By matty2470 on

HI

I need to start a client project and am looking for a more robust cms solution than mambo/joomla which I have been using.

The key issues to deciding which cms to use are these:

I need to be able to create groups of users based on whatever parameter I choose. Like for example different departments of an organisation

I would like to be able to restrict access to department A content for people in the department A category. Department B people get their own content.

I would like to be able to control what people see too. The menus in my model would be dynamically visible/invisible depending on to which group one is subscribed.

Finally, I would like to know what abilities drupal has to print things in flexible ways. For example can I create various content items in one section and have them be printed in on stream all from one click? Print section?

Thanks for your time reading this message:-)

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piersonr commented

I use the taxononomy access module to restrict which roles can create/delete/update/view what categories of content.

I haven't used it myself, but you could look at the taxonomy menu module (http://drupal.org/project/taxonomy_menu) - that might resolve your menu issue.

If you create content in a hand book format you can print a whole section, but I'm not sure how you would print a category (i.e. taxononomy) altogether otherwise.

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matty2470 commented

Ok

I have to make a decision of which CMS to use for this project. I am comfortable with Mambo and have lots of experience with it - but i cannot control access to content.

Here you are giving me an option using Taxonomy which I will have to investigate - I dont know what it is......yet

Also the handbook format. This sounds extremely interesting. I will look into this as well....this an option as to which type of content you have your info displayed in. I will look into handbook as well

Thanks

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sepeck commented

Sounds like you want Organic Gorups module.
http://drupal.org/project/og
http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/og

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matty2470 commented

Just to clarify. I am not really interested about users posting content.

The content will be fixed and controlled by admin

I am interested in what the users from departments are able to view only - in terms both of menus and content.

They should only be viewers and should only see what is designated for them....

Organic groups seems more like community functionality which is not necesarily what I am looking for, or is it?

Thanks