France24 AEF modules versus OpenPublishApp - opinions requested for comparison

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therobyouknow's picture

I'd welcome your thoughts on the positives and negatives of both systems that extend drupal for publishers.

My situation is that I've installed the France 24 AEF modules on my development non-production site but don't know how to use them, make them visible.

I'm considering OpenPublishApp also (instead, i.e not co-existing with France24) but haven't tried it yet.

My initial thoughts are:

France24:
Positives:
- proof of concept with France24: high-traffic news site
- substantial suite of modules designed with journalists in mind to add content easily with minimum training

Areas needing development:
- Needs to have better/more documentation for deployment: hard to understand how to set make use of the modules in real-life situations and applications, i.e. where do I see these features, how do I switch them on, make them visible
- Esoteric: not many people deploying this at the moment (?)

OpenPublishApp:
Positives:
- wide deployment and usage
- proof of concept, e.g. southbankcentre.co.uk

Areas needing development:
- As focused (and proven) as France 24 for high-traffic journalism sites? Please add showcase sites here :)

Also any thoughts on co-existing the two systems on the same site, any potential benefits, cross compatibility etc?

Comments

AEF modules and OpenPublish

karenborchert's picture

Not knowing a ton about the AEF modules (but kudos to France24 for the contribution!), I would say that probably the main difference is that one is a suite of modules, and one is a full distribution, an all-in-one package including modules, a base theme, installation profile, etc. More on OpenPublish's exact features (as well as a download of the distribution itself) are available at http://www.openpublishapp.com/features. There's a list of sites running on OpenPublish too, about 150+, in 13 languages (that we've seen so far).

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