.

Is there some good simple example on how to insert contents to CR?  An
existing ACS module perhaps.  I am reading the docs and I used
cms-news-demo as my sample.

How is the file system based CR fuction doing?  according to status CR
is PORTED.  Does that mean things are pretty much ok?  I might try to
use CR on file system if its more simple.

I am really sorry of the so many questions.  I really do have a lot of
them.

I just need some kind of a cms-lite.  I dont want to reinvent the
wheel here.  I would like to use as much as what OpenACS 4 has done.
If i am to create my own cms, etc.  Might as well remove OpenACS and
just do it in plain aolserver.

Please help I just need some kind of a simple cms.  My site will be a
primarily used for demo for clients, so I need to make use OpenACS 4.x
capabilities.  Thanks.

Jun