Yeah, I wonder why Ellington didn't get more traction.
I just read the page you linked to, and can't help to wonder how the post can shell out upwards of $7 million for that. I'm sure the number includes training, integration etc. but it seems to med that a drupal system with some caching, and a few hackers to create newsroom specific modules would be able to do much the same for a fraction of the cost.
Am I missing something obvious?
To be fair I imagine there's a pretty complex asset management layer, a ton of legacy code and content migration, and also it sounds like there's a paywall scheme for some content.
You're missing the fact that online publishing is only a small part of what the system has to handle. It has to integrate with the print design tools and publishing systems.
It's probably a ginourmous enterprisey system with undoubtely many Oracle databases.
They charge extra for the horrendous urls.
> I was deluged over the past 10 days with reader e-mails saying that The Post’s redesigned Web site, which debuted on March 13, "stinks." Some used less polite language. The mail ran about 8 to 1 negative.
What an eloquent of putting it! I might steal it some day.
It doesn't help that the redesign looks like a free WordPress theme.
Is it just me or does that top bar look EXACTLY like Apple.com's top bar??
CMS is now a "geek" acronym. Right.
I was expecting him to say "bleep bloop" at some point. Might have been better to have the CTO respond instead.