Comments on: A Programmer's Reflections on Vignette http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/ Come for the words, stay for the...HEY! Come back! Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: SeanMcTex http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-44059 SeanMcTex Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:24:28 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-44059 Heh. Yes, I figured that was sarcastic. :) Thanks for your comments. FWIW, we're now a year into our Magnolia CMS implementation, and have had great success with it. It's not perfect, but it's very good indeed, and we haven't regretted the decision to use it. Heh. Yes, I figured that was sarcastic. :)

Thanks for your comments. FWIW, we’re now a year into our Magnolia CMS implementation, and have had great success with it. It’s not perfect, but it’s very good indeed, and we haven’t regretted the decision to use it.

]]> By: cmsreviews http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-44034 cmsreviews Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:38:23 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-44034 I put “Sales team” in PRO to make a sarcastic joke. Their sales team are very good at telling LIES and DECEIVED the client. I put “Sales team” in PRO to make a sarcastic joke. Their sales team are very good at telling LIES and DECEIVED the client.

]]> By: cmsreviews http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-43643 cmsreviews Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:24:02 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-43643 Good to know that we're not alone struggling with Vignette. Base on my 10+ years experience working with various Content Management Systems (CMS) and 6 months using Vignette I can affirm that Vignette is THE worst CMS I have ever worked with. I’m working for a large respected Canadian organization and we are very unhappy with Vignette. We are switching to another CMS. I won’t tell the name of the new CMS or the organization. I’m expressing my personal opinion here. And I don’t want to make publicity for the other tool before trying it. Here are some naked facts about Vignette: CONS: - Their tech support is poor and slow. They aren’t able to fix simple Vignette bugs. - Very expensive in our case $250,000 to $500,000 so far and growing. - Vignette is mostly a Consultingware: A CMS first developed for a limited number of consulting clients, then hastily rebranded as a “product” matching everybody needs. The fact is it doesn’t match OUR needs. - Counter-productive tool for employees. Awful workflow. - Poor documentation & support from Vignette. - Steep learning curve. Complicated interface. - Security features are dangerously weak. Easy for concurrents to access sensitive information. A friend of mine is testing security features as a living to prevent hacking, according to his testing it takes less than 5 minutes to hack Vignette and access sensitive information. PRO: Sales team. More reviews from other Vignette users: http://www.cmsmatrix.org/vignette-cmportalsolution/vignette-cms-whos-using-it Good to know that we’re not alone struggling with Vignette.

Base on my 10+ years experience working with various Content Management Systems (CMS) and 6 months using Vignette I can affirm that Vignette is THE worst CMS I have ever worked with.

I’m working for a large respected Canadian organization and we are very unhappy with Vignette. We are switching to another CMS. I won’t tell the name of the new CMS or the organization. I’m expressing my personal opinion here. And I don’t want to make publicity for the other tool before trying it.

Here are some naked facts about Vignette:

CONS:
- Their tech support is poor and slow. They aren’t able to fix simple Vignette bugs.

- Very expensive in our case $250,000 to $500,000 so far and growing.

- Vignette is mostly a Consultingware: A CMS first developed for a limited number of consulting clients, then hastily rebranded as a “product” matching everybody needs. The fact is it doesn’t match OUR needs.

- Counter-productive tool for employees. Awful workflow.

- Poor documentation & support from Vignette.

- Steep learning curve. Complicated interface.

- Security features are dangerously weak. Easy for concurrents to access sensitive information. A friend of mine is testing security features as a living to prevent hacking, according to his testing it takes less than 5 minutes to hack Vignette and access sensitive information.

PRO: Sales team.

More reviews from other Vignette users: http://www.cmsmatrix.org/vignette-cmportalsolution/vignette-cms-whos-using-it

]]> By: Alex http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-40604 Alex Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:25:38 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-40604 Hi, Really, you have any issues with vignette. We want to help you, find the best answers. Please visit the www.viglet.com. There is information and support to Vignette Technology Regards, Alex Hi,

Really, you have any issues with vignette. We want to help you, find the best answers.
Please visit the http://www.viglet.com. There is information and support to Vignette Technology

Regards,
Alex

]]> By: nacho.garcia http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-39003 nacho.garcia Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:28:32 +0000 http://www.mcmains.net/2006/05/01/a-programmers-reflections-on-vignette/#comment-39003 A very good reflection! Big thanks for the article, it made me feel like there was someone out there like us, those problems are not happening just to our team... We are a group of programmers on Vignette, and we recently opened a site with a forum and blogs about Vignette, to try to solve the biggest amount of problems this platform has. Waiting your visit! Regards A very good reflection!
Big thanks for the article, it made me feel like there was someone out there like us, those problems are not happening just to our team…
We are a group of programmers on Vignette, and we recently opened a site with a forum and blogs about Vignette, to try to solve the biggest amount of problems this platform has.
Waiting your visit!
Regards

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