I am leading the search for a CMS tool that will be used by a State government to manage all Agency/Bureau/Commission websites. Each site shares a basic structural template, but has a custom header/color scheme. There are 100+ sites, ranging in size from 50 to 6000 pages and we are hoping to host from one CMS installation.
The facts:
- 100+ unique themes/templates
- Sites ranging from 50 - 6000 pages
- Each site needs admin/content provider workflow
- The CMS needs to be able to build a three-level sitewide navigation for each defined site
- The sites in their totality get @8 million page views per month
Our hosting environment consists of clustered Linux boxes and we're using a variety of languages for our application development, primarily Perl and PHP, with a smattering of Java and Ruby on Rails.
I have a test installation on a development box and Drupal appears to meet our basic requirements, though without actually building a complete templated site, it's difficult to assess how complex it will be. It's also nearly impossible to assess what our server requirements would be, and whether Drupal will scale to fit this need.
Can anyone give any related advice? Thanks!
