PostNuke

The article is present at <a target=_top href="http://www.homenuke.com">HomeNuke and I would value any additions and/or comments.

Examples of the work done would be to create a functional windows-style GUI as a theme (DHTML dialog boxes, XHTML capable rich text editor, chromeless windows, drag and drop menues, depressable buttons, etc. - I can supply the code for most of this stuff) and a secure file explorer/file management/file sharing system.

The resultant product will be marketed to the enterprise as a service (in lieu of selling PN the product, allowing it to stay opensource - a business model similar to RedHats would be ideal for an enterprise PN product), along with Return on Invested Capital justification and analyses, risk management models, etc. (you know, that MBA consulting stuff), competing with commercial products such as MSFTs sharepoint portal, notes, exchange, etc. It has come to my attention that a few entities would love the product that PN is becoming if they had a team that could service it. They purchase products from large companies, 60% of whose functionality they do not need nor take advantage of, despite the fact they are paying licensing and consutling fees for.

I have spent a lot of time with MPN, PHPWebsite, Exchange 2000, Notes R5, PHPNuke, and as of the .7 release, PN has pulled ahead of the CMS pack in terms of core functionality for the enterprise. MPN comes with the a whole host of (working) bells and whistles, which makes it ideal for the portal style internet site for public consumption, but they have yet to achieve db abstraction and granular user permissions. It is this that allows it to be considered with certain implementations of Exchange et. al. that have been sold to entities that really do not need it. The PN team is also much, much better than other CMS efforts at laying down a roadmap for the future, the absence of which will scare away many a serious corporate consumer. These qualities are very important as you move up the food chain. Oh well, enuff ranting, give me an email if you are interested - rmiddleton@nuomedia.com. I would also appreciate feedback from anyone who has any.

http://www.webtext.com.au
Offering Internet programming, design, and e-commerce setup. Started in 1993.

http://www.allbrevard.com
Commercial community site

http://www.hatewatch.org
Not really a commercialsite but has a very impressive board of directors who endorse PN!
http://www.hatewatch.org/about.php?op=viewarticle&artid=23

I hope to find more sites like these to demo to potential clients. I have designed one PN driven commercial site . It was very easy. As a result I've had 3 requests for PN commercial web sites in my local area. Mostly becuase I demonstrated that I can crank these puppies out in short period of time at a lower cost :)

I am very excited about PN's present potential. My biggest question is how secure is PN .64 for commercial use? I'm mostly concerned about PN .64 becuase I'm forced to use it until the the developers at Black Voodoo Clan integrate their ecommerce mod into PN .70+

Perhaps there could be database tables that are shared by a bunch of different modules, that would be created when someone installs postnuke! That way adding a module would be as simple as putting the files in the right directories.

I guess I am thinking along the lines of this:

Table name:
nuke_module_varchar255_values
Columns in table:
module_name varchar(255)
pseudo_column_name varchar(255)
pseudo_id int
value varchar(255)

Then for example a module which stored titles of petitions could store those values in the same table as say, another module that stored the titles of books. for example

insert into nuke_module_varchar255_values set module_name = 'petition_module', pseudo_column_name = 'petition title', pseudo_id = 1, value = 'Save the Whales!';

insert into nuke_module_varchar_255_values set module_name = 'book_list_module', pseudo_column_name = 'book title', pseudo_id = 1, value = 'Gone with the Wind';

So, wouldn't it be nice to not have to create any new tables when you wanted to add on a new module? Plus wouldn't that be nice to eliminate the need to come up with conventions on naming module specific tables?

Footnote: 1

I own a small xSP service and have my own servers and equipment on a redundant T3 line. I would be happy to exchange hosting for some PN development work. This offer is open to anyone and all willing to take me up on it (assuming a certain modicum of ability, of course).

I can offer anywhere from 10 megs up to several gigs worth of storage, along with the requisite bandwidth.

What I am seeking in return is a theme that closely mimics the Windows 2000/XP interface (l will supply the DHTML and javascript code and widgets necessary to accompish this) as well as a file sharing system similar to the one used on the nuomedia.com site, as well as access to your talent on a continual basis for tweaks, mods, etc. This offer to barter is open to more than one individual, and any teams or groups are welcome as well.

Please contact me via rmiddleton@nuomedia.com if you are interested so we can hammer out the details.