Comments on: Notes: ShadoCMS Prepared Presentation http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/ Take a byte out of tech! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Grant Straker http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-45087 Grant Straker Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:24:26 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-45087 LOL, I feel flattered that the Anonymous Jeebus was so impressed with my sales skills ;). Given we have hundreds of clients around the world and have been in business for 10 years I have no idea when, why, how , who the client was but if they hadn't heard of Farcry one would figure it was a long time ago or its from a competitor. Also a great deal of our pricing was the underlying ColdFusion licensing cost through our OEM. Obviously not OS but if the requirement is that it is OS and not actually what a system does then we can't win that one. These days you can use ShadoCMS for as low as $99 / month on our on-demand platform and try it for free by signing up for an instant trial which is the easiest way to see if our multilingual functionality does what it says on the box, which it does BTW. Still, made me smile and to be fair the documentation comment was not far off the mark a few years back and I'll pass on to my team. Grant LOL, I feel flattered that the Anonymous Jeebus was so impressed with my sales skills ;) . Given we have hundreds of clients around the world and have been in business for 10 years I have no idea when, why, how , who the client was but if they hadn’t heard of Farcry one would figure it was a long time ago or its from a competitor. Also a great deal of our pricing was the underlying ColdFusion licensing cost through our OEM. Obviously not OS but if the requirement is that it is OS and not actually what a system does then we can’t win that one.

These days you can use ShadoCMS for as low as $99 / month on our on-demand platform and try it for free by signing up for an instant trial which is the easiest way to see if our multilingual functionality does what it says on the box, which it does BTW.

Still, made me smile and to be fair the documentation comment was not far off the mark a few years back and I’ll pass on to my team.

Grant

]]> By: Jeebus http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-32257 Jeebus Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:51:40 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-32257 ShadoCMS. Step 1 - The Introduction with the developer: Grant Straker flips out in a presentation and starts saying things like "Shado cures cancer", "The Shado CMS can stop terrorisim" or "Yes, we have a cures world hunger module in development". Step 1 ver 2 - The introduction with a supplier: Sales consultant completley skips over Shado functionality and breaks into a sweat when you ask for a live demo. Suggests there is an alternate to the CMS with is a hacked up mash up of various PHP components. Looks genuinley suprised when you want to go ahead and order it. Step 2 - Install: Cross fingers and wait for first crash. Re-write install process from scratch but run into something that looks like its encrypted. Attempt to consult user documentation but realise that its only five pages of marketing fluff and is poorly written anyway. Log bug report with Straker, find out its the 721st since the last version. Go over project time by two weeks frantically hacking a fix because there is no community to help you except for the imaginary user groups discussed on the straker website. Step 3 - Modules: Discover that every module costs extra after you've ordered it. Order multilanguage module and discover that you need to write each page of content in each langage because there is no way the CMS can translate written copy like it says on the straker website. Request a forum plug in and realise during install that you just paid 7k for Fusebox with a namechange. Step 4 - Skinning: Discover that nothing about the CMS is compliant with any type of web standard. Give up on the hopes that your site will be accessable. Step 5 - go live: Site is finally live but hits the wall when more than 5 people view it. Discover that you need a gig of dedicated carrier grade bandwidth on a server farm about the same size as google's to make it work without choking out. Step 6 - aftermath: stumble across FarCry. See that it is OS and remember what it felt like to hand over 40k for Shado. Step 7: Kill yourself. ShadoCMS.

Step 1 – The Introduction with the developer: Grant Straker flips out in a presentation and starts saying things like “Shado cures cancer”, “The Shado CMS can stop terrorisim” or “Yes, we have a cures world hunger module in development”.

Step 1 ver 2 – The introduction with a supplier: Sales consultant completley skips over Shado functionality and breaks into a sweat when you ask for a live demo. Suggests there is an alternate to the CMS with is a hacked up mash up of various PHP components. Looks genuinley suprised when you want to go ahead and order it.

Step 2 – Install: Cross fingers and wait for first crash. Re-write install process from scratch but run into something that looks like its encrypted. Attempt to consult user documentation but realise that its only five pages of marketing fluff and is poorly written anyway. Log bug report with Straker, find out its the 721st since the last version. Go over project time by two weeks frantically hacking a fix because there is no community to help you except for the imaginary user groups discussed on the straker website.

Step 3 – Modules: Discover that every module costs extra after you’ve ordered it. Order multilanguage module and discover that you need to write each page of content in each langage because there is no way the CMS can translate written copy like it says on the straker website. Request a forum plug in and realise during install that you just paid 7k for Fusebox with a namechange.

Step 4 – Skinning: Discover that nothing about the CMS is compliant with any type of web standard. Give up on the hopes that your site will be accessable.

Step 5 – go live: Site is finally live but hits the wall when more than 5 people view it. Discover that you need a gig of dedicated carrier grade bandwidth on a server farm about the same size as google’s to make it work without choking out.

Step 6 – aftermath: stumble across FarCry. See that it is OS and remember what it felt like to hand over 40k for Shado.

Step 7: Kill yourself.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-19647 Josh Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:15:42 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-19647 I did not end up using this CMS in depth, so I have no feedback beyond my experience from the preso. I did not end up using this CMS in depth, so I have no feedback beyond my experience from the preso.

]]> By: Enayet Rasul http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-19584 Enayet Rasul Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:24:52 +0000 http://blog.crankybit.com/notes-shadocms-prepared-presentation/#comment-19584 How easy it to use the CMS so far? Have you used this CMS in production yet? How easy it to use the CMS so far? Have you used this CMS in production yet?

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