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eMuni Content Management System Distribution Challenges

It's quite easy to get caught up in the excitement of releasing a new product.   And such is the case with eMuni Content Management System.

Several weeks ago, I announced that CSD Group would be releasing eMuni Content Management System on Dec. 18.   That day came and went without any further announcements or fanfare because we missed the release date.

Gary, CJ and I are struggling with some issues with the installer as it creates the default menuing system.    I hate that word 'issues'.   It's so nondescript.   But the fact of the matter is that creating eMuni Content Managment System and getting it to do the same thing over and over in a variety of environments and with a variety of users guiding the installation is quite the challenge.

And its not that making a Drupal distribution is really that challenging because it's really not.   There are quite a few Drupal distributions out there that really do nothing more than install Drupal core and place some contributed modules in a folder...big whooop.    If that were the sum total of eMuni Content Management System, we would have had that distribution done in about 3 hours.

Our goal with eMuni Content Management System is to give any user the tools to install a working web 2.0 site complete with built-in configured theme, rotating banner images, modules installed and enabled and configured, with roles and permissions already set up.....a real website ready to go.

For any of you who have already installed a Drupal site, you already know that the installation process for plain vanilla Drupal is no intuitive task.   It took me 21 days to set up my first Drupal website, and it was no Picasso.

Our goal with this product, is to add the intuition into the installation and set up process so that setting up a local government site can be painless, turn-key and exciting...but not like climbing Mt. Everest exciting, more like opening a birthday present exciting.