Intranet portal suggestions

[PPettit]

Our new Human Resources manager is interested in putting together some kind of intranet portal for our employees. He wants to be able to provide company news, an event/holiday calendar, and an easy way to share files between employees, etc.

One thing we really want to provide is an area where employees can download various documents (i.e. insurance enrollment forms/purchase order forms/policy and procedure documents/training materials/etc.) Naturally, file sharing/access would have to be somewhat secure and allow for customizable options (i.e. ready-only/full access, specific directory access permission/denial, directory browsing permission/denial, etc.)

I've been looking for a project that would get me involved with PHP and this seems like a good place to start. Our (off-site) hosting package allows for PHP, so I was thinking of using a "canned" portal system until I learn more about PHP. Anyone have any suggestions or recommendations?

 

[dkdude]

Hi,

Check out

http://www.mamboserver.com/

It's a CMS. And there is a forum on tek-tips dedicated to CMS: forum1246

Regards


Jakob

 

[ralph4208w]

Here is a list of some portal programs that you might want to consider... I found this list at random sites on the web [some items may not be very helpful, but hopefully the list will give you some ideas]...

BitWeaver
CivicSpace
Clever Copy
CMS Made Simple
Contenido
DEV
Dragonfly CMS
Drupal
e107
EcwCMS
Exponent
eZ Publish
Fundament
Geeklog
Jaws
JetBox
Joomla
Jupiter
Mambo
MDPro
MODx
Netious
OneCMS
Ovidentia
Papoo
PHP-Fusion
PHP-Nuke
phpComasy
phpSlash
phpwcms
phpWebSite
PHPX
PLUME CMS
Postnuke
Props
SPIP
Tiki CMS/Groupware
toendaCMS
Typo3
Website Baker
Xaraya
XOOPS
YACS!

sites I like:

http://www.RankAMovie.com/"

.. let's me find new movies to watch

 

[lgarner]

http://www.opensourcecms.com

has demos of many. I'm using Joomla now and impressed by it.

 

[jpadie]

@ OP

the functionality you say you need is fairly straightforward. i'd go so far as to say that it represents a good first project for someone wanting to start coding in php. just don't be too ambitious with your first requirement specification.

 

[sysadmin42]

another excellent package is MS Sharepoint. By suggesting this in a PHP forum, I may be asking for doom, but it is a quality package.

Several benefits-
-Integrated with your windows 2003 server network. Users are already set up with permissions and .NET takes care of that for you on the site
-Fully extensible
-Built for intranet applications
-Lots of plugins/downloads available
-Comes free with Win2003 Server and easy to implement
-Can even link a shared calendar on the site with Outlook and other MS product interconnectivity

Downsides-
-Not open source
-A little bit of a learning curve: because it's so open-ended, you might get stuck trying to figure out what to do with it
-You might not like .NET if you're a PHP coder. VERY different style

just some food for thought...

"Computer illiterate is a dirty word."