Daily Tar Heel moves to new CMS – again
July 6, 2010 in College Media News, Gryphon
The Daily Tar Heel at UNC-Chapel Hill has moved to a new content management system for the second time in as many years. After moving to a custom-built system based on Drupal last summer, they have moved to Gryphon by Detroit Softworks (mentioned in a post about new CMS options for college media earlier this summer). #
Here’s a screenshot of the new site: #
In addition to changing the back end of the site, they updated their nameplate as well (getting rid of the tired newspaper cliched olde English style). Here’s a screenshot of the site from last summer: #
I have never been a fan of Drupal as a newspaper CMS. It just seems too complicated. Hopefully the DTH will have success with their new system. Changing CMS’s is always a time-intensive endeavor. To move twice in two years had to soak up a lot of hours that could be spent on other productive uses. #
This is one of the reasons we’ve been slow to move at the Daily Eastern News. #
But Bryan, sometimes the worst decision, is no decision at all.
Indeed, it is Harry.However, I didn't even factor in that the DTH moved from CP 4 to CP 5 before the Drupal migration. Yeesh, talk about headaches!
You are right about the manpower we spent switching CMS three times in as many years. It's been exhausting. But I will say our experiences put us in a unique position to evaluate quality. And so far we couldn't be happier with Gryphon's product and excellent customer service.
You are right about the manpower we spent switching CMS three times in as many years. It's been exhausting. But I will say our experiences put us in a unique position to evaluate quality. And so far we couldn't be happier with Gryphon's product and excellent customer service.
You are right about the manpower we spent switching CMS three times in as many years. It's been exhausting. But I will say our experiences put us in a unique position to evaluate quality. And so far we couldn't be happier with Gryphon's product and excellent customer service.