Research evaluation and selection of a CMS (Content Management System) platform and a web applications platform for the Gavà’s city council

Abstract

This project is the first step of a modernization project in the technological field that the Gava’s city council is carrying out. The project consists in the research, evaluation and selection of a CMS platform and a web application platform and finally, the execution of a portal using the solution chosen. The CMS platform must have the following features: - The platform has to be based in J2EE - It has to be possible to run over a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server. - It must be an open source solution. - The solution must support the features in the current portals apart from adding new ones. The web application platform must be compatible with the CMS solution chosen and with the following features: - It has to support applications web based on JSF and Struts. - It also has to provide different tools for manage and keep updated the data base. - It must support portlets and web-services technologies. At the end of the project we have achieved the main aim improving the initial expectations. The success of the solution chosen has permitted the possibility of creating not only one but two portals www.gavatv.cat and www.elbruguers.cat