Which cms fit my project?

A multiple student portfolio

[boborg]

I'm looking at CMS solutions for a student website.

I basically need a CMS that can handle multiple users and where each of these have their own page and edit that page.

The student must be able to upload own projects like powerpoint, word docs and PDF.

If possible I as the admin must be able to make a front page which presents the education, the student which are taking it and if possible I would like to have latest student updates presented somehow on the front page of the site.

Which CMS would fit my needs the best you think?

[travelin cat]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

Joomla would fit your needs nicely.

[choster]

I think in this case, Drupal would be a better call, because of its more granular permissions system.

[travelin cat]

Choster,

Could you please explain what you mean by "more granular permissions system"?

Thanks

[caribguy]

How many students? If you're talking hundreds or thousands and custom functionality like converting Word PP and PDF to HTML, I'd take a look at Zope with Plone as the CMS.

[ergophobe]

>>granular permission system

TC - I don't know Joomla well enough to respond to the "more" part. In drupal, you can restrict access by
- user
- user role
- content items
- content type
- content classification (i.e. taxonomy)
- module permissions (usually several settings for any module).

If you get too crazy with permissions based on individual users and individual pages (nodes), you start to add some serious overhead, but it's all possible.

[boborg]

It's 50 students only. Thanks for the tips. I'll take a look at Joomla and Drupal.