I’m working on a project to create a CMS, which will entail importing a lot of existing content, most of which is static, but in ASP (so they’re not all just pure HTML, there are includes and sometimes other server-side code).
We’re considering using Umbraco or Sharepoint (2010) for managing the external content, which currently comprises a few thousand pages. I’ve read this and I think there are good cases to be made for both sides. However, while I’ve read about the features of adding and managing content, I have not seen anything regarding the importing of existing content into either. And since we have a lot of content that will have to be imported, the ability of either CMS to facilitate this will be a major factor in the decision.
I’d like to know if anyone has any experience trying to import a lot of content into either Umbraco or Sharepoint, or if you have any idea how I might go about doing that. Is it easy for either? Are there plug-ins I can find, or scripts I can write? Or will I pretty much have to import each existing file manually with either CMS?
If you have experience with Umbraco or Sharepoint and have any ideas about this, I would value your input and/or recommendations.
Are you just using SharePoint as a CMS? IMHO whilst SharePoint can be used as a CMS that is not where its real strengths lie – its more suited to Intranet/Portals/Collaboration tools.
I am sure someone will be on in a minute with links to SharePoint showcase sites but the disadvantages :-
version you need Internet connector
license) + windows licenses.
markup can be fairly ‘heavy’ and
difficult to customise (tables galore in 2007
and javascript files measured in
hundreds of kb)
browser functionality in 2007
Basically – if all you are after is a CMS then perhaps there are better options?
(I should say that I think that in an Intranet/Portal setting SharePoint is brilliant, frustrating sometimes for sure, but brilliant).