[Typo3] New web project: am I choosing the right product?

[Mathias Schreiber [wmdb]]

giovanni rana wrote:
> It is going to be a site for archiving documents in different areas
 > accessible form different user groups (with access control that
 > links areas and groups).

Define "documents".
If you need to manage Files like PDF, DOC, SWX etc. it might be an 
option to use the DAM /Digital Asset Management) of TYPO3 and write a 
frontend for it.

> I would also like to publish news, on the site and via RSS.

The extension called tt_news does that job for you.

> I would also need a calendar for the users

there are several calendar plugins for TYPO3 available.

> and a feature to allow them to exchange messages (also external
 > mail would do).

AFAIK there is an extension (or several) for this too.

> I've done few tests with Mambo, but it seems to me that it lacks the 
> security framework to handle the access of specific areas only to 
> specific user groups.

I don't know mambo at all, so I won't be able to state any useful input 
on that issue.

> I was wondering if Typo3 can be a clever choice.

It could be one.

> Am I looking at the wrong tool?

Depends.
Maybe a dedicated DMS (Document Management System might be the more 
clever choice.
But those often lack WEB functionality.

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